http://www.assemblyoftext.com/ Louise Marler, who loves typewriters as much as I do, got word of a special store in Vancouver, Canada that does special letter-writing events once a month. I’m going to call up there and introduce myself. I wish there was an annex near me. Love the name: The Regional Assembly of Text. They…
I’ve been friends with Karen S. since we we met at UC Santa Cruz. We moved to Los Angeles together. Along the way, we met each other’s families and we were so close, I even got engaged at Karen’s wedding and we had our babies ten days apart. Karen’s younger sister Joel is a woman…
I met Karen Mauskop when we were both members of the Parents’ Council at Rhode Island School of Design. Karen is a master networker, lives in New York, and knows EVERYBODY. After a few conversations, or “Jewish geography” as she calls it, we figured out I knew Wes Raffel from my Palo Alto High School…
This is what Louise wrote her followers today. I was excited because she mentioned me… and my shopping spree. **** (From Louise to her fans): Hope your Thanksgiving was extra nice this year! Please consider Giving TypoWriter Art Gifts made by me (and some elves.) Erica bought T-shirts and boxed notes for all her friends: http://artofthankyou.com/louise-marlers-typewriter-sale-today-11-30-13/…
Hint: It’s not the Spandex or a light lunch in the tea room. It’s CUSTOMER SERVICE. I was speaking with Bree, the effervescent sales manager for Equinox Gym the other day. (I joined several months ago but have been too shy and reticent to go on my own.) It was a quiet Sunday afternoon,…
After I met ‘typewriter artist’ Louise Marler, and cruised for every piece of stationery, canvas bag, t-shirt and art I could find, I settled down to compose a few Hanukkah notes. One was to my friend Vivian C., who could have been an artist herself — she’s got a tremendous sense of color and can…
When my father, my friend Donna and my sister Annie and I went to Hawaii — we had a wonderful greeter named Kuulei. I sent her an autographed cookbook of my father’s — “COOKING FOR VIN” when we got back to Los Angeles. This is the lovely note she sent. Please Share
I’m a latecomer to Judaism. I grew up with Christmas and converted before I married Josh. Although some people in my conversion class had a hard time giving up a Christmas tree, I had no such problem. When I married Vin, I got launched back into full-blown “Deck the Halls”. I call it “Vin’s…
I have a rule. I’m not very disciplined. Foods that begin with “CH” are fattening temptations that I consume every day. (Think “Cheese” and “Chocolate”). I don’t go to the gym on my own. I’m only admitting these embarrassing weaknesses so you can be impressed at the one area in which I have extreme self-discipline:…
Jackie and I met in Rhode Island at Rhode Island School of Design when we were both part of the Parents’ Council and our children Alex & Jamie were going to college. One year we planned a spontaneous trip to England — where we walked Jackie’s native city so rigorously that much to my horror,…
