Maybe this word is a bit ridiculous but the concept is downright Cozy! For this 4th of July Marc and I decided to take a staycation. This meant escaping the horrific firework bombardment that goes on in our neighborhood and renting a comfy hotel room 10 minutes from our house in downtown LA! We got [...] Read More

Yoko Ono On our way to the movies in Pasadena we noticed this very unusual “installment” in the courtyard right outside the Laemmle Theater. Yoko Ono’s Wish Trees: WISH TREE FOR PASADENA A TEMPORARY SITE-SPECIFIC ARTWORK BY YOKO ONO NOW – NOVEMBER 9, 2008 Wish Tree for Pasadena is an art installation that consists of [...] Read More

Just in the nick of time, as in an answer to my holiday shopping frenzy, my good friend Deena Kamm and her fantastic mom Diane just opened an amazing store called Two Tomatoes in Sherman Oaks, Ca. I don’t know how they did this so fast but what was once just an empty space is [...] Read More

Smoky chanteuse Diana Krall was at the Hollywood Bowl last weekend and she was incredible! Her opening words to the audience were “Good girl dress, Bad girl shoes”! And in that voice you can imagine how that sounded! She had a great band which she mentioned quite frequently and even stopped to tell the audience [...] Read More

Col-Coa Cozy! Col-Coa is the name of the French Film festival that was in Los Angeles April 16-22. Col Coa stands for City of Lights/City of Angels. I was invited by my very good friend Jerome Curchod (pictured with Dominique below) who did a brilliant job of designing the brochure/website and all signage for the [...] Read More

After the holidays everyone talks about never eating again or at least the annual diet. Some people even need a break from cooking. I will never be one of those people but I do agree on the slimming down part of January. And thats where SOUP comes in. I mean, common, what can be more [...] Read More