I saw a “dog whisperer” on the local news, and arranged a 3-way meeting with his agent and a production company where I used to work. After our long lunch, I let everyone know how impressed I was with their ideas. (Because I’m scared of dogs, I didn’t take them up on their offer to…
Amber ran the front desk where I get spray-on tans. (I’m not quite a ‘tan-orexic’ but could go there pretty easily). She taught me the nuances of spray versus bed, afterglow versus Dermasilk. There’s a lot to learn and she never laughed when I didn’t understand. When I found out she’d moved, I wanted to let her…
My eye doctor knows I’d rather have a baby without an epidural than visit her. She doesn’t take it personally, and we laugh about it. Because I’m such a “flight risk”, I thank her after each difficult visit. (I won’t even tell you about the time I had to get a gorgeous hypnotist to accompany…
Nothing is worse than losing a hairdresser after 20 years. Every girl knows that sinking feeling when you lose your shear genius. After suffering some bad haircuts, I re-found Peter, whom I’d known a decade before… and he delivered big-time. His background as an architecture student and a chef informs his work. I’ve never been…
I gave a few “Hot Wheels” to my housekeeper’s grandson, and was surprised and delighted to receive a note from him. Dina said it was his idea and the first letter he’d ever written (he’s six). Of course I immediately responded … I’ve been “the first correspondent” for a lot of little children because I…
When I saw a rain shower of foil confetti on the set of “AFV”. it took me back to “Happy New Years” of when I was little. There were foil discs of neon pink, orange and green and it was all I could do not to stuff my pockets. Little boys were spinning into it and…
I’m a Trustee for the Rhode Island School of Design and any opportunity I have to meet promising young artists, I take. I met a group of bright-eyed high school kids from Da Vinci Schools at an “X-Prize” run-through and arranged to see them in situ. This is a note to the Director, arranging a…
We invited a world-class writer from the automobile world to come to a 5-day “Mercedes Gull Wing Convention” we ran in October. Jim came from Detroit, sold the concept to the New York Times, and spun gold. We took him to SPAGO as a “thank you “when he came back through town for the Car…
…deserves an anniversary letter (and a check). Although Dina’s English isn’t perfect, I didn’t mince words because I knew her son David would translate anything she didn’t understand. She told me when he read it out loud to her she cried. Sometimes a letter is as important than the bonus…or almost. * (UPDATE: On…
Charity is the Development Director for Center Theatre Group, and she always makes sure we have good seats and goodies. Tonight as we walked in to see Jeff Goldblum in “SEMINAR”, Charity had surprised us with prettily wrapped chocolate covered graham crackers on the wooden seat divider in our row — which I greedily devoured…
