The mothership has arrived. At 9:30pm last night we rendezvoused at LAX in the United baggage area. By 10pm we were home, and by midnight, yours truly was asleep. The mother says I look exhausted, I ask if we can tell people I’m doing drugs. The mother does not find this amusing. The mother says [...]
Entries from October 2009
October 26, 2009
U2 and the Black Eyed Peas Love Pasadena Hard
I love a good break-up concert. What’s that, you ask? It’s when you’ve gotten tickets ages ago to see a concert with your boyfriend…but you and the guy (jerk I mean) have split up in the interim. The break-up concert is a wonderful night filled with good luck, happy coincidences, and tons of reminders that [...]
October 21, 2009
A Thousand Words in One: Happy
I won’t tell you who these people are to protect the innocent. (Harry, Colleen, and Dexter Begg. 21 Maple Drive. Annapolis, MD 21401.) Nor will I tell you how I know them (we’re related) or why I have pictures of them during their pregnancy (stalker alert). What I will tell you is that I love [...]
October 20, 2009
Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock
Have you ever had something on the schedule that’s like headlights in the distance? For some the headlights might be a grand adventure, a trip abroad, even a wedding perhaps. For others the lights ahead are a serial killer coming down the road in a dirty, El Camino or a day to sign the papers [...]
October 19, 2009
Earth, the Movie
On Friday night, Sam and I stayed in to watch Earth, a movie by Disney that I wanted to see in the theaters, but never did. First of all, the movie is its cinematography and wow. Beautiful. Amazing. Unbelievable. The camera sneaks you in to the secret domain of multiple ecosystems. I felt like a [...]
October 16, 2009
Flu…Everybdy’s Doing It
Woke up this morning at about 5am with Kiki hacking and coughing like a New York cabbie. Oh Kiki, I thought. Not you too?
For the past month Los Angeles has been plagued by well, the plague. Otherwise known as the flu, kids and adults everywhere are coughing, sneezing, wheezing, grumpy, sleepy, bashful, and doc. (No [...]
October 15, 2009
What a Day…for Project Runway
Here it is, Thursday and I can’t help myself. It’s been a while now since I’ve spoken out about my deep, abiding love for the gangly Heidi Klum and her happy henchmen. Last week was a huge disappointment for me; the judges sent home one of the most talented designers (Epperson) for a frock that, [...]
October 14, 2009
The Rain
It’s raining for the second day in row here in Los Angeles. I know, it’s crazy. I can’t even recall the last time it rained…perhaps last January or February? Hank has never experienced rain before and finds it fascinating. He watches the water as it drops and falls and splatters on the ground with a [...]
October 13, 2009
Word of the Day
I don’t usually pull out the word of the day until the end of the week, but with Hank’s little adventure, work, and the big ‘W’…I’m pooped. I even look like a train wreck. One of my clients told me to ‘go home and get some rest’ yesterday with a hesitant pat on my back. [...]
October 12, 2009
The Fuzz and the Fuss
Last night on the way home from a friend’s birthday in downtown Los Angeles, Sam and I got pulled over by the Fuzz. We’d only traveled a few blocks from our friend’s loft when the red and blue lights started flashing behind us. Sam immediately knew what was wrong. “I forgot to turn on my [...]
