Photo: Before my father’s 90th “dim sum luncheon” birthday in Berkeley — May 2013… Jamie, my husband Vin and me… * Around midnight, after her 12-hour production day, my daughter rolls in. I’m at my desk, working on …this blog… the television blasting (football, I’m not listening) and out of nowhere, she asks (a) for my…
When someone dies, it’s hard to find the words. How can you capture what that person contributed to the world in a few sentences? After my sister Kitty passed, cards and notes I got from friends – even as far back as high school — helped capture snippets of who she was, especially when fragments…
We were on a conference call for Rhode Island School of Design and waiting for it to begin. My friend Jon K. mentioned he liked a letter I’d done — on the typewriter — and asked how I’d transmitted it to various folks on the Board. “Was it an app?” he asked. “Typewriter,” I chirped….
I asked Bob S. for a CD of Gull Wing pictures from the car convention we ran in October. I want to include them in my resume, just to spice it up. Bob very kindly burned me three CD’s of car shots, including many I hadn’t seen before when we were too busy organizing the…
“Connie and Ted’s” — Eytan’s favorite place, a seafood restaurant open only 3 months on Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood. Reservations required. One month in advance. Eytan’s got pull, though. He worked it out and we met he and his wife Morlene there, a few minutes late. We sat outside, next to a more…
Earth, Wind & Fire at the Hollywood Bowl last night with our friends Chuck and Shelby. Second year in a row we’ve been invited. My religious experience. (Don’t tell anyone at Temple I chose the concert over Yom Kippur services). Before it began, I ran to the ladies’ room. Plenty of stalls and I…
An example of Louise Marler, typewriter artist’s work:http://www.lamarler.com/typowriters/ Louise Marler, who was referred to me by Ermanno, my typewriter mechanic, is a self-professed typewriter lover and artist. She has a website, “TYPEWRITERS ARE SEXY”. I wrote her a note after hearing about her from Ermanno, and she’s invited me to her studio. I’m all atwitter…
As Dennis the Menace notes in wonderment, what’s the “IT” needed on a typewriter? Please Share
Bonnie was a wonderful producer, a strong mentor to many young women, and it is a loss to the entire entertainment industry that she left us so soon. Please Share
It takes a pro to wrangle television audiences. Especially when the crowds are tired, wired, waiting for hours to get in… and the shoot begins at midnight. The “America’s Funniest Videos” Stage Manager/2nd Associate Director Peter didn’t blink when 700 eager folks were ushered into the park after waiting for it to close, wearing lit-up…
