It was 1996, I was having a rough time working in Mexico City. I was belly dancing in Polanco and living above the Arabic nightclub. My best friend, Kim, came to rescue me, and we bought bus tickets and headed out to explore the country.
“I had missed the Running of the Bulls because I was brushing my teeth in a matador’s hotel room.”
I have never felt more like a queen than swimming in a waterfall in a jungle surrounded by ancient stones with my twin soul, who put her arms around me when I was cold…
Still to this day, thirty years later, I smell Chanel No. 5 and I am transported back to that little room in Spain, to the exquisite lightness of being a girl who loves starlight dancing in her hair.
We were visiting London on business, monkey business…
Lost in Italy, Found in a field of sunflowers
I love to travel and my lack of funds led me to some very interesting places. First stop? The Dating Game in1988 where I won a trip to Hawaii!
If you are worried about our children and the state of our world with COVID, the election, technology, I’m here to tell you, The Kids Are Alright!
On Halloween last night, my friend Cristie delivered cupcakes to my house that had tiny little tombstones with hilarious sayings: RIP Travel 2020, Social Life 2020, Hugs 2020, RIP Trumps Term… (That one lifted my spirits.) The cupcakes were surrounded by little bloody bones, like
I was surprised by the way the film stayed with me after I watched it. It was entertaining and fun, yes, but it was also a “protection story.” Zemeckis shows us the world can be terrifying and overwhelming, but it is our ability to nimbly transform and adapt to change that is our strength.
