This is college at its most elemental level. “The body, wrote Saul Bellow, “is subject to the forces of gravity. But the soul is ruled by levity, pure.”
Category: Road trips
Family Fun in Palm Springs
Why did I work 45 years if not to be able to pick up a bar tab or two? It’s the ransom you pay for time with your adult kids.
Dearly Beloved…
Marriage means you’ll always have a cake on your birthday, that there’ll always be someone around to help doctor the soup.
Lunching With Legends
Suzanne gave me a day pass to see my former fiancé Angie Dickinson for lunch at Casa Vega in Sherman Oaks, a dark little place full of juicy little secrets.
Heroes and Love Songs
“Kathie Lee sings songs like she’s mad at them,” Tom Shales once wrote about Kathie Lee Gifford. “What did they ever do to you?” RIP, Tom Shales and witty writing in general.
Budget Airlines
Trust me this: Flying a budget airline – with its budget leg room and budget pilots (ours was 12) -- erases all needless worry from your life.
A Book. A Belly Rub.
So, there I was, inching along that weird world between Culver City and El Segundo, distinguished by its ability to look like nowhere you’d ever want to live.
One Drizzly Night
I prefer old inns that look like battle sites and bars that resemble shipwrecks. That’s why Arrowhead impresses me. It’s lived a little.
Special Old Sweaters
I have this special old sweater with a big hole in it – one in the sleeve, one in the tummy -- two holes actually. Like a tuba or a politician.
A Treasure Chest
Talk about a treasure chest of laughter and empathy: Chevy Chase in the attic. Macaulay Culkin staring at the statue of St. Padre Pio in that glowing Wilmette sanctuary.