I introduced my brother Steve to JOHN KELLY CHOCOLATES. I’m afraid I’m a bit like a heroin dealer — giving him just a taste… because now he’s definitely addicted. Luckily I can get them at Neiman Marcus now, I just found out, although the trek to the store in Santa Monica is more fun. (It…
http://vincentingala.com/2013/ For years I’ve heard about “Spaghettini and the Dave Koz Lounge”. It was a regular jazz offering on 94.7 THE WAVE, and I caught that wave quite often. When I noticed “Spaghettini” had opened up next door to SPAGO on Canon Drive — I was ecstatic. We booked brunch with our friends Lloyd &…
….and other helpful hints in this story about the perfect closet that my sister Annie sent me. One helpful piece of information said to “put a teabag into smelly shoes”. Annie wrote “News to me!” I haven’t tried that yet. The whole notion of it was a bit repulsive, to tell you the truth. Even…
http://digitaldetox.org/camp-grounded/ Tonight I heard and met LEVI FELIX, the co-founder and Camp Director of “CAMP GROUNDED”. He says we’re all addicted to our phones and computers, to social media. We need to unplug. He had us all take a selfie before the lecture began, post it to some form of social media, then turn off…
I got a really pretty pink card from Marisa Murrow, an artist from RISD. I’d written a letter of reference for her … and she sent me an original photograph that she’d taken in the alley behind her studio. She wrote, “I love how magical the light moves through my hand”. I agree. Please Share
This proves once & for all a typewriter is a work of art. Please Share
My sister Annie graciously shared her birthday weekend with my Mom’s 90th. I had a good time finding her a new Spring wardrobe, and a pair of bling-y silver tennis shoes… which she put on the next day and seems to be wearing to every venue she can. Please Share
Our phone system didn’t work. We called AT&T, and to my delight — and surprise — got a technician who knew what he was doing. Aaron told me, as I typed away, “I’m going to have to pull the server, is that OK?” I allowed as to how that’s no problem — “I can…
https://www.facebook.com/gloria.gordon.735507?fref=ts&ref=br_tfhttps://www.facebook.com/gloria.gordon.735507?fref=ts&ref=br_tf A few days before my friend Gloria Gordon turned 90, we took her to an event at the Hollywood Museum. When Councilmember Tom LaBonge heard me tell him — he jumped on it immediately. He flipped me his card and whispered, “Call my office. We’ll get her a Proclamation”. He did just that, and…
I like having a dental hygienist who’s a bit freaky about dirt. She can floss (herself) for 20 minutes non-stop. She’s got endless patience for finding even the tiniest hint of a problem. The other day, she noticed a problem. Root canal looked suspicious. She dropped everything, called for X-rays, and her theory was confirmed….
