Sometimes an unexpected gift comes in the mail — another reason why I love my daily haul. A few days ago, I was getting sick with whatever it is that everybody seems to have… and finally admitted I wouldn’t get better on my own. I made a late-afternoon appointment with my doctor, and dragged into…
Here’s my pen pal Cate Ferrall’s puzzle — I finally finished it. She didn’t give me any clues. I finally got it done. The only good thing about being home sick for three days — those nagging projects that don’t go away may finally get addressed. Click here: IMG_0359 Please Share
Neiman Marcus prides itself on customer service. So when they sent us a beautiful Fortuny bowl — as a “thank you for shopping here”, I was properly “bowled over”. I kept Jim Gold’s note for a while, then decided, why not? He would appreciate a note as much as anybody. I caught a few typos…
NEW FEATURE ** LIVE VIDEO!! Click on IMG_0337 — A video of me showing you Cate’s “Thank You” puzzle. * I’m working on Cate’s puzzle. I needed a drink halfway through. Went for cranberry juice. Wanted vodka. I’m still not done. Finally at 2 AM I gave up for the night. Please Share
Here’s a close-up shot of the puzzle Cate F., my 7-year-old pen-pal, sent me from New York. It took me THREE days to figure it out. The pink shiny background is the square TARGET platter I rested it on as I tried to assemble it. It arrived as a tiny box. I was so enthralled…
Alison is a Rhode Island School of Design graduate, a sculpture major who went into shoe design. (She and my daughter Jamie were roommates). I send Alison pictures of fascinating shoes to inspire her… although she really doesn’t need it now that she’s working on 5th Avenue in New York for a major designer. She…
Some people can find identify a need and fill it. Sometimes it’s a gift I don’t even know I needed. Vivian C. is one of those rare “gifters”. Last year she gave me a jaunty red plastic fork-like implement (see below) — the “Devil Oven Rack Pull”. I love it — I’d admired one…
I hope I’m not turning into one of those crazy ladies who hides things in her shoes. I went to pick up my sunglasses the other day from Iavor at Dan Deutsch Optical Outlook in Westwood. I’ve known Iavor Tsalov about a year now. After years at another optical store, when the corporation moved our…
I’ve been friends with Karen S. since we we met at UC Santa Cruz. We moved to Los Angeles together. Along the way, we met each other’s families and we were so close, I even got engaged at Karen’s wedding and we had our babies ten days apart. Karen’s younger sister Joel is a woman…
I met Karen Mauskop when we were both members of the Parents’ Council at Rhode Island School of Design. Karen is a master networker, lives in New York, and knows EVERYBODY. After a few conversations, or “Jewish geography” as she calls it, we figured out I knew Wes Raffel from my Palo Alto High School…
