Archive for the 'Friends' Category



Revisiting ROOTS with Homegirls Elise and Lola Fyke

Published on May 31, 2016

Tweet http://roots.history.com/identity/your-name-is-your-shield?linkId=24794427 @rootsseries #ROOTS #yournameisyourshield @aetv #abigail #memorialday #watch 🎬🎥 A photo posted by Lola (@lolfyke) on May 25, 2016 at 10:18pm PDT I met actors Elise and Lola Fyke about four years ago when they spent a few months in Los Angeles with Elise’s husband’s sister, Marcie, who is my bff since junior high. […]


Fall Kicks Off with “The Bar” and the SEC

Published on September 23, 2015

Tweet One of the things that I’ve always loved about Beverly Hills is that it’s not obsessed with football. I chose a husband for this reason – during the year of courtship well into the first years of our marriage, I was blessed to call back home and tell my friends who are football or […]


Triple Attraction in ATX – Friends, Fun, and PBS Kids

Published on July 2, 2015

Tweet I love that my married life and motherhood have begun to have annual traditions. The springtime months are always a whirlwind – April brings Easter and My Perfect Husband’s birthday with the Critter’s birthday immediately after, then Mother’s Day, and then I travel to a different city every year for the PBS Annual Meeting. […]


Summer Wedding Weekend in New Orleans

Published on July 8, 2014

Tweet Since I have been missing New Orleans an awful lot lately, I was thrilled to receive an invitation to a wedding from my friend Danette and her longtime love Randy. Met through mutual friends in Los Angeles, I’ve known Danette since I lived in New Orleans, where she brought her musician friend Phil (who […]


Counting Blessings at Summer’s End

Published on August 6, 2013

Tweet Thank you all for all your kindnesses, comforting comments and private messages with regard to my last post. Your support really has helped me to get back to the business of being me and taking care of my family. In loading these photos that might have been posted back in June, I realize how […]


A Page From the REAL – My Summer of Sadness

Published on July 26, 2013

Tweet Although I share quite a lot here and throughout my outlets, I usually don’t include bad days of my life. I have many things to write about that are happy and good news that I naturally don’t share the Real that is up there in the masthead. Something happened in my life and I […]


Reality, Rabbits, Royalty, and Rolls Royces – So much fun to have; so little time!

Published on April 28, 2011

Tweet I have decided that from now on I will take a mulligan on January and February of every year because the whole family including the dog gets sick, then March kicks off a craaaazy schedule for all of us until Memorial Day. Late April through May brings – Easter, the Perfect husband’s birthday, the […]


BeverlyHillsMom and LLS: WinWinLiving

Published on March 16, 2011

Tweet A few months ago, my dear friend Alfred asked me to be a member on his team as he campaigns for the Man of the Year award with the Leukemia and Lyphoma Society. Alfred and I are friends not only as Los Angelenos, but we also hail from the same home town in Mississippi. […]


Today I am grateful…

Published on November 25, 2010

Tweet …for my wonderful Mississippi friends for sharing their amazing Thanksgiving table with us. I am very fortunate to be here in my hometown with my fabulous husband, my little Critter, and his lovely Grandmother on this beautiful November Day. We have reminisced, laughed and feasted on the greatest Southern turkey day I could have […]


Benefits, Birthdays, Berry, Bash and Boo!

Published on November 3, 2010

Tweet While enjoying the recent trunk show at the Avalon that she produced, I commented to Tammi Jones that being mom and a blogger created an event schedule that I have to manage carefully, so as not to miss one gathering after to the other just like I used to do during WestWeek. It seems […]