Belle’s incredible illness and miraculous recovery this week really did throw off my schedule –– I feel like I lost two full days –– but I was so thrilled that I managed to visit my forever friend Genevieve’s new restaurant that opened at the end of April. It’s Mulberry & Vine in Trib...

I’ve always loved that Einstein quote:   “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” But I want to offer my own riff on it: “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though everything is easy.  Th...

When you’re writing something that’s MAJOR (whether it’s a book or a screenplay), there’s always that weird moment when you first start to share it with the world. I remember with my first produced feature film script, when during a meeting a producer told me how much she loved Fran...

Well, almost. I am –– I admit –– compulsively opening up iTunes, searching for “Vilga,” and checking the ratings and reviews of my novel DOWNWARD DOG (coming out June 11th). And I swear literally every time I am about to burst into “Living On A Prayer” by the genius Bon Jovi because...

And today, when we were totally unable to find a cab (at rush hour) (in the rain) (from the UWS) Belle took her first subway ride. She was, of course, perfection –– and she has flown across country 7 times in the last two years so in some ways it was No Big Deal. Still, it was her first introduction to sub...

I remember when we were shooting the 1st indie film I wrote and directed, Tony Winner John Glover said to me at one point (with agreement and irony), “My mother taught me that two things are important in life:  Winning Prizes and Being Popular.” More and more, I realize Mrs. Glover was probably...

I mean SERIOUSLY. I was thrown out of whack (aka ALIGNMENT, thank you Abraham-Hicks) yesterday with a well-meant but silly email which described in part that someone was Sooooooo (and I counted, there were literally SEVEN zeros in the word “so”) busy that she couldn’t do a 30 second task ...

It really is a Numbers Game in the world of the Interwebs, since all kinds of algorithms kick in re: Amazon etc. and w/all aspects of online promotion. But I’ve also found it’s true in everything, particularly wherever and whenever I have to reach out into the world of STRANGERS to promote and ...

I am living for the moment on Tuesday when not only do my  new business cards arrive, but also my new notebook. I love Vistaprint but it is always a bit of a hassle when after you complete your order and start the Check Out process, they insist on making you go through what feels like a dozen pages of opti...