Fueled by Diet Coke, a burning need to take pictures of my dinner, and an ardent desire to prove Orange County isn't a vast wilderness of Bed, Bath and Beyond stores and soccer fields , I write daily on my blog "Alive in Wonderland." I live with my devilishly handsome husband and two exceptionally fine kids behind a heavily guarded, yet perfectly landscaped gate in Irvine, California. Visit me: http://www.emphasisallmine.com/emphasismine/