Sometimes — often — I send out so many notes in the course of a day that I forget who I mailed them to… in this case, I got a lovely response on my phone and had no idea who my respondent might be. I wrote back to the Massachusetts area code — and Dassi…
Gloria Z. began as my daughter’s nanny, 17 years ago. Then Jamie went off to college, but Gloria stayed. She’s a “Girl Friday”, if they say that anymore. (I think it’s politically incorrect, and factually wrong, since she doesn’t work Fridays). If we were in production, she’d be my Production Manager. Whatever her title, Gloria…
We have a classmate at Palo Alto High who’s single-handedly organized all of our reunions, starting 7 years out when we’d missed the 5-year and didn’t want to wait for ten. Bill S. has worked tirelessly putting these together for us, and as a result, we’ve got a tighter-knit group than many. At the last…
Photo: Before my father’s 90th “dim sum luncheon” birthday in Berkeley — May 2013… Jamie, my husband Vin and me… * Around midnight, after her 12-hour production day, my daughter rolls in. I’m at my desk, working on …this blog… the television blasting (football, I’m not listening) and out of nowhere, she asks (a) for my…
I asked Bob S. for a CD of Gull Wing pictures from the car convention we ran in October. I want to include them in my resume, just to spice it up. Bob very kindly burned me three CD’s of car shots, including many I hadn’t seen before when we were too busy organizing the…
“Connie and Ted’s” — Eytan’s favorite place, a seafood restaurant open only 3 months on Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood. Reservations required. One month in advance. Eytan’s got pull, though. He worked it out and we met he and his wife Morlene there, a few minutes late. We sat outside, next to a more…
After our high school reunion ten years ago (1993), I sent a “Thank you” to my friend Bill, our class organizer. He’d worked tirelessly to pull the weekend together and he mentioned wishing he could have a massage when it was all done. I researched the local spa and sent a gift certificate for a…
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Dr. Ruiz usually eschews charity events. He knows too many patients, he says, it’s not his scene. He broke his rule, though, to attend a UCLA fundraiser for cancer and support a patient of his named Ted. Ted spoke beautifully, my doctor said, advocating for the importance of funding research. Ted put his money where…
Did I mention one of the benefits of writing a “thank you” is sometimes I get a note back? After I praised Donna for nobly pulling together a last-minute family luncheon for her beautiful daughter Rachel during the busy Christmas season, she wrote me how much she appreciated my praise. That made me feel great… although when I…
