Studio City Mom

They say a picture is worth a thousand words… If that’s true, then I have a library of books that tell the story of a friendship among six girls that has lasted over three decades. A bond that started long …

People can really piss me off. Especially people who neglect animals. When I was a child growing up on Beverly Glen I used to come home with stray cats weekly. Fortunately for me my mom was, and still is, an …

It fell out of my daughter’s mouth and has been living in my purse for weeks now. Just sitting. Floating. Waiting. We both forgot about it.  Forgot about her… the Tooth Fairy. So, I suppose it’s finally happened. The day …

Last week I wrote a column about not giving up and the response to it was truly overwhelming. It seems many people need to hear a little encouragement, a little hope, a little inspiration to keep going… one more day. …

I never understood why we needed a made up holiday to tell people we love them. To show them they are cared for. To surprise them with unexpected notes of appreciation. Valentine’s Day has always been so odd to me. …

And then news of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death came in. Shock. Sadness. Anger. Wishing what I was hearing was wrong. A mistake. A bad joke. And yet… I knew it wasn’t. I knew he had fought drug and alcohol abuse …

(This Column Originally Posted December 13, 2010) This is the week my daughter turns 9 years old. And, as with every birthday that comes around, I find myself looking at baby pictures, reading old journal entries, taking down the baby …

From the time I can remember I always heard the phrase, You’re just a phone call away. Growing up in a home of artists that saying was chanted over and over in the light of day and even more so …