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...

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 ...

On this rainy day in SF, I slipped and fell on my way to renew my visitor’s parking permit, mere feet from my car.  I skinned my knee — no worse than that — but also have a clean tear across the pant there. I almost went home and changed, but then I realized that not only do people go out...

OK — that doesn’t exist — at least not yet, but Sally Hershberger is now charging $800 for a trim. [May I remind my faithful readers that I got the best haircut of my life for $5 at a local, non-descript Chinese place recommended by my friend Brian?] The reason I bring it up is because I&...

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 ...

Since I’ve been immersed in self-discovery/self-improvement work in San Francisco — literally every single person I meet is a life-coach and a public speaker;  I’m not sure if other professions are actually legal — I’ve made so many immense breakthroughs and discoveries. But I...

Somehow this old photo of me has gotten 4 or 5 new “likes” today on The Face Place — I’m not sure why, although perhaps inspired by my friends Jenny’s comment about missing Cosmic Play, the super-advanced class I used to teach in NYC. It is a pose I believe I semi-created R...