Happy 08 Friends!

I’m horrible at keeping secrets so I’m thrilled to finally tell you what I’ve been keeping quiet for months…after years of going it alone, I joined a band! It’s a “super-group” of sorts with 2 of my most talented LA singer-songwriter friends, Adrianne (whom a lot of you have heard on tour with me) and Gabriel Mann and collectively we’re called The Rescues. (more…)

hello end of 2007 approaching and i’ve only blogged 3 times this year!

that’s ok, i’ve been quite busy writing songs, driving thousands of miles and singing my little heart out for you…f*%k blogging! i have been doing a few other things, like playing fetch with my cat Sly. (yes, he really does fetch, i should try to make some money off of the little talented bugger to pay for his Friskies!) (more…)

I’m the worst blogger ever. I said it and I mean it. I’m uber-sorry for not writing to you for 6 whole months! Phew, glad I got that out of the way. Now can we move on to the fun stuff?

Here are some highlights of what I’ve been up to that have kept me so busy I’ve had no time to tweeze my eyebrows, much less write a blog! (ok, you got me, I have been putting tweezing in front of blogging and that’s not going to change)
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happy double-oh-seven! i’m hoping this year is going to be as sexy as it sounds. it got off to a good start when i found out J-Lo named a pair of sexy heels after me. no really, check out the J-Lo Kyler II heels in silver! gonna have to give Jenny from the block a call and get myself a pair. i would order a pair, if they weren’t so fugly! i guess they’re not *so* bad but they’re not really my style. i’m wondering what other Kyler out there inspired these shoes since all the other Kylers i hear about have a Y chromosome. i got an email recently that went something exactly like this: (more…)

when i put out the word that i needed some last minute Halloween costume ideas i had no idea how many crazy and fun suggestions you guys were going to come up with. it was a hard call, but i ended up going as a “Cereal Killer” thanks to Russ Pait. check out the photos in my Random Fun Gallery. (more…)

holy big sky! and big mountains! i just spent the day driving from Spokane, WA through 2 mountain passes in the northern tip of Idaho and on to Missoula which is a cozy little city nestled in the arms of stunning mountain peaks just about everywhere you look. this is my very first time in MT and i already can’t wait to come back!

now i’m down to only 8 states that i’ve never been to. here’s where i stand: (more…)

rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens…got some updates on that old tune thanks to some recent discoveries…

kitty laser tag- my kitties have a new high-tech toy. it’s a little laser pointer that i got at a pet store, it’s actually made for pets. i point it on the floor and then drag it across the couch and up the curtains and then back down again and my feline friends, Sly and Eve, go NUTS chasing after it. they won’t stop for anything. Sly was having so much fun chasing it up and down the stairs that i didn’t notice how hard he was breathing. when i finally stopped he was panting pretty hard, like i used to after sprinting to the finish of a 5k. think about it…have you ever seen a cat pant? it’s normal for a canine but the only other time i *ever* saw a *cat* pant was when it barely escaped with its life after being hunted down by an enormous dog. for a second i felt a surge of panic… “holy shit, i killed my cat!” (more…)

an old addiction reignited:

several months ago on a saturday morning i was driving and listening to NPR, cup a joe in hand.  i love when saturday morning rolls around when i’m on tour cause it means i get to listen to “This American Life”, “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” and “Hey What Do You Know” while the miles fly by.  i’m an admitted NPR junkie.  anyways, that morning after “This American Life” i happened to catch a program on cooking/cuisine called “Good Food” and they were interviewing this guy named Phil of Philz Coffee in San Francisco.  Phil is a coffee-phile who spent 7 years creating his first blend which he calls “Tesora” or treasure, and has since gone on to craft many other unique blends.  he has a single store in the Mission district which coffee lovers flock to.  there’s something very special about Philz…he makes each cup of coffee by hand, one at a time, right in front of you while you wait, mouth watering.  they say once you try it you can never go back. (more…)

i’m at a loss for words today. this isn’t the first time and it won’t be the last. sometimes the waters run dry, at least the faucet from which language comes. but i wanted to write you so i’m going to let some amazing new (to me) indie music i’ve come across speak for me. enjoy… (more…)

i’m sitting here on my bed watching my 2 kitties, Sly and Eve.  they’re brother and sister and do everything together.  they chase each other up and down the stairs, they nap in yin-yang position and they even fight over dibs on the litter box. seems lately i’ve come to take their togetherness for granted, but they’ve snapped me out of it.  at this very moment i’m marveling at the sight of the two of them bathing each other.  i mean, they’re licking each other from head to toe in the sweetest, most earnest, not-at-all-grossed-out kinda way.  now that’s love.