Today was a rare day off and so I gave Rowan the day and Elena and I trundled off to visit Grace. Her husband is out of town, shooting on location and we lamented about missing the men we love ( Read more... )

I've been thinking a lot about my parents over the last couple of months. There are some cliches that are true and you think differently about them once you've got your own version of you to chase around, you know ( Read more... )

Of course I go to DC for a week, catch up on some sleep, learn that I can be away from my baby without completely losing my mind (that's mostly a lie), get off the plane in LA, get home, kiss said baby and vow I am never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever leaving her again ( Read more... )

The show I'm doing is based in DC but we shoot in LA. Like, you know, how it usually works. But that means we have to go do exteriors a couple of times a season. Next week is that shoot. I'm very cautious about bringing Elena, but the idea of leaving her for 5 days, even in Rowan's capable hands and with Luke here ... Yeah, I'm pretty much a wreck ( Read more... )

From the moment I told Carlos I was pregnant, he's been with me. Hathor Rising didn't tour when AJ was pregnant with Izzy, so he and I had the chance to go through every step together. There were a few times, of course. I had a few location shoots, and he had work do to back in LA, but we've been so luck to do it all together. Once Elena was born, ( Read more... )

I'm supposed to say something, right? I'm supposed to run to social media and talk about how this friend of mine was one of the first to believe me when I said something. How when we worked together, he was the most gracious one in the room. I'm supposed to rage against my heartbreak, right? Talk about how much I'm going to miss him. How bad I feel ( Read more... )

I was coming out of a meeting today (about my summer shooting project) and overheard two office staff talking ( Read more... )

It's been a week of 16 hour days. I'm absolutely exhausted but Rowan is just about the most perfect nanny we could have hoped for. They are fantastic with Elena too. I'm just ... it's such a relief for both of us to know that she's cared for by someone who cares about her ( Read more... )

They were trying some new ideas with my hair today and midway through a set of curls I groaned and said "See, every time I try to do something like that, it looks like an elephant with thumbs did it ( Read more... )

The first season of a show is always tricky. You need to set up the characters and their backstories without info dumping too much too soon. You have to make the audience care before dropping this host of drama and misery onto them. Yes, kill your darlings but they have to be your darlings first ( Read more... )