Turns out Jack’s closes at 8, contrary to what my driver said. So I asked for a recommendation. And despite telling me the ‘que wouldn’t be as good, the cook pointed out Rippy’s, across the street. They tell me Hollywood’s been revitalized. On Friday and Saturday night twentysomethings in their finery go to clubs where […]

1 I first heard about Vietnam during a camping trip. Not long after the sun set, in that eerie window before complete darkness, Marshall Drazen told me there was a war going on, in a country I’d never heard of, far across the Pacific Ocean. I didn’t believe him. There weren’t supposed to be any […]

I have a friend who committed suicide. He woke up, found his wife with another man, saw the carnage in his wake, and couldn’t stand living one more day. He had too much shame, he’d lost all hope, that everybody could forget what he’d done, forgive him, that he could regain his old life. I […]

I’m TINGLING! TEARS ARE COMING TO MY EYES! So, I’m at the skin doctor, having some suspicious growths removed, and when I’m done with Dr. Rish, I’ve got a message on my BlackBerry, a phone call from Irving Azoff. Where should he send the new EAGLES album? Oh, you know how it is today. LEAKS! […]