OMG! A Sold-Out Burning Man
The real story for August is Burning Man. How many of you know Burning Man? You know, the annual festival devoted to radical self-reliance and self-expression…? Okay, so where am I? Well… I decided to make the pilgrimage to better understand a world I had immersed myself in, downtown Las Vegas, where Zappos CEO Tony […]
The Emmys? Fugedaboudit!
Okay, so where am I? So Monday night the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences handed out their beautiful statues at the Nokia Theatre. As always, the Emmys were a snore-filled snooze fest , but luckily there was a brightly shining stoned star who guided us safely through that never-ending mess. (**-more on that in […]
Bai Ling: Ice Queen
I remember hanging with Bai Ling as her “handler” at some random beauty pageant. For more on that, you’ll have to buy the book (that is, if I ever finish it!)… …as a handler, I knew she was a handful… So, just when you were starting to think that the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge hit […]
Robin Williams R.I.P.
It’s been a rough year – Casey Kasem, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lauren Bacall and Robin Williams… He was a brilliant actor and comedian who could go from light to dark in the blink of an eye. It’s the kind of thing that you wish you could do in meetings or at networking parties. Apparently the […]
Penang: The Virgin Paradise
There’s something cooking in Malaysia’s virgin paradise, better known as Penang Island. Start with Kek Lok Si Buddhist Temple and never look back. As a matter of fact, eating is the single topic on everyone’s tongue from the minute you hit the beautiful tropical island. Despite its British roots—under British rule since its sultan gave […]
