Brian Lefler, my Co-Chair of the Rhode Island School of Design’s Parents Council, and I met in Novi, Michigan after I was at a Camp Kesem event in a little town named Fenton. He was waiting in the lobby for me when I arrived, a comforting face indeed. We had a lovely dinner at the…
Chuck and Ava Fries know how to produce things. Events. Dinner parties with themes. Movies. So when they invited us over to dinner on Halloween night, we eagerly accepted. No problem for costumes. Vin had tattoo “sleeves” we’d gotten at the car wash — at my insistence, a few weeks earlier. I was going to…
At the last minute on Friday afternoon — hours after most people had carefully chosen their costumes for that Halloween day, I took advantage of the fact that I work in Chinatown. I decided to get into the spirit a little, and cruised through a sea of polyester, flammable-looking clothes in search of something…
I’m setting up meetings for the Dean of the Arts Division, David Yager… and it’s not always easy to coordinate with various assistants and get a time nailed down. Stephanie was so helpful that I promised to write her a note — and kept my word, as soon as we got back from the meeting….
Linda Schreyer asked me to speak to her “Women in Film” group of mentees — about the importance of writing “Thank You notes” after job interviews. I added a little bit about why it’s a great opportunity to reach out to people who you can’t speak to after an event — and make yourself stand…
There she was, a hot cup of soup in her hands, at 6 o’clock at night. She was getting ready to work a few quiet hours, I could tell, and the building was shut down for the day. Until I came along. Box of “thank you” cards in hand, typewriter purse on my arm, I…
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 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…
