Travel can unleash the soul, especially if you go to a place you’ve been before in another lifetime. And so it was for me in France this weekend. French was the first foreign language I ever heard at the tender age of six. It was […]
Not many people are talking about personal liberation these days. Maybe it’s because most of us feel trapped and think it’s a normal way of being. But I have news. It’s not. My friend recently called me to say she had lost her juicy, but […]
As I have already said in an earlier blog post, “The Soundtrack of Our Lives”, music is the sonorous accompaniment of our days. It’s the grease that oils your remembering machine: the oh-my-god effect when you hear a song hidden in your history, somewhere buried […]
This past March I saw Fuerza Bruta in New York City. They are hard to describe really: a dynamic dance performance group doesn’t really say it. It’s one of those things you simply have to experience. But I’ll tell you this: it involves several elements, […]
The lens of a camera is like the reflection in a person’s eyes: it gives you access to your very soul. If you’re hiding something, the camera will detect it. If you are authentic, it will amplify that too. Either way you cannot hide from […]
Erica Chase, the talented young singer-songwriter (“We Can Fly”) was an English major at Pitzer College in Claremont, California when she met multiplatinum producer, Dana Strum (Slaughter bassist) . Through connections her father’s business partner made in Las Vegas, Erica met Dana on February 1, […]
“Let the music play, he won’t get away…” Shannon crooned in 1984. Jeans jacket, boys and cruising the strip with my older sister. Those memories will stay with me forever because the music didn’t fade even when my schoolgirl crushes did. Music, the sonorous accompaniment […]
Every once in a while, my dad sends me some really great tips. Here’s a feel good three-minute award-winning short to start your week. Bottom line: It’s never too late to be kind.