There’s going to be no stopping my relationship with green juice. My juicer arrived this morning and it’s amazing.  So easy to use and simple. I have dim memories of using a friend’s juicer 15 years ago and it was IMPOSSIBLE to clean.  It literally felt like it took 30 minutes to wash it....

That’s what they call it –– “Voluntary Surrender” –– when you call the finance company that you’re leasing-to-own your car from and discuss trading up with a new model before the lease is up:  VOLUNTARY SURRENDER. It does sound INSANELY DRAMATIC and vaguely New Age-y all at once. An...

In the “only in San Francisco” category, on the way home from teaching my private today, Belle and I stumbled across a basketful of glitter.  (Or maybe, technically, tinsel.) Who left such a thing on high on the hill? One great client call followed by a snazzy new client I’m particul...

So yesterday I received about 200 messages congratulating me for the appearance of my dropback painting in the New York Times.  It was fantastic and a little overwhelming. We’re talking about my speed dials & people I haven’t spoken to in 20 years;  people I’ve just met & folks I&...

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...

My most intense sleeps seem to be when I stop working at 1 am, read for a bit, and then fall asleep by 2, only to have Belle decide 4:30 am is a great time for a walk.   I fall asleep very quickly into deep and vivid dreams for a few hours more. My phone calls got re-arranged a bit (a favorite organic dog ...

First, a true triumph:  yesterday and today, feeding Val and Clark’s cat Tula was easy and delightful.  The keys they gave me worked perfectly.  The food was exactly where it was supposed to be. And Tula –– whom I have known exclusively while cowering away from Belle at dinner parties –– was unbeliev...

Today, I found myself WAITING for either of my private client’s two secretaries to call me back about a lesson, but decided to take the leap of faith and just charge out to Oakland for lunch with Amy Ahlers. Amy has become a real friend this fall, which is remarkable given that her book launch happen...

Fantastic Thanksgiving yesterday. First a beach walk with Susan and Belle in the misty rain and fog.  I have never seen the tide as high.  I’m not good with distance in the abstract, but I’d say that 2/3 of the beach had vanished, leaving tons of odd, root beer-like foam on the shore. Returning...