Archive for the 'Friends' Category



A groundbreaking film by my friend Ashaa!

Published on May 21, 2010

Tweet My dear friend Ashaa has made a movie! Check out this incredibly profound and scenic film and support its completion.


the week in pictures…

Published on April 28, 2010

Tweet Whew! So much fun to have, so few hours in the day…themes for the week are: family, nostalgic fun, food, and flat Karissa. * My sweet in laws are visiting from Washington state -the Critter has been having so much fun seeing the sights with them * We celebrated my Perfect Husband’s birthday with […]


Weekend roundup…

Published on April 19, 2010

Tweet Fun with the Critter Window Shopping on Rodeo In addition to sharing the sights above that I have for you today, I would also like to add a couple of things I learned last week: * Social media has power and Moms need to wield it wisely, thank you Jessica Gottlieb * The Coldwater […]


Groupie report!

Published on April 13, 2010

Tweet Video from my fave local singer/songwriter, Sean Galuszka‘s band at the Dakota Lounge. This is my favorite song from his new cd Gravity.


Cool Event, Hot Auction over the hill!

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Tweet Ariste, one of my coolest CityMommies hasn’t been able to have cocktail time with us since the New Year. This is because she has been working her already svelte tail off co-chairing the annual gala for her rocking son Alex’s school, Laurel Hall. The gala will have a cool “passport to the world” theme […]


Spring excitement thus far…

Published on April 8, 2010

Tweet I think I’ll let the photos tell the story – around here it’s pretty much been great weather, fun playdates and beginning Easter traditions…


More green from back home!

Published on March 18, 2010

Tweet This is a terrific video explaining the insane festival of St Paddy’s Day that happens in my home town every year. As you also know, I have been posting a lot about children’s television programming lately, and this coincides with the Jim Henson exhibit at the Mississippi Museum of Art. Kermit was the co […]


Getting our rhythm for fall

Published on September 7, 2009

Tweet Greetings everyone, and a Happy Labor Day to you all. It’s been a hot, smoky, stressful couple of weeks here in the City of Angels. Fires are now 50% contained, it doesn’t smell like a barbecue out side, and we’re now in the last part of escrow for our soon to be fabulous new […]


Cool breezes, art, and old friends

Published on July 28, 2009

Tweet It’s been wicked hot here in the hood lately. And don’t say “you don’t know hot, living in LA”, because I DO know hot. I have lived in NEW ORLEANS and TUCSON for pete’s sake, so I know hot, and it has been hot. The thing about hot here is that no one has […]


Au Revoir, cher Jacques

Published on April 29, 2009

Tweet He was the first purveyor I met on the first day of my first job in Beverly Hills. He showed us the most beautiful fabrics and had a way of describing them and their applications that was irresistible. Behind the descriptions was devastatingly handsome and charming man with an indefinably aristocratic sounding accent – […]