We are going to begin advertising for a baby in mid October. A friend who had referred us to these attorneys told us, you should expect a baby by December. It was the first time that I have been optimistic about the process since our aborted adoption in May. I had lunch with a friend who told me that his mother was an alcoholic and died from the disease. He said seven years later his…
We went to an Italian restaurant known for its wine list – but instead of a Barolo or Brunello we ordered a Dingac straight from Croatia. We had a colleague join us after the fact and he tasted the wine and someone said “Croatia” and he said “No way.” But Yes, way – Dingac is Croatian and yum, it is good and along with a just fileted Mediterranean bass – big yum.
Friends of mine with 5 year old boys were telling me how the boys were caught by a neighbor peeing in the street – I said, well you’ll never find a girl doing that. The fact of the matter is boys are different – way different and tonight we were talking about this – me and a bunch of guys – and the consensus among them is that women civilize men. Most men recognize and…
I heard that there was the 4th murder in 40 years in Tiburon today and my only response is what goes on? Is Tiburon in some kind of collective torpor – I mean really – I am living in the murder capital of the US, so maybe I find it odd that somewhere else there are only 4 deaths in 40 years – the 4th in Tiburon was a 70 year old woman was shot…
I was speaking to a New Yorker today about 9/11 and he was telling me how that single catastrophe is something that most New Yorkers want to put in the past, forget about, and move on. The hustle bustle of New York once it resumed post 9/11 has yet to take another collective breath. Yet, for us in New Orleans, Katrina caused a lot of soul searching – it fomented divorces, babies, marriages, career changes,…
I learned a huge lesson in the last 15 years of my life and that is avoidance. The horn is blown for victory but there is also the soft sweet toot of retreat. Hardly anyone lays claims to the magic of avoidance. Say you are faced with a person who has behaved time and time in a consistent way, one which is disagreeable to you – you might first try to change it, hit it…
So me and Obama are caught in traffic and there are thousands of police on each corner and I could just kick myself for having forgotten my Obama tee shirt.
I got in from dinner last night and tucked myself in my hotel room bed as quickly as possible and then a few hours later I dreamt I was standing on the balcony looking at the waves crash against the beach. Why? Because I had the window open and at about 3:30AM for some unfathomable reason New York traffic comes alive and sounds like a continuous wave. The noise here is incessant. I wonder how…
Did anyone see the still photos of Jessica Lange when she won the Emmy for Grey Gardens? She looks like her face was pulled back and snapped shut. Who thinks that Botox makes them look younger, better, improved? We had this conversation the other day – hair color almost 99% improves your looks, exercise 90% improves your looks, skin care 100% improves your looks, avoiding the sun 1000% improves your looks, botox – no, it…
I boarded the plane to New York thinking about Obama. I was standing behind James Carville and he had a briefcase full of papers and notebooks and I wondered if he was coming to NY also to learn what the United Nations gathering would foment. I had almost pulled my Obama tee shirt out of the closet but opted instead for a plain brown one as I wanted something more versatile for my business wardrobe.…