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…
“I got a postcard from Cate!” I yelled as I hurried in from the mailbox. This was a big deal. It was the first one I’d ever gotten from my 8-year-old pen-pal. She was entering into a new realm… one which I remember, being on vacation and looking on those carrels for something, anything, that…
There is almost an Edward Munch feel to this typewriter card that my high school friend Nancy Jamison Paul sent me. She’s always on the look-out for my obsession. Unfortunately, the card stock was so thick that when I scanned it, it pulled itself into this strange lengthened version of itself. I rather like it,…
Julia Newman runs the Parents’ Council at Rhode Island School of Design. She came out here to oversee a party at the home of a parent in Malibu — after we’d exchanged a few e-mails and calls about agenda, guests, and general ideas on how to handle the party. (I’ve given 4 or them before,…
One of the surprising things about writing notes — is getting responses. I gave a little yellow “onesie” with a Rhode Island School of Design logo on it to my fellow Trustee, Meghan Michaud. Her baby Katherine hadn’t yet been born, but I wanted to gift her something before the baby arrived. To my delight, she…
Christopher Baker, now a Beverly Hills attorney, had a brainstorm back when we were in college. He created an ‘installation’, Christo-style, of a “Slip & Slide” — first outside the dorm of College Five, then inside the hallway of the dorm. It was an instant hit. It’s also one of my favorite memories of my…
Justin’s got youth, good looks and talent — and something I covet. He’s the proud owner of a portable typewriter he takes on the road when he travels. We made a pledge when I visited him at his office in New York — and he let me bang on the keys — that we’d only…
After I saw a story about how one company in Europe has a lock on ALL the glasses made in the world — well, maybe I’m exaggerating a bit, but they’re BIG — I suddenly started questioning why eyeglasses cost so much. Gloria Gordon and Gloria Shepard and I were cruising “Forever 21” after my…
I like paper. I like sending it. I like receiving it. This was the rainbow on my desk today. Can you understand why it cheers me up? Please Share
I’m never sure what happens in the world of commission. Salespeople jump out from all corners of retail establishments, and I don’t want one to get mad at another … although I don’t think it’s as cut-throat as I imagine. * I got an announcement from Michele, whom I used to work with at Saks…
