1.    Stop the Glorification of Busy I was reminded of the zen proverb above this week when my dearest friend invited me out to a leisurely Friday lunch. After an authentic, instantaneous burst of YES, I suddenly experienced a cold-hearted wave of “Wait, can I really take two hours off with everything that...

I loved the moment when Elaine Stritch on 30 Rocks says to Jack’s wife Avery who’s expecting:  “Remember, when you’re pregnant, it’s only one bottle of wine a day, AND THAT’S IT!” Yesterday, I began my juice cleanse –– if you read my Unauthorized Bio on this site y...

Today Adrian and I had our morning coffee at Acre and afterwards returned home to plan our latest adventures. I realized that when I decided that I really had to do some yoga simultaneously while returning the call to one of my famous friends Andrea Lake while in headstand for five minutes, that I am livin...

Last night I watched Nicholas Cage in SEASON OF THE WITCH which has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 10% Fresh (ie, 90% of the critics hated it) but honestly it sustained my interest (while playing scrabble on my iphone) far more than MELANCHOLIA, the latest from Lars Von Trier which I couldn’t even get t...

I awoke this morning to learn that the site for UPWARD DOG was down. And simply because I had forgotten to renew the domain name. For $12.95. Yup. The thing is, that was all happening on the day before Thanksgiving.  And two days after Thanksgiving — on Saturday — the major PETA email goes out ...