http://www.nationalportraitgallery.org/ I’ve met a few terrific people from the National Portrait Gallery — Kim Sajet, who’s the Director, and Lindsay Gabryszak, who’s their Major Gifts Officer. On the basis of what they’ve told me they’re doing there, we gave them a small check of support for their “Elaine De Koonig” exhibit. Since I wasn’t able…
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https://medium.com/backchannel/the-last-of-the-typewriter-men-729f150c5083 My cousin Lauren Gropper, who I just saw for Passover, sent me this stellar story about the ‘last of the typewriter men’. Thanks, Lauren, for keeping an eye out for iconic stories like this… I appreciate it! Please Share
p Marisa Murrow is a painter, a RISD graduate, and a go-getter. She organized an event at the Haas Brothers studio — and I was delighted to attend, meet Simon and Nikolai, and mingle with other RISD-ites. Please Share
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323723104578185643073638664 I saw this article about the HAAS BROTHERS, brothers who are artists in the exalted field of high-end gold-plated furniture two years ago in The New York Times. I sent it to folks at Rhode Island School of Design, where younger brother Simon had attended school. Tonight we had an Alumni event there, and I…
I put together an Itinerary for the upcoming weekend in Palm Springs… where we gather at my cousin Marla & Peter’s house for Passover. My father comes down from Berkeley, and I always put together an Itinerary for all of us so we can track all the flights and hotel information. This is the note…
Donna Guillaume gave me this clipping at dinner tonight. Linus was so grateful his teacher wasn’t mad at him — she just had bad eyesight. “She likes me!” he crowed, Sally Fields-style. He was so thrilled he sat down to write a letter of appreciation to her opthalmologist. Please Share
Tonight I got a phone call from Justin, the 8-year-old son of my ex-husband Josh. Justin wanted to know if I would support him in his “FUN-RAISER” — a charity for his elementary school. I peppered him with questions: “Who’s it for?” “What will the school buy with the money?” “How much do you get…
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Ewa Metcalf pays attention. She knows me. She’s always on the lookout for anything that has a typewriter — or a story about ‘thank you notes’. She sent me this article from the Providence Business News (March 16-22, 2015) about a woman, Beth Schart, who’s started a company that offers handwritten letters. Beth writes the…
