.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } color, a quickie collage Two and a half weeks later, and what do I have to show for it? One big to-do list slowly getting done, half of an a-line skirt […]

circus act The weekend was filled with movie watching, cake tasting, wedding planning, baby ogling, road tripping, family shuttling and somehow also couch surfing. And now, this week: a lot more of the same, with a healthy dose of deadline meeting mixed in. I feel a little like the girl teetering on the tower of […]

the scavenger hunt Over the weekend, Rama and I got roped into a lunchtime party at a Chinese restaurant. The food was great, but we didn’t know that many people and we were preoccupied with all the to-do’s we weren’t checking off our list. In my MSG-comatose state, I leaned over to Rama and whispered, […]

Two of the quickie collages I made this afternoon, in my neverending quest to let go and get messy. “Don’t think!” I kept reminding myself. “Just glue!” My friend Christine came over today and, after having a lovely breakfast at one of my favorite neighborhood spots, we made a glorious mess in the afternoon sun. […]

My lovely birthday cake (it’s an ice cream cake!) courtesy darling Rama. I got two cakes, actually. The other, from my parents, was a strawberry shortcake. What a lucky gal. “I’m getting older every day,” Sidra said. “How do we stop this?” “We don’t,” I told her. “We just don’t let it stop us.”

Me as Chas Tenenbaum, from The Royal Tenenbaums. Rima was a demented prom queen, Henry was a Hasidic Jew and Rama was a kid dressed up as Superman. It took me 1 1/2 hours and half a can of hairspray to curl my hair last night, and I still looked more Shirley Temple than Ben […]

This is one generous and hardworking gnome, Taschen bookstore, Beverly Hills “Just so you know, you can’t take pictures inside the store,” said the black-clad guy behind the counter. I took a step toward the front door and smiled, “That’s fine. I just wanted a picture of this little guy.”

A gorgeous spread of wine, cheese & fruit at Seth & Stella’s My friends and I have been indulging ourselves. We play poker, drink beer and eat doritos. We sit at our new favorite outdoor caf&#233, drink coffee and split a slice of chocolate cheesecake. We celebrate the middle of the week with wine, cheese […]

11 of 98 flavors of gelato (I think I tasted 6) at my new favorite spot, Angelato Caf&#233, Santa Monica

All photos taken in Mom’s garden last Saturday There’s hope in flowers and sunsets and phone calls with people who love you. Everything is as it should be, they say. Trust that.