Danielle Crittenden

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Danielle Crittenden is the author of What our Mothers Didn't Tell Us and the recent Washington novel, Amanda Bright @ Home. She is married to former presidential speechwriter David Frum, and lives in D.C. with their three children. You can email her at Danielle@daniellecrittenden.com.

Blog Entries by Danielle Crittenden

The Reno: Unleash Your Inner *Byotch*

Posted September 20, 2008 | 09:11 AM (EST)


Danielle Crittenden's 1905 house in Washington, D.C. has been undergoing a major renovation for the past year (and off and on for over a decade). In the final installment of this weekly HuufPo series, Danielle records what it has been like for her and her family to live through the...

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The Reno: Will We Have A Toilet In Time For Our Guests?

2 Comments | Posted September 13, 2008 | 08:45 AM (EST)


Danielle Crittenden's 1905 house in Washington, D.C. has been undergoing a major renovation for the past year (and off and on for over a decade). In this weekly HuufPo series, Danielle records what it has been like for her and her family to live through the construction with their builders,...

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The Reno: Going For The Wow Factor

Posted September 5, 2008 | 01:15 PM (EST)


Danielle Crittenden's 1905 house in Washington, D.C. has been undergoing a major renovation for the past year (and off and on for over a decade). In this second-to-last installment of her series, Danielle records what it has been like for her and her family to live through the construction with...

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The Reno: Contractor Turns Family Counselor

1 Comments | Posted August 29, 2008 | 07:30 AM (EST)


Danielle Crittenden's 1905 house in Washington, D.C. has been undergoing a major renovation for the past year (and off and on for over a decade). In this weekly summer series, which appears weekends on HuffPo, Danielle records what it has been like for her and her family to live through...

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Michelle Obama: Democrats Roll Out the OS X Leopard of First Ladies

129 Comments | Posted August 26, 2008 | 11:33 AM (EST)


Last night I thought sleepily: If Michelle Obama is going to speak to the women of America, she better darn well do it before 10 pm [ET]. As 10 p.m. came and went, I grappled for the remote and was about to turn off the television when her bio video...

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The Reno: "I Value Your Opinion, Dear, But..."

2 Comments | Posted August 15, 2008 | 11:29 AM (EST)


Danielle Crittenden's 1905 house in Washington, D.C. has been undergoing a major renovation for the past year (and off and on for over a decade). In this weekly summer series, which appears weekends on HuffPo, Danielle records what it has been like for her and her family to live through...

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The Reno: Preserving Happy House Karma

Posted August 8, 2008 | 12:25 PM (EST)


Danielle Crittenden's 1905 house in Washington, D.C. has been undergoing a major renovation for the past year (and off and on for over a decade). In this weekly summer series, which appears weekends on HuffPo, Danielle records what it has been like for her and her family to live through...

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The Reno: "How On Earth Are You Managing To Live Here?"

Posted August 3, 2008 | 10:57 AM (EST)


Danielle Crittenden's 1905 house in Washington, D.C. has been undergoing a major renovation for the past year (and off and on for over a decade). In this weekly summer series, which appears weekends on HuffPo, Danielle records what it has been like for her and her family to live through...

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The Reno: My House Is Now An Archaeological Site

2 Comments | Posted July 25, 2008 | 06:56 PM (EST)


Danielle Crittenden's 1905 house in Washington, D.C. has been undergoing a major renovation for the past year (and off and on for over a decade). In this weekly summer series, which appears Fridays on HuffPost, Danielle records what it has been like for her and her family to live through...

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The Reno: I Like How He Wields a Sledgehammer

Posted July 18, 2008 | 08:18 AM (EST)


Danielle Crittenden's 1905 house in Washington, D.C. has been undergoing a major renovation for the past year (and off and on for over a decade). In this weekly summer series, which appears Fridays on HuffPost, Danielle records what it has been like for her and her family to live through...

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The Reno: How A Minor Repair Gutted My Kitchen

Posted July 11, 2008 | 11:39 AM (EST)


Danielle Crittenden's 1905 house in Washington, D.C. has been undergoing a major renovation for the past year (and off and on for over a decade). In this weekly summer series, which appears Fridays on HuffPost, Danielle records what it has been like for her and her family to live through...

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The Reno: When Your Builder Is More Important Than You Are

Posted July 7, 2008 | 06:13 AM (EST)


Danielle Crittenden's 1905 house in Washington, D.C. has been undergoing a major renovation for the past year (and off and on for over a decade). In this weekly summer series, which appears Fridays on HuffPost, Danielle records what it has been like for her and her family to live through...

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The Reno: Falling in Love

Posted June 27, 2008 | 09:56 AM (EST)


Danielle Crittenden's 1905 house in Washington, D.C. has been undergoing a major renovation for the past year (and off and on for over a decade). In this weekly summer series, which appears Fridays on HuffPo, Danielle records what it has been like for her and her family to live through...

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The Reno: How Will I Live Without You?

Posted June 20, 2008 | 11:39 AM (EST)


Danielle Crittenden's 1905 house in Washington, D.C. has been undergoing a major renovation for the past year (and off and on for over a decade). In this weekly summer series, Danielle records what it has been like for her and her family to live through the construction with their builders,...

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How To Lie About Your Age

Posted April 24, 2008 | 10:16 AM (EST)


Why, when women lie about their age, do they always drop years rather than add them?

Obvious answer: They want to pretend they are younger than they are. But since they rarely appear younger than they are, isn't this counter-productive?

I've been stewing about this because I recently turned...

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NetPets: The Solution For Horny Politicians

Posted March 19, 2008 | 11:31 AM (EST)



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Eliot Spitzer: Total Rat -- Or Upholding Family Values?

Posted March 11, 2008 | 01:42 PM (EST)


When Eliot Spitzer gave his public "apology"on Monday, I was just coming off a sprint on the treadmill at my local gym. A woman who looked to be in her mid-fifties walked up to my machine and made a motion to speak to me. Anyone who belongs to a gym...

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e-Vsdropping: Will McCain Appear With Bush?

Posted February 29, 2008 | 11:02 AM (EST)


From: KevinSullivan@who.eop.gov
Subject: "Bush bump!"
Date: February 28, 2008 10:07:53 AM EST
To: Charles.Black@JohnMcCain.com

Hi Charlie,

Just following up from our lunch of last week. Has your campaign made any decisions about when the Senator would like to do a joint appearance in Texas with the President?...

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e-Vsdropping: Bill's Valentine to Hillary

Posted February 14, 2008 | 09:01 AM (EST)


Chat with Hillary4Change
10:47 p.m.

Ladeezman42: hey babe
Ladeezman42: plans r *set*
Ladeezman42: car pickin u up @ 8
Ladeezman42: rez @ hottest bbq jnt in town
Ladeezman42: u & me
Ladeezman42: jus like th ol days
Ladeezman42: ribz n romanz...

Hillary4Change: Take...

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Phone People vs. ePeople

Posted January 10, 2008 | 08:48 PM (EST)


"I tried to reach you but I got your voice mail."
"Didn't you get my message?"
"Why don't you ever answer your phone?"

Ah, the complaints of Phone People! I hear them all the time, including from my own family. As in, "Mom forgot...

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