Just finished having dinner with internationally renowned Chinese cooking expert and cook book writer-- and dear friend Nina Simonds, and her delightful husband Don Rose, formerly of RykoDisc Records and now antique car afficionado and international trader. We are high on snapper, wine,and chocolate,and many stories from Andy Warhol to our crazy families--there's no difference [...]
Hey Kids--it's the GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT!! I love the little critters--there's a party at my feeder every morning. I love the way those finches and cardinals show up as couples (especially the green lady cardinals with their fat and flashy red mates). Then there are those swinging singles-- the blue jays. I have sat [...]
After all my griping about the weather, I thought I'd show you something beautiful-- and fantastic-- brought to you by my friend Cindy (the one who escorted a leg of lamb on board an aircraft awhile back). Leave it to Cindy to discover this agriculturual amazement! RICE FIELDS OF JAPAN Stunning crop art has sprung [...]
THEY BLEW IT AGAIN. This has to be one of the most frustrating winters on record--for me and the precipitation prognosticators. At this point, Harvey and Company must be ready to go into the meteorological witness protection program--as one of them aptly put it today--for all the ill will they've stirred up after blowing the [...]
(photo courtesy of Matthew Healey) Ok. Here it is. The photo we've all been waiting for. Jeremy Renner and yours truly pre-awards ceremony Saturday night at the Casablanca restaurant in Harvard Square. I read somewhere that women of a certain age should tilt their heads up toward the light so their necks look better. Don't [...]
I JUST REALIZED--it's on TV tonight!!! SYMPHONIC RELIEF FOR HAITI--a Global Concert!! I hosted this event,live, a week ago at JORDAN HALL, with sister concerts taking place all over the world, and musicians representing 11 countries participating--the goal to raise $250,000.00 for Haiti! The concert is being broadcast on TV 38 10-11pm TONIGHT Sunday February [...]
So I spent the night with Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner. Wait. That doesn't sound quite right. I spent the evening with Jeremy Renner--star of THE HURT LOCKER who was honored with the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, last night at the Brattle Theater! He graciously accepted the award onstage, then stayed [...]
I'm just back from CT where mom is all right after minor surgery--so now I'm ready to blog again!! The Oscar nominations came out while mom was on the table, but having my priorities straight, I hadn't had time to comment til now! The nominations are pretty much what we all expected, a little boring [...]
OH my goodness--I just caught my first glimpse of the red carpet--Jennifer Hudson--amazingly sleek in an Azzedine Alaia like black belted number--the woman looks extraordinary--and soooo thin! Gaga showed up looking like the center of the universe--literally--she brought her own solar system with planet gaga exerting her own gravitational force! Could Armani have really designed [...]
Come blog with me! Let's blog, let's blog away!!!--Tonight! I'm blogging through the Grammy Awards on CBS (WBZ-TV4) 8Pm! Join me and my long-time producer, friend, soul sister, keeper--Marji Borkow! (She's the one who saves me from myself-- and I quote: "Are you sure you want to send that e-mail? " or in more dire [...]
