from farm to table at chaminade
I recently stayed at the beautiful Chaminade Resort and Spa in Santa Cruz, California and was crushed to discover I was missing the hotel’s first Farm to Table Wine Dinner of the season by just one day.
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“Bad Mother”
Ayelet Waldman is one of my heroines. Not only has she written some of my favorite books (“Love and Other Impossible Pursuits,” “Daughter’s Keeper”) but she’s married to the adorable and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay,” she’s got a law degree from, uh, Harvard, and she’s the mother of…
w hotel los angeles west beverly hills
Michael and I were lucky enough to get tickets to the taping of Oprah’s Super Soul Sessions at UCLA a couple of months ago, and we decided to make a weekend out of it. We were invited to stay at the W Hotel Los Angeles in West Beverly Hills, which is within walking distance of…
My Exclusive Interview with Filmmaker Nick Jasenovec
Amy was captivated the minute she saw “Para Fuera,” a short film directed by Nick Jasenovec, whose “Paper Heart” was a Sundance sensation last year. Here’s what Nick told her about the making of the nine-minute documentary that wowed audiences at Sundance this year and was one of 10 films selected by the jury to feature on the…
titanic: the belfast exhibit, the blu-ray movie release and an interview with gaelic storm
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, so Michael and I were eager to visit Titanic Belfast when we were in Ireland this summer. The Titanic was built in Northern Ireland, and it was fascinating to stand in the spot where the highly-touted ship launched its historic journey, and imagine…