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August 28, 2006
As a Mom with school-age children, the last week of August always tastes bittersweet. With Labor Day just around around...
August 26, 2006
The first time I tried to surf I was 12 and had recently moved to South Florida from one of the fly-over states. It all came back recently during family day at Malibu Makos surf camp.
August 23, 2006
Two years ago, I spent several days in China with Sumner Redstone, when we were both speaking at something called...
August 21, 2006
Dinner in a castle on the outskirts of Prague. Art hundreds of years old. 'Where are you from?' Tarzana. You? 'Encino.' Small world.
August 16, 2006
First of all, let me apologize to the Dodgers and their fans. The team rarely wins when I’m in the...
As a native Angeleno, I've seen a lot of things on the freeways. Driving back from San Pedro on the...
August 14, 2006
One evening, my wife and I sat on the love seat at the foot of our bed, halfway through another...
August 11, 2006
Last weekend, I drove out to Broad Beach in western Malibu--one of my favorite L.A. County beaches--and was met by...
August 10, 2006
We’ve traveled a lot this summer, or at least it seems that way. First up was Israel, which my Florida...
I’ve been thinking about redevelopment lately. The city wants to build a state-of-the-art LAPD headquarters downtown to replace Parker Center,...
August 9, 2006
My car’s radio buttons are set to talk stations. I can’t find a music station I like, and my CD...
Joan Didion observed in The White Album that "many people I know in Los Angeles believed the '60s ended abruptly...
August 8, 2006
I am going through what might be the most terrifying phase a parent in Los Angeles must endure. I am...
August 4, 2006
August 5 marks the 44th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death. As always, there is talk of how she died. Did...
There's something quintessentially L.A. about going to see live theater at the Music Center. It's a ritual that moves me...
August 3, 2006
“Can you believe this?” I said. “Iran says wiping out Israel will solve the Mideast problem. The Vatican wants to...
August 2, 2006
I'm a little late to the party here (a nod to my fellow contributors - great stuff - and thanks...
August 1, 2006
Two years ago, in the summer of 2004, my friends Kerry and Deana hosted a party centered around a MoveOn.org...
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