My sister Annie graciously shared her birthday weekend with my Mom’s 90th. I had a good time finding her a new Spring wardrobe, and a pair of bling-y silver tennis shoes… which she put on the next day and seems to be wearing to every venue she can. Please Share
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….
After my sister Annie’s birthday (and my Mom’s 90th), I got a treasure trove of letters from our friends. Since I’d included various types of stationery and notecards in the goody bags, it was gratifying to get back some of them in situ. Linda Pitts wrote how she and her husband Kevin “munched popcorn and Butterfingers”…
“Cousin Julie” is married to “Cousin Don”, both in Gloria Gordon’s family. For Gloria’s 90th, I arranged a limo to bring in the “cousins from Camarillo” as a surprise. Julie’s lovely note touched me… “What a beautiful luncheon, 90th party you arranged for Gloria…the atmosphere, food selections, party decorations, and especially the company was outstanding….
My wedding planner Jennifer Hronek said, “You and Paul Dreher MUST meet!” He’s run over a thousand weddings at the Beverly Hilton, to say nothing of major entertainment events in the main Ballroom… and he teaches Etiquette as well. We had a delightful lunch today, and afterwards, I got taken to his office, where Paul…
http://thesunmagazine.org/After the class I taught to 9th graders at Da Vinci Design, I got a beautiful stack of letters from the students, thanking me for my lessons. I wrote back to teacher Adam Kalma, and sent him a SUN Magazine to inspire his students about how one letter can make a lifetime impression. Please Share
I’m going through my files, trying to do some Spring Cleaning. I found a file marked, “RISD ACCEPTED STUDENTS’ PARTY”. It was made in 2010. I did four or five of them for Rhode Island School of Design — a welcome for Southern California students who got accepted to the school. Sandy Tompkins, our bartender, wrote me…
Art Sida is on the Board of Regents for Da Vinci Design… after the meeting on Thursday, we spoke for quite some time about our various other passions — he’s involved in an organization that helps give scholarships to students of color who otherwise wouldn’t have made it into college. He went to Stanford University…
My sister Annie and my mother Betty share a birthday one day apart. We gathered a lot of Annie’s friends in Orange County to honor both of them… I had goody bags, which included stationery. Cindy Hudson re-purposed hers and cut out fun figures in bathing suits to refresh the front of the gold-dotted card….
After I got to meet the Director of the Cooper Hewitt Museum, I wrote Caroline Baumann a fan letter. She sent me a beautiful book and this note. I loved the Museum she’s overseen recently, and recommend it highly if you find yourself in New York and want to immerse yourself in design. Please Share
