I was seated next to a new Professor of Apparel at the Rhode Island School of Design dinner a few nights ago… I promised to send him a proper ‘thank you’ for being my seatmate. Here’s a little background on him: From the Rhode Island School of Design website: Gwen van den Eijnde creates clothing,…
My mother sent me this email today — I wonder how Mark Zuckerberg’s practise of writing a daily ‘thank you’ changed his perspective on things? And if that feeling of spreading gratitude helped inspire him to make that huge dollar gift he promised after his child was born? *** This is my mother’s note: I…
Stephen Metcalf, the Chairman of the Rhode Island School of Design’s Museum Board — sends magnificent cards, all from the Museum’s collection. This extreme close-up of the lace — is from a painting byRobert Nanteuil (French, 1613-1678), called “Henri de la Tour D’Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne and Marshal of France, 1665. I thought it was…
My friend Gloria Shepard fell and hasn’t been able to get out for a few months… but she’s well enough now that she’s able to get back to her correspondence, and I got this copy of the “ROXBURY VIEWS” with a faded photo of the two “Glorias” — GLORIA SHEPARD on the left and GLORIA…
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When the Rhode Island School of Design folks came out — the Museum’s Board of Governors — we were thrilled to entertain Stephen and Ewa Metcalf the Saturday afternoon before they left town. Vin and I took them to lunch at Musso and Frank Grill, where we tried the Celery with Blue Cheese and Calves’…
I went to my office — the upstairs loft in Louise A. Marler’s art studio — near the Santa Monica Airport today. It was pouring rain, but I was determined to get there. After the phone calls, after the e-mails, after all the distractions I could bear — I walked away from my house and…
http://mediaorigin.paleycenter.org/ Denise Avchen and I went for a walk several months ago… and happened upon the Paley Center for Broadcasting Museum in Beverly Hills. I knew there was a typewriter exhibit there — of major collector Steve Soboroff’s machines — and so we stopped by to admire them. Denise got a shot of me geeking…
I sent flowers to my Mom for Valentine’s Day. Thanks to cel phones, my nephew IAN McKEE was able to take a shot of it for me — so I can see what the florist created. It’s a great way for the giver to get instant gratification that the gift has landed. Besides, I can…
I had lunch today with Alison Trybom-Lucas, the Chief of Staff for the Arts Division at UC Santa Cruz. We talked about our next steps together. She brought me a mug with valentine hearts on it and a hand cream that she especially likes. The card was in the shape of a record album, and…
