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As a child, if I had a one of those nasty coughs little ones get, I can remember my mother occasionally commenting that I sounded like the croup. I never actually had it, I only sounded like it. Now that the critter has experienced this malady twice in the last two months, I state authoritatively [...]
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…to a font, other than my beloved copperplate gothic and my Engravers MT. It has always pleased me that my my business card could be from a venerable law firm, were it not for the one word design. The two fonts used together are timeless, classic, and promote those ideals in my designs.
Helvetica [...]
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I am almost afraid to let the word out, because then she’ll be too busy to take my calls and her day rate will skyrocket. My most fabulous sometimes assistant Rebecca Roberts, who has pursued acting and filmmaking with great fortitude, has made a film! A very funny political satire with actors who, although WAY [...]
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I saw my first live concert when I was in third grade – Elvis at the Jackson Coliseum. Even a third grader knows Elvis is hot. Then in junior high I would become a concert fiend – KISS, James Taylor, Gino Vanelli, Dan Fogelberg, Rush, Yes, Journey(twice), Billy Joel, Jimmy Buffet, Prince, REM, The Gogos, [...]
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…before I met my perfect Husband, I did my share of dating via the internet. I realize that the internet exists for things to move faster and that brevity rules. I really could not get with the online acronyms, but who was I to judge millions who were ROFLing all over the place? I [...]
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When I was expecting the Critter, I was haunted by the voice of Louise Nevelson in a documentary I saw in design school. I can’t quote her, but she was talking about having children when you’re “on this search” for art and that it’s unkind to put children in [...]
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I love reading old school Beverly Hills gossip columns like George Christy in the Beverly Hills Courier. Last week Mr. Christy was recounting how a friend’s path crossed with Carol Bayer Sager . When I was a freshman in college, “Sometimes Late at Night” was definitely in the top five break up albums. We listened [...]
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This has been what the backside of The Peninsula has looked like, roughly since New Years. See the tiny blue thing dangling from the end of the crane? That’s a BIG dumpster, hauling debris down and building materials up to the rooftop where the normally glamorous pool and cabanas are. My little birds in the [...]
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…that this would be approved so soon. So there goes the neighborhood, until the three year construction period is over, starting with demo in June. I SO dread the dust and wondering what is in the particulate. I suppose the City Council made the best deal for the city that they could, and my idol [...]
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It occurred to me as I sat on the terrace enjoying a glorious California morning the odd trivia that led to the painting currently housed a la John Saladino in my direct line of vision. The original muse for the painting was a staircase that led to a garage [...]