Woke up this morning with a rough plan of the day sketched out at dinner last night with Adrian, mostly of some work I had to do [more screenplay edits + a bid for a small directing gig … that sort of thing] and a list of various activities for us during his visit. Then, while checking email from my ...

While shopping for a few select Christmas gifts this year, I fell deeply in love with a scarf (well, two scarves actually) and I couldn’t decide which to give Adrian.  And I really wanted one.  So I bought the two variations — blue and gold — and gave one to him in NYC and one to myself i...

Woke up this morning to good news:  we have a foreign sales agent for UPWARD DOG. I love foreign sales because besides sharing the book with more people, it’s also pretty much Found Money.  You’ve done the work already, so it’s like extra windfalls of cash. YOGA IN BED & YOGA FOR SUI...

First, one absurdly simple solution to a problem occurred today –– a spa MIRACLE as it were –– that I’m not going to relate in full here but … let’s just say it’s VERY good news and solved my biggest cash flow problem of the week effortlessly and unexpectedly...

Last night I re-watched SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, a movie I really do think is fantastic.  The more you know about Shakespeare, the better it is, but even if you know next to nothing, I think it shows what the artist’s life is like better than anything else I can recall (at least MY life, that is.) I love...

At last … Had my third meeting with the wonderful Raymond Davi today where we completed an elevator pitch/positioning statement that I actually love. I cannot tell you the sense of relief this provides me with — SERIOUSLY. For one thing, it relieves me of the burden of having to define myself a...

A while ago I’d discussed a possible promotion with Donna Karan’s people — they gave me all the clothes for the YOGA FOR SUITS DVD which we haven’t released yet — and then all parties got busy and the promotional ideas more or less faded to the back burner. Given my passion fo...

I watched a wonderful documentary today, BETWEEN THE FOLDS, about origami which won a Peabody award and is totally great. I’ve never thought that much about origami beyond that it seems rather interesting, but the world of these artist is AMAZING.  Just look at what they can do with a single piece of...

That’s what this woman said to me tonight when I slipped my car into a coveted spot on Telegraph Hill (she and two respectable gents were saying goodnight after a dinner party or something at 10pm). Earlier, I had left a prized spot for a Trader Joe’s outing for lunch, only to find the very sam...