Party time!

Susan and Randee After many headaches and some tears, "The Law & Order: SVU Unofficial Companion" got its own party last night, at Rouge Tomate in NYC. We had about 60 people there — including some of the show's recurring or guest actors — and it was quite delicious (who knew dill and cucumber could…

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Lowering my prohibitions

Growing up in Maryland, we had crabs. We had Ocean City, we had bragging rights to Washington D.C., and we had crabs. What I was too young to realize was that we also had John Waters. Until I saw "Hairspray" (the movie) in the theaters, with mom. She hadn't grown up in Baltimore, but she…

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Cupcakes, the second batch

And now, the final batch of cupcakes, for Mike's Dia de los Muertos party tonight. (The first ones are here.) Some of these were a ton of fun to make — but by the end of about 40 I was pretty over the whole thing! Skull-tastic Never put the whole pumpkin in your mouth at…

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