Archive for the 'People' Category



Incase anyone forgot WHY he’s the King of Pop…

Published on June 25, 2009

Tweet We want you back Baybah!


Break it down, now!

Published on June 12, 2009

Tweet I keep hoping I’ll get to see something like this in person. This bandit performance happened today at LIVE! on Sunset. I’m pretty amazed that anyone in that place is old enough to know what Hamma Time is! This could singlehandedly revive harem pants.


Who does that to a four year old?

Published on June 10, 2009

Tweet A Jackass wannabe, I guess – the dude is steroidally shrill. At least props go to the Mama Bear for taking control of the sitch…


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 – […]


Knowing what it means to miss New Orleans…

Published on April 27, 2009

Tweet …but WWOZ keeps me updated on Jazz Fest 2009…


If I can’t find glamour here in Beverly Hills…

Published on March 28, 2009

Tweet …I can always find it in my hometown of Jackson, Mississippi. Just a casual tea party in the Belhaven neighborhood – thanks to the Wiggintons for the party and Dr Edwin McAllister for the photo!


Creepy today

Published on March 23, 2009

Tweet Today I reread this and this in the morning, and then saw this in the afternoon. I’m going out for some fresh air now. I feel sort of icky.


Thank goodness for the very rich…

Published on March 13, 2009

Tweet I got a postcard in the mail this week that made me think about so many wonderful things in Los Angeles that get taken for granted. It seems to me the au courant attitude toward the very rich has been outwardly hostile. In my work I sometimes hear negative comments like “must be nice” […]


Appearing soon on your newstand…

Published on March 2, 2009

Tweet …is “Laughing Matter: Comedy’s New Legends” in Vanity Fair. If you’ve seen any of the movies these guys have made, seeing them here is already making you laugh. VF’s Jim Windolf observes: “After appearing in Knocked Up and/or The 40-Year-Old Virgin, this quartet can now be considered summa cum laude graduates of the Judd […]


Art and Politics in the the Hood

Published on March 1, 2009

Tweet I usually leave politics out of my blog. I keep up with local politics fairly well, have served on committees for the City of Beverly Hills, and have endorsed candidates from time to time, but consider this to be my own personal business. I am much more art than politics. Worlds collided with the […]