. A blogumn by Kelli Bielema I moved from LA to Seattle in September 2006. This weekend I am moving to my third residence in this fair city.  3 moves in 2 years. Someone kill me. My first ‘hood here was Capitol Hill. Cap Hill, Crap Hill, Tha Hill is a neighborhood that is like [...]

. A Special Edition blogumn by Kelli Bielema Living in Seattle, everyone is prone to a political discussion, oh, just about every 5 minutes.  This town loves to talk about foreign policy, local measures and state leaders. I’d rather chat about that cute J Crew outfit Michelle Obama wore on the Tonight Show.  It was [...]

. A blogumn by Kelli Bielema Living in Los Angeles could challenge my self-esteem at any given moment in a variety of ways.  The obstacle I was most commonly faced with during my near decade was the pressure to be thin.  Even as a character actress my physique was not portly enough to be the [...]

. A blogumn by Kelli Bielema I could hardly wait to get a dog once I moved to Seattle. In L.A., I had a rent-controlled apartment for about 7 years in Los Feliz  that did not allow mutts.  A 900 square-foot 2-bedroom with carport and garage trumped my canine jones, but I was ready to [...]

.  A blogumn by Kelli Bielema Relationships don’t last forever, but tattoos… “It’s a mile to your first, and a minute to your second.”  This is the wisdom my tattoo artist shared with me upon completion of my first inking.  That was a good indication of what would be an intermittent thought of how to [...]

. A blogumn by Kelli Bielema While our fearless Fierce and Nerdy leader Ernessa encourages a new daily habit of reading 20 minutes a day. I’m going to assume she’s talking about reading books–those things with pages that have harder pages covering them.  I do admit that I enjoy reading, but a certain kind of [...]