Irene Zutell is a New York transplant living, writing and raising two young daughters in Los Angeles. She is the author of two novels--the just released Pieces of Happily Ever After and They're Not Your Friends. She also wrote--along with her husband--a collection of funny labor and delivery room stories, I'll Never Have Sex with You Again!
Irene's work has appeared in People, Us Weekly, The New York Times, the NY Daily News, Newsday, USA Today, Glamour, Reuters and the Associated Press.
She has been a featured panelist on The New Movie Show on Fox, a contributor to the Joan Hamburg Show on WOR Radio and a frequent commentator on the BBC, giving her humorous take on matters “across the pond”. She co-created and co-executive produced WICKEDLY PERFECT, the prime time CBS reality series that aired in 2005.
Check out her website: www.irenezutell.com
Huffington Post Columns by Irene Zutell
Aging And Abercrombie
Now that I'm over 30...okay 35, okay 40, if you must know, I'm learning all about the horrors of ageism. And never is that more rampant than at the local mall. You can feel it when you enter certain stores--stores catering to a YOUNGER clientelle. Sales clerks ignore you. They...
Growing Up: Santa's Last Visit?
4 Comments | Posted December 21, 2009 | 01:43 PM (EST)
From the moment she could talk, my daughter, Olivia, questioned everything.
When she was four, she angrily hurled her fairy tale book at the wall because Cinderella made no sense. Olivia explained that if everything returned to normal at midnight, then why is that glass slipper still around?
...Product Failure
4 Comments | Posted December 10, 2009 | 03:34 PM (EST)
Question: Why has Tiger Woods never shaved his head?
Answer: Because that's where the bar code is hidden.
Tiger Woods is a consumer product. And like Coke and KFC, the recipe was a closely guarded secret. But now, everyone's had a look at the real ingredients, and oh, the...
Alzheimer's: A Love Story
13 Comments | Posted November 23, 2009 | 11:18 AM (EST)
When I met the woman who would eventually become my mother-in-law, she didn't smile or say hello or talk to me. She wouldn't even look at me.
I awkwardly stuck out my hand. "Hello Magdalen." Minutes earlier, Larry had warned me not to call her Mrs. Bleidner. "She thinks...
Posted January 15, 2010 | 12:14 PM (EST)