Archive for November, 2010
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GIFT IDEAS/GIFTING SUITES:EMMYS GIFTING SUITES FOLLOW-UP AND GIFT IDEAS
EMMYS GIFTING SUITES FOLLOW-UP AND GIFT IDEAS Because of the hectic nature of gifting suites, some of the sponsors have to send their products after the fact, and therefore they don’t make it into this year's Emmys Gifting Suites column. An
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MISCELLANEOUS: 200th COLUMN
200th COLUMN!!! I’m hoping you all had a lovely Thanksgiving and ensuing week-end. Since this was my first one without Clarence, I’m just grateful to have gotten through it. (Actually, since we have always watched the Macy’s Parade toge
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HOLIDAY: THANKSGIVING 2010
THANKSGIVING 2010 I was shocked to discover that I haven’t written a Thanksgiving column for this site in the previous two years of its existence. I always did for my columns in the Culver City News and the Blue Pacific News, but somehow, I
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TELEVISION: DANCING WITH THE STARS SEASON 11 FINALE
DANCING WITH THE STARS SEASON 11 FINALE Okay, so now that the shock of Brandy and Maks not making it to the final has kind-of worn-off, and turned into lingering anger, the actual dance finale finally happened last night. And, if the no-talent
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THEATRE: UPTOWN DOWNTOWN
UPTOWN DOWNTOWN I don’t think that most of us realize that before Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, and later Whitney Houston and Beyonce, there was the fabulous Leslie Uggams, blazing the trail for beautiful black female pop singers. I sure didn
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DINING: L.O.V.E. PIZZA
L.O.V.E. PIZZA This new-ish eatery on Melrose is called L.O.V.E. Pizza, and let me tell you, we loved everything about our first visit to it. The food being fabulous was actually beside the point; Eadie and I experienced the kind-of evening an
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NEW YORK/DINING: HALF KING BAR & RESTAURANT
HALF KING BAR & RESTAURANT On my recent New York trip, I discovered a restaurant that I would eat at daily if I lived in Manhattan. Or if it opened a branch here, but then it would probably lose its Chelsea pub ambience. Everything at H
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HEALTH/BEAUTY:ONA SPA PARTY
ONA SPA PARTY When I was recently in New York, my friend Lauren treated me to a fabulous facial at a medical spa I’m going to tell you about in the next few weeks. So, as she’s been visiting our city this week, I wanted to return the favor
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TELEVISION:DANCING WITH THE STARS–FINAL 5
DANCING WITH THE STARS--FINAL 5 This eleventh season of the venerable Dancing With The Stars has been the most yawn-inducing ever. There’s nary a celeb to root for. Actually, there’s nary a celeb, period, but I’m sure I covered that topi
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NEW YORK/DINING/PARTIES: VIA DEI MILLE ANNIVERSARY PARTY
VIA DEI MILLE ANNIVERSARY PARTY Two years ago, at a party thrown by Russell Simmons at the club Greenhouse in Soho, I met Barry, one of the owners. Within minutes, my friend found-out that he had just opened a neighborhood restaurant, Via dei
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