I’m not an action movie fan, usually. I liked Robert Downey, Jr. in “IRON MAN” but that was as far as my fascination went… until I heard that Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas were cast in “ANT–MAN” by Marvel Studios. “ANT-MAN” delivered, and the audience loved it. Because AXEL ALONSO is a graduate of UC…
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF- 8#q=caucus%20of%20producers%20writers%20and%20directors *** We heard Congresswoman Judy Chu speak at the opening of “WATERFALL”, a musical that opened world-wide on Sunday at The Pasadena Playhouse. When she mentioned her fight for creative types — artists, producers, writers — I whispered to Vin, “You need to meet her & tell her about the Producers’ Caucus.” They…
I got to sit next to Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth & Chris Frantz of The Talking Heads last Saturday. It was the Rhode Island School of Design Commencement, and Jerry, Tina & Chris were being given Honorary Doctorate degrees. We watched the array of creative students cross the stage, listened to a stirring & offbeat…
I play a game with myself. Whenever I see a great artist — I check to see where they went to school. If it’s Rhode Island School of Design, I’m gratified. Often I’ll write that person a note — if I can figure out where to send it — and thank them for the fine…
It’s hard to make sense of a hospital. Doctors come and go. Nurses whip in and out. And getting someone to LISTEN, really LISTEN to a patient’s story is a challenge. When my father had to have emergency surgery — I was scared. I didn’t know his doctors. Nobody on his “team” was part of…
Jim McCaw, a photojournalist who’s written for The New York Times and many other publications, is downsizing. He sent me two machines from his home in Michigan… one of them this Coronamatic 8000. I just found the Warranty & Owners’ Manual that Jim included. This baby was produced in 1977. Hmmm– that makes it a sexy…
https://airandspace.si.edu/I got to meet CHRISTINE HAZY who’s behind the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum. She is very wise, very smart about making philanthropic connections, and someone I’d like to backstop in any way I can… so after she wrote us a letter thanking Vin and me for a fundraising luncheon we had at The…
After I wrote a “TY” to Simon and Nikolai Haas for opening their Studio to the alumni of Rhode Island School of Design event… I was surprised — and really happy — to get a lovely THANK YOU back from them. That’s one of the best things about writing a note. Sometimes I get one…
I have a dream. I want to take my “THANK YOU” writing out into the world. I want to write a book about it, and craft it in a way people will read it and resonate with it. I thought about who’s already a published author. SQuire Rushnell, a long-time friend of Vin’s, has written…
http://www.nationalportraitgallery.org/ I’ve met a few terrific people from the National Portrait Gallery — Kim Sajet, who’s the Director, and Lindsay Gabryszak, who’s their Major Gifts Officer. On the basis of what they’ve told me they’re doing there, we gave them a small check of support for their “Elaine De Koonig” exhibit. Since I wasn’t able…
