http://www.amazon.com/Tears-Tequila-Novel-Linda-Schreyer/dp/193521229Xhttp://www.dieselbookstore.com/brentwood-staff-recs-events-bestsellers-and-more * I went to a new bookstore tonight — DIESEL. In the Brentwood Country Mart, it’s one of the few remaining independent bookstores around. My writing teacher Linda Schreyer just published her first novel — “TEARS AND TEQUILA”. I wanted to support her, buy a copy, and have her sign it. I ended up…
Dr. Yamamura is an old-school OB-GYN. She takes time with her patients. She doesn’t rush us in and out. She doesn’t use a computer. Her front desk handwrites patients’ invoices, and when it’s time to pay, she accepts only checks. I didn’t bring my checkbook today — even though as I was driving there, I…
Vin and I had lunch with UCLA’s Dean of Theatre, Film and Television Teri Schwartz a few weeks ago, and she invited us to see “Guys and Dolls” on campus. There’s an entire division of students who specialize in musical theatre. After a bit of jockeying around to figure out dates, we got…
http://markslicker.com/ Mark Slicker, who is the only person I trust to color my hair — and David Patterson, partner extraordinaire — have created an enclave in their Westwood salon where I settle into a comfortable chair and forget the whirl around me. David pulled out a note I’d sent him to make an appointment —…
I’ve gone to Pico Cleaners for so long that Jacob, the owner and his brother Shervin saw my daughter Jamie grow up. I trust them implicitly and they in turn know & look out for me. When Vin’s cleaners went under — in one horrific ‘disappeared in the night’ weekend — he reluctantly switched to…
Question: When is a lawyer secretly a rock & roll drummer? Answer: When he’s Dan Case. We bid on a Dan’s band over a year ago at a charity event. He was kind enough to honor our request — it helps that we’re friends and he knew Father Eric — and coalesce his team…
The band of lawyers who backed up Father Eric when he sang at our party all deserved a round of applause. I’ve written five different letters now and one left to compose. It’s not easy to come up with variations on a theme, so I allow myself less than perfection … but I do want…
After the party we threw last Thursday to say goodbye to a Priest, Father Eric, before he departs to a new post in New York — I followed up with notes to the band. They’re mostly lawyers — we joked their name could be “Depos” or “Billable Quarter Hours”. (I tried to calculate what a…
Champagne appointed by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II — a beautiful gold-engraved bottle sent to us by Brent Mulgrew, who worked with us for ten years on keeping our rugs & furniture clean. Brent said we were his first official customer. I remember when he came in the door for the estimate, clipboard in hand….
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