Archive for August, 2008



Speaking of Malibu and eccentrics…

Published on August 22, 2008

Tweet …it appears that Cher is selling her Malibu mansion. When I first moved to Los Angeles, I became fast friends with Barrie Livingstone. We both were new in town and were on fire taking on LA. We both did well really quickly, got big clients neighborhoods that make careers. For about two years Barrie […]


“Million Dollar Listing” vapid and transfixing at once

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Tweet I love reality shows. I know, I know, they’re the death of art and all that, but as cultural phenomenon, but I get a huge kick out them. Well, that, and sometimes they show my neighborhood and people I have met. It took me awhile to remember where I met Josh Flagg on MDL, […]


Can you hear it?

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Tweet It’s the knell of couture dying…


But I’m still not going camping…

Published on August 12, 2008

Tweet My Husband is in denial. He thinks he’s going to get me to go camping. And he’s not interested in any of my reasons, either. And now that this is available, I have one less excuse…


The 2008 Olympics – the designer’s color commentary

Published on August 10, 2008

Tweet “Where is everybody?” I wondered yesterday, as the Critter and I mosied around the triangle on his Kettler yesterday morning. Then, like a V-8 moment, I realized that people are watching the Olympics! It should come as no surprise to my readers that I am no follower of sports. I am often grateful that […]


Beating the heat – country style

Published on August 9, 2008

Tweet How cute is this? A moose and her babies find a sprinkler to cool down.


More fun with puppets and prerecorded music…

Published on August 6, 2008

Tweet I just used this to give the Critter his first lesson in the rap / hip hop genre. I hope The Husband doen’t mind – he would prefer the Critter only learn classical, Sinatra style and Journey. But Critter already has his hands up in the A-yuh!


Abundance of riches – torpor of spirit

Published on August 3, 2008

Tweet Right now I have a couple of hours to do anything I want to do. I have before me: • Beverly Hills Community Services Bulletin – and pore over pages six and seven – I can stress about whether the Critter is properly stimulated prior to entering preschool. • Read I, Rhoda Manning, Go […]


Vintage Medical Advice

Published on August 1, 2008

Tweet Leave it to Gawker to unearth this old cigarette advertisement – sheesh! We better get back to puffing!