Displaying vintage Items in your home, such as old records, has a mind expanding effect. It connects your environment to the past and the music makers of yore, in an age where everything is stored on your phone, and your perspective shrinks to only digital, this broadens your perspective on history. These cool, fun conversation… Continue reading The Nostalgia In A Vinyl Record Store is About Musical Memories Rather Than Stuff
Month: October 2018
How A Sad Story Turned Into A Hollywood Movie
Some people love telling their stories, and I love hearing them, and sharing mine. Through our stories, we learn if we have shared interests, and begin to understand one another. On a recent trip to Studio City, Los Angeles, I met an actor and scriptwriter for Hollywood movies and plays, in the most unlikely of… Continue reading How A Sad Story Turned Into A Hollywood Movie
Happy Shoes in Hollywood – The Human Races
The walk of fame in Hollywood is like a glossy magazine turned real life. Perfectly coiffed leashed pups skid by on the granite of the sidewalk of fame that doesn’t have a blade of grass in sight. Their owners pass by the window of the local Starbucks at Sunset and Vine Streets, where reading my… Continue reading Happy Shoes in Hollywood – The Human Races
It’s Thanksgiving But Is Regret Still Stronger Than Thanks
“Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.” Anne Frank Today is Thanksgiving in Canada, and the cemeteries are filled with flowers for the dearly departed, but we don’t buy flowers often enough for our loved ones who are still with us, and fail to show appreciation… Continue reading It’s Thanksgiving But Is Regret Still Stronger Than Thanks
The Reasons I don’t Like Sleeping In a Hotel Bed, Except This One in Studio City!
There are so many reasons I don’t like sleeping in a strange bed in a hotel room: The different dust from home to adjust to, the bed being too hard or too soft for this little bear, the pillows being overstuffed when I prefer flat pillows, getting a crick in my neck from the pillow… Continue reading The Reasons I don’t Like Sleeping In a Hotel Bed, Except This One in Studio City!
Why You Must Change The Billboard Of Your Life As Often as A Hollywood Billboard
On a trip to Hollywood last week, I saw that the old fashioned billboard is alive and well, and thriving. In this digital age, two men on a scaffold spent days installing the iconic message in the epicentre of the entertainment district. A Hollywood billboard costs roughly $25,000 a month, is oversized, at 14… Continue reading Why You Must Change The Billboard Of Your Life As Often as A Hollywood Billboard
A Bike Tour of Studio City, Los Angeles, Is the Best
You miss the details of a city if you see it from a car. The best way is on foot, or to go the distance, on a bike. My hotel in Studio City, Los Angeles, last week had free bike rentals. I hadn’t ridden a bike, other than a stationary one, in 20 years, and… Continue reading A Bike Tour of Studio City, Los Angeles, Is the Best
A Canadian At The Creativity Crossroads in Hollywood, Los Angeles
Creativity is a word that comes to mind as I stand on the corner of the world’s most famous star studded sidewalk at Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Near the spot where Lana Turner was discovered in The Top Hat Malt Shop in the 1930’s, and can feel the energy… Continue reading A Canadian At The Creativity Crossroads in Hollywood, Los Angeles