I had the pleasure of teaching a cohort of Women in Film — who are in a mentoring group, run by my friend Linda Schreyer. I brought a handful of ‘thank you’ cards and spread them over the long conference table, and after I gave my three basic rules for writing a boffo ‘TY’ note…
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I had a few minutes to browse Neiman Marcus — and a “triple points” coupon. While Vin was upstairs getting some pants tailored, I cruised down to the new CUSP department, which had been recently remodeled in the Beverly Hills store. I ended up finding a black mid-length cashmere skirt I liked, and with Adrienne…
I had a lovely day with Alice and Annie and Susan the other day at the Huntington Library. Alice and Susan beat me to the punch — I haven’t written MY notes but today I received one from each of them. Alice mentions “witty & wonderful people” — and I have to agree. We appreciated…
My sister Annie invited a few close friends to go through the Huntington Library with us the other day. We talked about thank you letters while we were at lunch — I was toting my Kate Spade ‘typewriter purse’, and the ladies appreciated the punchy message. I got two thank you notes in the mail…
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We didn’t meet Ron Burkle, who generously opened his magnificent estate for the 20th year to the Rape Center luncheon — but I wanted to tell him ‘thank you’ anyway. These are the kinds of letters I write because I believe in the power of thank you … even when I’m just one of the…
I’m getting to talk to old friends — and make new ones — in my job for UC Santa Cruz. Last Saturday, I had a fascinating phone call with Pamela Kleibrink-Thompson, who went to school there around the same time I did. She and I exchanged a volley of names, and it turns out that…
Garry and Ramyne Spire invited me — last minute — to the Hollywood Bowl on Thursday night. It was 9-11, they said, and symbolic because they’d been at the Bowl with their then-young sons the night of that terrible tragedy. As a tribute, they’d planned to reconvene at the Bowl to honor those we lost….
