Well, this is good news. These wonderful establishments are selling “Baker’s Dozen.” Gatsby Books, Long Beach Little Flower Café, Pasadena Florey’s Book Company, Pacifica

Thanks to the wonderful readers of “Baker’s Dozen,” the book has traveled the world. The latest location is Turtle Island, Fiji!

Visited the Eames House in Pacific Palisades with the LA Mills College Alumni. It’s very cool even if you: 1) need reservations, 2) there’s no sign on the road that leads to the property, and 3) you can see only the outside of the house. But, there are a lot of windows so you can get tantalizing interiors of this time capsule of a house. It’s possible to schedule a tour of the downstairs of the house and the unattached workshop but it’s pretty expensive. It is a worthwhile to

Now we come to one of the most important books of my life. The one that taught me how to be a person. It’s a book and a poet, e.e. cummings. Let’s begin at the beginning (you should put the kettle on and have a nice cup of tea). Because of dyslexia, I was terrible at school. I did not thrive and struggled to get “Cs” and “Ds.” With the ink barely dry on my high school diploma, I moved to San Francisco and got a job through some miracle as a receptionist. I was a thinker but n

Growing up an undiagnosed dyslexic in the ‘70s, reading was nearly impossible. I missed many of the beloved childhood books my friends devoured. I still haven’t read “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” or “The Secret Garden.” Lucky for me, my family came to the rescue and my sister and mother read to me from the fantastical “Oz” books. I heard the charming Dr. Seuss. I loved stories and would listen to records of books check out of the library. My favorite was “Alice an Wonderland.”

While I am a huge fan of mysteries, I also love comedy and it occurred to me as I was watching Aisha Tyler’s "Dietland" after show, "Unapologetic," on AMC, that she and two other comedians I admire, Ali Wong and Margaret Cho, all grew up in San Francisco. They each have described roaming the City with their friends. Their parents worked hard and they were alone for part of each day. San Francisco can be explored on the underground and on busses so that’s what they did when th

One fun thing to do this Labor Day is listen to podcasts. If you like podcasts, there are a dizzying number to chose from. The reason I’m starting a podcast with Emmy-Award Winning Producer Maria Notaras is that we love podcasts. My affection for them comes from a love of radio and the need for someone to be talking to me 24/7. These are my current favorites: Denzel Washington Is The Greatest Actor Of All Time Period Happier in Hollywood Pod Save the People The Memory Palace