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An open letter to those who want to know why I chose to lowercase the “u” in Uncle Morris in The Ten Best Days of my Life
September 4, 2008

Dear Readers,
 
I want to thank everyone who sent me such kind letters about my book. I can’t tell you how much they mean to me.  A lot of you wrote me to say that you picked it up thinking it would be an easy frivolous book to read on the beach, but instead found it [...]

THE GIRL IN THE BLACK LAND ROVER- PART II
July 2, 2008

 (To see Part One, scroll down to the previous post)
The Halpern family as a whole has really bad car karma.
My mother just got jacked into paying $600 a month for her 2004 Lexus after her lease ran out and she decided to buy it. She got an extended warranty for a car she drives maybe [...]

THE GIRL IN THE BLACK LAND ROVER
June 17, 2008

THE GIRL IN THE BLACK LAND ROVER
By
Adena Halpern
 
            When I was a kid my father told me the following story:
 
            He was about 14 years old when he was walking down the street and noticed a box of chocolates sitting on the top of a trashcan.  He said the box of chocolates was beautifully wrapped. [...]

thank you Russell from popsquire.com
May 29, 2008

RANDOM HAPPENINGS
May 16, 2008

Since I work from home, twice a day I like to sit outside in my backyard and take in the day.  I don’t drink coffee so this is my version of a break.  Our backyard is enclosed with a tree-lined fence, and the only part of the outside world you can see is the block [...]

The Adena Halpern Blog
May 6, 2008

Here are some things you should know about me.
Here are the things I love:
My husband Jonathan
My mother Arlene
My father Barry
My girlfriends
writing when it’s easy (and okay, even when it’s not)
6 inch heels from XTC on Melrose
Lancome cosmetics
 
Here are some things I don’t like:
the price of gas
my Land Rover
my height
people who ring my doorbell at any [...]