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...

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...

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 ...

This season on 30 ROCK Jenna — while using leaches to reduce blood weight and tone under her eyes —  says memorably: “You’re nobody unless PETA loves you or hates you.” Well, PETA loves me and Belle — the President and Founder Ingrid Newkirk has enthusiastically endorsed...

It does make a difference that I not check in to email, voicemail and Facebook immediately every morning … and it’s still so damn difficult not to!  But I am weening myself of the addiction, morning by morning, breath by breath. There were many ups and downs today — lots of minor fru...

We just got Adrian’s tickets for San Francisco and I’m thrilled he’s going to be here in exactly 2 weeks.  I love that I now have so many delightful things in San Francisco that I cannot wait to show him. Susan will be teaching in Hawaii and I’m a little sad we won’t all ...

Last night I had an inspiration — really a re-inspiration/re-realization:  it’s high time I started my days by focusing on my 1) alignment and 2) my creative work before I do anything else. A decade of teaching private yoga in NYC + my own basic personality + other projects, have fostered ...

Of course I’ve long known the historical/cultural reference, but I realize I’ve never seen an actual production of any kind of MEDEA. I was thinking about this today since I met up with Yale roommate Peter to retrieve my long-lost navy, Ralph Lauren, GO-ANYWHERE blazer that I left at their hous...