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WORTH CELEBRATING

My daughter, who is 8, informed me that today is International Women’s Day. I had no idea. I've never heard of it before. The first thing I thought...

VALIDATED

From a correspondence with my brother from another mother - T. T! Paris was fun. Great trip. I have a driver here, Herman, who drives me whenever I...

BUTCHER'S HOOK

I could write a pretty funny book about all the shit I got up to when I attended CalArts in 1989. The world had not changed yet -- meaning things ...

MR. SPECTOR

Elaine’s was still open, so this happened maybe in the early 90s? It had to be around that time. I honestly can’t remember, though. I’m guessing ea...

FIND YOUR LINE

It’s hard to write about my obsession with cars without sounding like a complete ass. It’s also boring. I mean, who wants to listen to me drone on ...

COUP DE FOUDRE

I’m no expert in affairs of the heart. I never had any boyfriends in junior high or high school. There was one guy in the 6th grade who I think lik...

BLACK FRIDAY

So, Christmas at my house when I was a child was a time when my mom pulled out all the stops - storybook-style. She was wild about it. She couldn’t...

IRS

Fear has been a huge motivator in my life. It’s why I started HEDGEHOUSE back in my garage. Neither my husband nor I are geniuses with money, and w...

THE ASHRAM

You can't be 20 on Sugar Mountain... I wonder if Neil Young knows about the Ashram. It's a place tucked back in the hills of Calabasas California....

MADISON AVENUE

I have a long history with Madison Avenue. I must have walked parts of it 50 thousand times. The areas of concentration for me have mostly been bet...

TORQUE

I’m supposed to be writing about my favorite places. That was the plan. Well, I don’t feel like writing about that this week. Sorry, I got two out ...

THE SUMMER ROOM

When I was a kid, we never had air conditioning in any of our houses. My mother moved a lot. She got some money in the eighties and got into "real ...

THE ORCHARD

My business partner (whom I'd walk over hot coals for and is almost always right) suggested that I write about my top five favorite places - like o...

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