MY SUMMER POSTCARD: SUMMER ’09. The summer Jon & Kate divorced, Michael died, and Obama cared. My summer started in Milan, Italy at an opening party for La Scala Opera House. (I would show you the pictures, but after one too many Sambuca, Scott lost the camera.) I came back to the states and shared my secrets on how to have a successful Garage Sale on the Today Show, which raised more than $10,000 for a family in need, and then spent as much of the summer as possible working on my new book at Edgewater Farm (featured in This Old House) with fantastic photos by Richard Felber. I planted a Michelle Obama kitchen garden, then snuck back to the city and did Fox News Strategy Room a few times, with how to have summer fun on a budget. My most exciting adventure was to L.A. with Barbara Corcoran as she shot ABC’s new hit Shark Tank. I’m so proud of her. We just learned our book “If You Don’t Have Big Breasts, Put Ribbons on Your Pigtails” is going to be re-released. Lastly, in case you need a laugh, NPR’s Roundtable deemed me the “modern day Erma Bombeck” and began airing my series “Is This What They Call Marriage?” Catch up on the episodes: “Moving Day” “Now & Zen” and “West Nile.” The fall looks to be exciting. I have some fun upcoming TV appearances and some exciting things in the works. Stay tuned… Wishing you and yours a FUN FALL!