I sent Veronica, my dental hygienist, a ‘purse holder thingy’ after she mentioned she HATES putting her purse on the ground… and she’d done a particularly fine job of ‘tooth spotting’ for me at a cleaning, when she noticed a hairline fracture in a back wisdom tooth. I’m now scheduled to see her a lot…
Some people download their tickets before they fly. Or they show up with it on their phones. I’m neither one of those types. I stand in line, either outside at the bag check line — or inside, if it looks like things will go quickly. It’s not particularly fun or efficient but it’s how I…
http://vincentingala.com/2013/ For years I’ve heard about “Spaghettini and the Dave Koz Lounge”. It was a regular jazz offering on 94.7 THE WAVE, and I caught that wave quite often. When I noticed “Spaghettini” had opened up next door to SPAGO on Canon Drive — I was ecstatic. We booked brunch with our friends Lloyd &…
Our phone system didn’t work. We called AT&T, and to my delight — and surprise — got a technician who knew what he was doing. Aaron told me, as I typed away, “I’m going to have to pull the server, is that OK?” I allowed as to how that’s no problem — “I can…
https://www.facebook.com/gloria.gordon.735507?fref=ts&ref=br_tfhttps://www.facebook.com/gloria.gordon.735507?fref=ts&ref=br_tf A few days before my friend Gloria Gordon turned 90, we took her to an event at the Hollywood Museum. When Councilmember Tom LaBonge heard me tell him — he jumped on it immediately. He flipped me his card and whispered, “Call my office. We’ll get her a Proclamation”. He did just that, and…
I like having a dental hygienist who’s a bit freaky about dirt. She can floss (herself) for 20 minutes non-stop. She’s got endless patience for finding even the tiniest hint of a problem. The other day, she noticed a problem. Root canal looked suspicious. She dropped everything, called for X-rays, and her theory was confirmed….
I’ve had various cars, but the Mini-Cooper I got ranks as my all-time favorite. When a light appeared on the dashboard — looking mysteriously like a ‘check engine’ icon — I hastened to make an appointment. My baby was sick. It was sputtering on the road. Today at the dealership, the Service Advisor they gave…
I’ve been going to the same bank for years and Edwin and I always talk about generalities… but somehow, it came up today that I’d been at a typewriter store this morning…and he confessed he’s always wanted to buy one, ‘just to have on a coffee table and have people ask ‘WHAT’S THAT?’ I promised…
The first time Vin and I discovered La Super-Rica Taqueria in Santa Barbara, it was so good that we went there TWICE in two days! A guy at a bar told us he’d done that when he discovered the taqueria that Julia Child herself loved. Apropos of ‘thank you’s I should write’ — I’m putting…
I was walking down Beverly Drive with Vin — I don’t remember what we were doing, but we had a few minutes to kill — when he noticed the store’s window. “Want go to in?” he asked. There was a gray jacket that looked kind of cute, so I agreed. When Laura P. came to…
