My name is Ann Marie. I'm an interactive media/marketing consultant, blogger, and the author of a cookbook ("Cooking to Hook Up: The Bachelor's Date-Night Cookbook").

I live in Los Angeles with my boyfriend, Rita the cat and Maude the dog. We are expecting our first child in April -- we just found it's a girl.

I recently moved into his 3-bedroom house. It has beautiful hardwood floors, high ceilings, skylights -- but it is a little cold. Too much glass and metal and white walls. So I'm excited to start decorating not only the baby's room, but the whole house.

Hobbies: gardening, cooking, wine tasting, reading, writing, Scrabble and quilting.