by sashastone | Mar 17, 2007 | Young Frankenstein
I have been taking my daughter Emma to the movies since she was a tiny baby. I was first employed by the Santa Monica Mirror as their film critic the same year Emma was born, or thereabouts, (I also started OW that year as well). The way it worked was this. I would...
by sashastone | Mar 14, 2007 | Blog 'em and Weep
Breed ’em and Weep has an interesting blog item up today about why people blog. Why do they blog? I have a theory. But first, here is her: In the early years of blogging, some people referred to the phenomenon as escribitionism. I don’t know how accurate...
by sashastone | Mar 14, 2007 | TO COOK
I have given myself a challenge when my daughter Emma and I go to Italy this summer to visit her father. I plan to order the weirdest thing on the menu every time. This, in keeping with the idea that we make our brains stronger by learning new tricks. This picture...
by sashastone | Mar 13, 2007 | Patti Smith
Love and an electric guitar On a cold morning in 1955, walking to Sunday school, I was drawn to the voice of Little Richard wailing Tutti Frutti from the interior of a local boy’s makeshift clubhouse. So powerful was the connection that I let go of my...
by sashastone | Mar 12, 2007 | Patti Smith