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White Trash in New York

(( Disclaimer: This post has NOTHING to do with the Real Housewives of New York but this GIF of Aviva telling Ramona she was White Trash...

I met someone...

You know the butterflies you get in the pit of your stomach when you are texting, messaging, chatting, tweeting, snapping, or heretofore...

Big Hair, Don't Care

Last night after spin class I took myself to a movie (a nice British period drama called Far From the Madding Crowd... I loved it,...

The Shuffle Sermon

I'm writing today from a Starbucks on 42nd Street in the heart of Times Square. The center of everything. Where the worlds of a "kind-of...

Bless Your Heart of the Week: Hairless Hipsters

After a 5 week absence, I am finally back in New York, and have a message for my favorite (read: least favorite) faction of city folk:...

The Displaced Deb-Groupon-te

One of the major themes that I explore on this blog is displacement, and the struggle that comes with trying to reconcile who you are...

Bless Your Heart of the Week: Fashion Week

Twice a year, New York's most beautiful people all gather at Lincoln Center for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. There are two major...

Happy Anniversary!

Anniversaries are something that I usually don't forget. My parent's wedding anniversary is December 28th... I moved to New York on...

Subtext

As a student of the theater I am no stranger to “subtext”. In school we would spend weeks pouring over scripts figuring out what our...

Happy New Year!

Hello 2015!!! It’s me, Mary Lane. 2014 brought on a lot of great things: I started this blog, which has launched me into a world full...

Bless Your Heart of the Week: My not so super Super

This week’s edition of B.Y.H. is pretty self-explanatory. I mean… just look at the note I found from my Super taped on my door when I...

Bless Your Heart of the Week: Sleepy Stanley

So last Friday morning I woke up at 6:00am, dressed up (as instructed) like I was attending “a nice dinner”, and walked the few blocks...

The Bloom

Just when I think summer is finally over and gratefully bid adieu to high Con Edison bills, bad hair days, and with them the lip sweat...

Bless Your Heart of the Week: Bed, Bath, and Bless

Many days late and several dollars short… especially after I just dropped $16.00 at Whole Foods for a lunch consisting of Carrot Ginger...

Bless Your Heart of the Week: Sushi Date

Sushi: a seemingly safe date activity. It’s casual. It’s easy. It makes you seem like you're adventurous. If it’s a first date then...

My name is Mary Lane Haskell and my two "claims to fame" are that I have Dolly Parton's fax number and that Reese Witherspoon once liked a post on my Instagram. I am an actor, a writer, and a profound Chipotle enthusiast making my way in Los Angeles while trying to stay true to my family's southern roots, all with grace and a touch a good humor. I'm so glad you're here!

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