They say when you’re “in the zone”, you don’t notice time. That must be true, because I’ve posted 500 letters as of tonight — and it seems like I just began. To show you how into it I am, I thought I’d been doing this for about six months. When I zoomed back into the…
After I cruised into a Lanvin boutique on Rodeo Drive — months ago — I wrote the salesperson a letter. Much to my surprise, I got a nice note back from her … Ivana, a young recruit, has already mastered the first rule of sales: remember your customers… even if they don’t buy a thing….
We decided to have lunch today, last-minute, after both of us had morning appointments. I didn’t have a reservation anywhere, but I figured, “Hey, it’s Beverly Hills, how hard can it be?” Wrong. Beverly Drive was crawling. My first choice, The Beverly Grill was packed, the valet told us. We went to Barney’s, where I…
I bought a book from its cover tonight. I was hanging around, waiting to have my friend Linda sign her new book, “Tears & Tequila”. “THE OTHER TYPIST” jumped out. I remembered my cousin Lauren had told me about it. Don’t remember what the story is, but the back paragraph was enough for me: “Confessions…
One day over lunch, Adam admitted he had a secret stash. Not of illicit drugs. Of stationery with his name on it — “In Residence: Adam Silverman” from the famed Chateau Marmont. He loved it so much, he said, that he had about 4 pages of it and didn’t wan to use any of it…
http://www.amazon.com/Tears-Tequila-Novel-Linda-Schreyer/dp/193521229Xhttp://www.dieselbookstore.com/brentwood-staff-recs-events-bestsellers-and-more * I went to a new bookstore tonight — DIESEL. In the Brentwood Country Mart, it’s one of the few remaining independent bookstores around. My writing teacher Linda Schreyer just published her first novel — “TEARS AND TEQUILA”. I wanted to support her, buy a copy, and have her sign it. I ended up…
My daughter knows I’m an office supply junkie. For my birthday, she found some things I’ve never seen before. A wondrous display: * a tiny red chair that holds paperclips * rubber chicken pushpins * salami notepad * and apropos of entertaining — pineapple ice cube trays. I tried to find a common theme when…
Gloria Shepard is a talented gardener. She has a rose garden that is the pride of the neighborhood, and she is happy to share her talents with those of us who were not born with a green thumb. For my birthday, she presented me with a carefully-tended African violet that she had transplanted & grown…
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We attended the Laguna Museum of Art’s annual fundraiser, “Palate to Palette” Friday night. Adam Silverman, a world-famous potter, was one of the featured artists. It seemed like a perfect way to have a pre-birthday celebration and honor a RISD alum. To my complete surprise, Adam gave ME a gift… which I didn’t open until…
