OC Weekly has a feature this week about the artist Shag. I discovered his art while visiting a friend in Palm Springs, here. (one of my first posts ever) Wall-to-wall-shag, by Greg Stacy is a very good review of his show at Laguna Arts Museum. I like this kind of writing, ambivalent and thoughtful. His […]

I don’t know how this sport started with me, but I am pretty sure it won’t ever catch on at ESPN. I call it Extreme Virtual Shopping. I go online to one of my favorite stores, like Boden and throw everything I want unflinchingly into my shopping cart. The totals can reach astronomical amounts. This […]

I want to wish all of my friends who are deserting leaving me here all alone for the Thanksgiving Holiday Vacation a happy Thanksgiving. Have fun and be safe. Love, Suz P.S. Welcome home Mom & Glenn!

I think I am going to do a series of Christmas Gift ideas for the next couple of weeks. Here is the first one: For someone with a young boy Chasing Fireflies‘s shirt: $34 J.Crew offers monogramming on most of their wool sweaters for $10. I think it is nice to give something personalized. I […]

OC Weekly’s Trendzilla, by Vickie Chang goes off on “Sex in the city.” Finally, someone else who doesn’t, even remotely, see the appeal of that show. Carrie Bradshaw bores me. Her fake column even bores me, and we never really even read it. And her friends, arrrh. I wish Vickie had a show. Now THAT […]

What do you get when you cross a sixty-something-year-old beautiful woman with a sharp wit and fab shoes? LoRee Brooks performing at the The Long Beach Playhouse in the Clean Comics Showcase. (Clean Comics defined: no naughty language) LoRee is the mom of my friends; Jana, Jill, and LeAnn. I met her and her late […]

Heather, the enormously talented artist at Bluhm Studios has created some beautiful Customized Holiday Cards. You can order these two sided, fully customized cards with your own photo and greeting. View Heather’s Card Gallery Here! I am ordering them for our family’s holiday cards this year. Contact Heather (soon) by email through her site. You […]

I was a journalism student in college and had the book “The Elements of Style” by William Strunk and E.B. White tethered to my wrist most of the time. That is a bit of an exaggeration. But, it was THE book that you needed to read, read again, and again. It is a book that […]

The ability to use my suspension of disbelief in everyday living has strengthened as I have grown older. Living in Orange County has heightened this useful skill. We all do it. Most of us can sit in Lucille’s BBQ in The District and think, “I just love visiting the South. What a simple and sweet […]

Mary Tyler Moore was is my idol. Her theme song was like a mantra for my life. “Who can turn the world on with her smile? (me) Who can take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worth while?” (me again) Even the montage, that was the fabulous beginning of “The Mary Taylor […]