When I went in for my annual visit to see Dr. Ross, my gastroenterologist, she asked how I was… and I could see on the front of her file one of my typed notes. “Do you have anything for me?: she asked … and I shoved my typed “To Do” list at her. “”I’m still…
OK, I admit it. I’m a fan. I think Blair Underwood is a talented actor, on stage and on screen. In the last few months I’ve gotten to see him storm onto the stage as “Othello”, dredlocks flowing, owning the part. This weekend he played “Ludie”, the beleaguered son of an elderly woman played by…
Edwin Nourian graduated as an architect last weekend. Jamie — who’s counted Edwin as a close friend since junior high — gave him a card & a gift… and I also felt like I should acknowledge his hard work. It’s not easy to grind through five-plus years of drafting, sleeping under the table, presenting one’s…
The new Parents’ Council Chair was at the RISD Send-Off party for new students & their parents last night. I stood and watched her, transfixed, as I realized I had started these ‘send-off parties’ in Los Angeles — and now they had taken on a powerful life of their own. I thought, “This must be…
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I went to undergraduate school at UC Santa Cruz for my first two years. Now that I’ve started to work for Dean David Yager of the Arts Division at UC Santa Cruz — I’m getting the distinct pleasure of re-connecting with friends from long ago… all smart, witty, thoughtful people who I admired then and…
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I invited Vivian to see “Yves St. Laurent”, the movie. I had no idea it contains gay and bi- sex, drugs, debauchery — and high fashion. Vivian, who’s seen a lot in her life, wasn’t shocked. We joked “We wanted more fashion!” When I checked “rotten tomatoes”, the website, it got less than 49% ‘thumbs…
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