http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-vegan-thanksgiving-20131129,0,7317072.story#axzz2m76RFln9 My friend Harvey told me to check out an article in the “Extra” section of the Los Angeles Times today. Unfortunately, in my haste to prepare for a Hanukkah party I was giving tonight, I threw out the paper and it’s now nestled under bags of trash and wrapping paper. I think this must…
It’s a day that fills us with turkey as well as joy. We wait all year long to give ourselves the opportunity to be together and to feel grateful. I say, we should feel take stock of who’s been kind to us every day…. Once a year is a good start, but it’s not enough….
I hear a lot of “Thank You” moments. Today when I was getting my nails done, Chau, my Vietnamese-born manicurist — who didn’t know my fervent belief in the power of “Thank You” — relayed a story about being out at McDonald’s with her 9-year-old daughter Lindsey. “After her piano lesson,” Chau said, “we went…
David Patterson, an energetic partner (and King of All Hospitality) at Mark Slicker Salon in Westwood, saw what I’ve been doing yesterday. I was there for hair color (base & blonde highlights), killing time by sharing my page. “I need ideas,” David said. “I’m grateful for a gift, in fact my heart may be bursting,…
As a lifelong insomniac, I’ve finally found one thing that helps. It’s not medication, although I’ve downed enough of that to knock out an elephant. It’s not booze, although an occasional drink DOES help. It’s not Transcendental Meditation, although I tried that when I went to UCLA — forgot my damn mantra — and…
After I had my blog launch, I took my friend Gloria G. (age 88) to the Westside Pavilion so we could shop for Hanukkah. I explained what the “blog” was all about, how it works, and why writing my notes of appreciation is important to me. “Oh, it’s very important,” she nodded. “We bundle up…
Ben Morrison is more than a stand-up comedian, a writer, an innovator. He’s “the person who handed you this card”. He’s also the person who delivered my fantasy. I’ve wanted to make my thank you notes “LIVE”, like a “Here’s Waldo” but didn’t know enough about the technology, analytics, Chimp Monkey, Facebook links. It was…
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…
https://www.facebook.com/events/1415806088637923/ highlight] [/highlighhttp://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-assemblyman-father-killed-jolts-neighbors-20131114,0,1832452.story#axzz2l7guLuL1 A City Councilmember must be ready for anything, I realized, when I saw Hollywood’s Fourth District Tom LaBonge bounce in, full of smiles, at a conference on ‘runaway production’ on Tuesday … and the next day, wearing sweatpants in the early morning, comforting the relative of a slain man (whose son is…
I was at the U.S. Post Office this morning trying to send a package. “Erica”, the mail woman (that sounds funny, but I guess it’s what you say) was nice but things behind the counter weren’t running too well. She didn’t have change for my $20 bill and told me, “Hold on a second…” while…
