My cousin Lauren knows how to write a GREAT note. Basically, they sound like she just talked to me — and they capture her personality perfectly. Vivi turned 2 and I got her color-blocked sandals (pink & orange), and some plastic pink chairs, just her size. I knew they’d both be a hit — and…
I’m drowning in e-mails. One of them — that I didn’t delete because it had this image — came in a while ago from my friend Ewa Metcalf, who’s always on the look-out for all things keyboard. Evidently there’s such a thing as a “ceramic sculptor” who makes typewriters. He was the father of the…
Cate Ferrall, who’s 9 now, has become a really good penpal. She likes postcards — witness this one she sent from The Lone Cabbage Restaurant in Cocoa, Florida… and she decorates her letters with charming hand-drawn descriptions of her happy moments. Here she shows “me sticking my feet in the” “Atlantic” — and a few…
We went to the theatre a few weeks ago — and I ordered the “Cinderella” tickets from Charity Wu and the kind folks at Center Theatre Group. To my surprise, I got a check in the mail today from Mimi… so I hastened to thank HER for thanking ME. My note back, however, did not…
After a lively birthday party for Gloria Shepard at The Cheesecake Factory, I received a slough of cards from both of them — they’re always right on top of it, and I appreciate their follow-up. Please Share
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…
For Gloria Shepard’s birthday, I arranged with MICHI, her long-time hairdresser, to get her a haircut & blow-dry. I called Michi and we made the deal. Gloria was thrilled, her hair looked terrific, and it was the ideal present: I knew it would fit! (Here she is with our friend Mimi Starrett and her best…
We weren’t able to be at the Goldstein’s Passover Seder this year, but as always, I sent over CHOCOLATE TOFFEE MATZOH. I got an unexpected ‘thank you’ from Jacqueline, who’s a well-mannered teenager… thanking me for my contribution to the dinner. I liked her line, “Needless to say it was the most sought after dessert…
I put together an Itinerary for the upcoming weekend in Palm Springs… where we gather at my cousin Marla & Peter’s house for Passover. My father comes down from Berkeley, and I always put together an Itinerary for all of us so we can track all the flights and hotel information. This is the note…
Ewa Metcalf pays attention. She knows me. She’s always on the lookout for anything that has a typewriter — or a story about ‘thank you notes’. She sent me this article from the Providence Business News (March 16-22, 2015) about a woman, Beth Schart, who’s started a company that offers handwritten letters. Beth writes the…
