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Travel From Home
Star Trek famously called Space the final frontier, referring to the explorations of the space ship Enterprise to distant galaxies and planets. But in light of the current coronavirus pandemic quarantine, any travel right now seems far-fetched.Still, I tried to think if going forward I can"t (or won"t) travel in the foreseeable future, then: What can I revisit or see virtually. What I found is, as Dr. Seuss says, "Oh the places you will go!"Thinking about this fell into two… -
"Almost Famous: The Musical" Rocks On
This Sunday October 27th, "Almost Famous," the Musical based on the 2000 Cameron Crowe movie will end its run at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego. Tickets for the run have been sold out for a while but I was lucky enough to attend a matinee recently, and am here to report that when "Almost Famous" turns up on Broadway or in your town (and I"d be shocked if it doesn"t), you and your family will very much enjoy… -
See Alison Saar's 'Topsy Turvy' Art
Alison Saar's new paintings and sculptures at LA Louver in Venice, CA, (on view through May 12, 2018) speak of a strength derived from a bitter harvest.The exhibition is called "Topsy Turvy," and the figures reference Topsy, a character in Harriett Beecher Stowe's great abolitionist novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin."Topsy, as described by Stowe, had wooly hair that was braided into little tails that went every which way. Topsy is labelled a bundle of energy, and a mischievous, bad child, who… -
Steve Leder Knows Things (More Beautiful than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us)
Steve Leder knows things. As the senior Rabbi at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, the 155-year-old Los Angeles congregation that is home to some 2400 families (including mine), where Leder has served for 30 years, when his phone rings, it is often not good news. He has had to comfort, support, minister to and officiate at hundreds of funerals, make thousands of hospital visits and counsel individuals and families as their lives and families fall apart. When cancer is diagnosed, when adultery… -
Pop Culture in Carson, CA: A Galaxy of Fans for Manchester United
So there I was on a Saturday night, July 15th to be exact, at the StubHub Center, which is the name of the stadium in Carson which is itself a small city of 100,000, located 13 miles south of Downtown LA and about a half hour from Santa Monica. It’s a very nice stadium. It was opened in 2003 and was called the Home Depot Center for its first decade. It seats 27,000 and is both the second venue developed… -
A Book that Makes the Meaningful Beautiful: The Voices & Visions
A Book that Makes the Meaningful Beautiful: The Voi... View Original Article -
Before Los Angeles became LA
Before Los Angeles became LA View Original Article -
Herb Alpert Foundation Donates $10.1 Million to Los Angeles City College
Herb Alpert Foundation Donates $10.1 Million to Los... View Original Article -
Cult of Luxury: Craftsmanship, Scarcity and the Hermès Brand
How Hermès has succeeded in creating veneration-worthy items as well as a successful global brand is a story worth studying.Thierry Hermès was a leather harness maker who set up shop in Paris in 1837. The saddles, bridles and harnesses he made were prized by the rising bourgeoisie of Louis Phillipe's reign in 19th Century France. Since then Hermes, almost without parallel, has made a business out of selling beautiful items no one needs, as well as items one needs but… -
Cult of Luxury: The Romance
THE ROMANCE of LUXURY:  One evening a few years ago, my wife and I dined with another couple at Bartolotta Ristorante Di Mare in Las Vegas at the Wynn Hotel. Named for its chef, Paul Bartolotta, the restaurant features Italian cooking and seafood specialties and is very, very expensive.... View Original Article -
Cult of Luxury: What it is, who makes it and how we recognize it
What is luxury? How do we experience it or know it when we see it? More to the point: how do the purveyors of luxury communicate it to us? I've been thinking a lot about the concept of luxury lately and I want to explore its meaning on a regular... View Original Article -
Sandy Frank: An Appreciation
Sanford Jay Frank, the Emmy Award-winning writer and producer, screenwriting guru and conservative ideologue whom everyone called Sandy, died at his home in Calabasas on April 18 of complications arising out of a glioblastoma, a cancerous brain tumor. He was 59. Frank grew up in Springfield, Mass., where his father worked at the post office. He attended Harvard, where he found an outlet for his humor when he joined the Harvard Lampoon, also creating lifelong friendships with Jim Downey ("Saturday…