I’m going through my files, trying to do some Spring Cleaning. I found a file marked, “RISD ACCEPTED STUDENTS’ PARTY”. It was made in 2010. I did four or five of them for Rhode Island School of Design — a welcome for Southern California students who got accepted to the school. Sandy Tompkins, our bartender, wrote me…
Art Sida is on the Board of Regents for Da Vinci Design… after the meeting on Thursday, we spoke for quite some time about our various other passions — he’s involved in an organization that helps give scholarships to students of color who otherwise wouldn’t have made it into college. He went to Stanford University…
I got a cookbook, “DAS BOOK” that features Chef Rockenwagner’s favorite German-inspired recipes. Vin loves muesli and always orders it at any hotel that serves it. When I found out he even carries a PHOTO of his favorite dish — on his phone — I vowed to try to better his experience. I made my…
My sister Annie and my mother Betty share a birthday one day apart. We gathered a lot of Annie’s friends in Orange County to honor both of them… I had goody bags, which included stationery. Cindy Hudson re-purposed hers and cut out fun figures in bathing suits to refresh the front of the gold-dotted card….
Justin Wilkes has a travel typewriter, so when he goes on vacations, he an unplug and ‘go off the grid’. Unfortunately, something was wrong with his baby. He made a journey to GRAMERCY in Flatiron, New York this morning, and was delighted to see what was behind the mysterious blue door. He didn’t tell me…
Vin’s office sends out their weekly taping schedules, and Stephanie always manages to get me the most up-to-date information. I thanked her and this is what she wrote back: By the way – I clicked on your blog website link. Your site is brilliant, creative, funny, clever and inspiring. Loved it! A hand written thank…
After I got to meet the Director of the Cooper Hewitt Museum, I wrote Caroline Baumann a fan letter. She sent me a beautiful book and this note. I loved the Museum she’s overseen recently, and recommend it highly if you find yourself in New York and want to immerse yourself in design. Please Share
I talked to a young student named Malaysha when I taught a class at Da Vinci Design last week… the assignment was to write a song. She sheepishly admitted hers was about how she ran out of it. I promised to write her a letter — and in my note, I reassure her that I…
I’ve been going to the same bank for years and Edwin and I always talk about generalities… but somehow, it came up today that I’d been at a typewriter store this morning…and he confessed he’s always wanted to buy one, ‘just to have on a coffee table and have people ask ‘WHAT’S THAT?’ I promised…
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