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This should be honored everywhere. #spelllimits #harrypotter #hogsmeade (at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Universal Orlando Resort))

Some monument, a building, me. @acreativedc

Sunlight of the spirit. {Sometimes I really believe in signs}

It's @standwithahmed here to support the #globalgoals. #sustainabledevelopment #2030NOW

Flag trifecta: US, Papal, DC. #popeindc #flags #dcist #dc

This is not an iPhone shot, but I'm making an exception. It's one of my favorite light-filled photos I've ever taken, on the blog today for @one's #electrifyafrica campaign. Please join in on that hashtag plus #lightforlight to encourage Congress to approve funding to provide electricity for 50 million people in sub-Saharan Africa.

Wish. #summer #dandelion #colorcolourgreen #vscocam

If I ever write a memoir, the working title is "My Heart Is a Dive Bar." They are still among my favorite places, even though I can't do what they're designed to facilitate anymore. It makes perfect sense to me, what people seek in there, why we look for home in the damnedest places. There is an allure to music and stories and the twist on reality that's so enjoyable in the times before it goes completely round the bend and becomes unmanageable. Now it's easier for me to see the sadness underneath it, to walk in someplace for lunch and smile at a person already on his whatever number beer. That's his story until it's not, same as it was mine. I still get it, though. I still look for similar signs in the pavement.

Dog training is going well. #puggle #hooverthepuggle #dogsofinstagram

Yesterday was mostly notable because I survived an encounter with the clown band. I had no idea they were forming bands. You must be on alert at all times in this unsafe world. #clownband

Well, found the worst place on earth to be today at 2:30. #clownband #freshhell

I found an emoticon. It's probably already a thing but now it really is. #foundemoticons

Since we announced Mom2 will be in Laguna Niguel again, I can't stop thinking about how it's beautiful there all day, in different ways. #latergram #ocean #pacificocean

It's raining, too. It's so cool.

Andrew McCarthy was our surprise #irisawards emcee tonight, and I was the backstage producer so I got to work with him. I have been a fan of the broody dark-haired ones my whole life, and he won my heart in "Heaven Help Us" way before the other films. I have no idea what's going on in my life this week but it's cool and I'm rolling with it. Grateful to my #mom2summit family & @lauramayes & @carriepacini for everything.

I'm sitting this close to Molly Rimgwald, which is fun. #mom2summit

This morning was perfect, really, except for it was really early. That part is always rough for me.