Meredith C. Carroll

Meredith Cohen Carroll is an Aspen, Colo.-based writer and editor whom Rush Limbaugh once called a babe. Her column Meredith Pro Tem has been running weekly in newspapers across the west since 2005, as well as frequently on The Huffington Post since 2009. The Colorado Press Association awarded her Best Humorous Column Writing in 2005, 2007 and 2009. Meredith writes for Mom.Me, and has also contributed to The New York Times and Town & Country, among other publications. Read more (or don’t, whatever) at MeredithCarroll.com.

What was your favorite toy as a child?

Anything my older sister was playing with at the moment. My favorite food was also always whatever she ordered at a restaurant. Neither has changed. At all, really.