http://bouchonbakery.com/beverly-hills:// There is such a person as the Perfect Guest. Michele came to our intimate dinner party a week ago, bearing macaroons in a pistachio-colored box from Bouchon, a place so hard to get into when it began in Beverly Hills that they required a reservation a month ahead of time. She participated in…
As a lifelong insomniac, I’ve finally found one thing that helps. It’s not medication, although I’ve downed enough of that to knock out an elephant. It’s not booze, although an occasional drink DOES help. It’s not Transcendental Meditation, although I tried that when I went to UCLA — forgot my damn mantra — and…
https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/amc-century-city-15 I have two friends named Gloria. Both in their eighties and more energy than most teenagers. They love cats & gardening (Gloria #2) and jewelry, football and the movies (Gloria #1). I keep them supplied with AMC Movie tickets whenever I can… they choose carefully what to see and we talk about it afterwards….
After I had my blog launch, I took my friend Gloria G. (age 88) to the Westside Pavilion so we could shop for Hanukkah. I explained what the “blog” was all about, how it works, and why writing my notes of appreciation is important to me. “Oh, it’s very important,” she nodded. “We bundle up…
Ben Morrison is more than a stand-up comedian, a writer, an innovator. He’s “the person who handed you this card”. He’s also the person who delivered my fantasy. I’ve wanted to make my thank you notes “LIVE”, like a “Here’s Waldo” but didn’t know enough about the technology, analytics, Chimp Monkey, Facebook links. It was…
Sometimes — often — I send out so many notes in the course of a day that I forget who I mailed them to… in this case, I got a lovely response on my phone and had no idea who my respondent might be. I wrote back to the Massachusetts area code — and Dassi…
I’d been trying to help a friend of mine get in with William Morris/Endeavor. One agent, Jad, was especially helpful in my quest. He listened to my messages and always got back to me. A person with follow-through is hard to find, and I wrote him once to thank him for paying attention. A month…
We almost didn’t go, because it was winter and cold, by Los Angeles standards (probably 60 degrees). But the invitation was too intriguing to pass up, and when a life-size horse brayed our way on the grassy knoll of Bill & Karla’s backyard — it was as real as anything I’ve ever experienced. I’m scared…
https://www.facebook.com/events/1415806088637923/ highlight] [/highlighhttp://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-assemblyman-father-killed-jolts-neighbors-20131114,0,1832452.story#axzz2l7guLuL1 A City Councilmember must be ready for anything, I realized, when I saw Hollywood’s Fourth District Tom LaBonge bounce in, full of smiles, at a conference on ‘runaway production’ on Tuesday … and the next day, wearing sweatpants in the early morning, comforting the relative of a slain man (whose son is…
Chef Raphael Lunetta of JiRaffe Restaurant gives back… after he volunteered a dinner for eight, prepared at one’s home, my husband bid on it. It’s a way to donate to in this case, autism, at an event called “Denim & Diamonds”. It took several months to secure a date, and we opted to invite people…
