I Love L.A. – #11 Diversity

  I was sitting in the courthouse last Thursday, and found myself pulled into a conversation with an Armenian, a 19 year old Jewish kid, and a second generation Serbian.  We weren’t changing the world; just shooting the breeze.  As I’ve found throughout my experience, the Islamic Center I attend the most frequently is a […]

I Love L.A. – #10 The Hollywood Bowl

  While there are no shortage of good concert venues in the City of Angels, I’m especially partial to the Hollywood Bowl.  For one, like many of my favorite spots in this city, it’s meant to be enjoyed outdoors and takes full advantage of that.  Reason Number 2 is while its location has caused more […]

The Heart of Life

The posts here have slowed to a crawl for a number of reasons; one of the biggest being that I’m dealing with an extraordinary amount of stress in my private life.  For the benefit of anyone who may be reading me or this blog for the first time, I’ll tell you upfront this post will […]

Building the Dream

  I was approached recently and asked if I would be willing to use this space to help promote a ’cause’.  I have several personal ‘connections’ to this particular cause so I’m more than happy to use this space to help out. Several years ago, the idea of a Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in […]

I Love L.A. – #9 “Hollywood”

  It’s the public image of Bruce Wayne.  It’s the Napoleonic Complex of Ari Gold.  She calls it my ‘smartassness’, but one of my close buddies gave it the best nickname of all: ‘Hollywood’. The ‘Hollywood’ persona gets its roots in the pro wrestlers I looked at as a kid.  Guys like Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, and […]