You look like Gollum, are too skinny, have a nice body but weird face… Casting directors can be vicious in their commentary. So it’s nice when they do say good things. Recent note from a casting director: the Norwegian musician Sondre Lerche was on Letterman last night. He looked like he could be your relative! …
Now before you read on thinking I have a dark association with the black market underbelly of the perfume world. I don’t. (What would I know about that? I am a scrawny actor). I mean my experience with the cologne adeptly named Underworld by Liz Zorn. (Creator of Rivertown Road cologne, a favorite of mine.) …
Unitards, like speedos, reveal a lot about a guy. This realization is unavoidable as I am looking at my reflection in the mirror next to the row of porcelain sinks on the 5th floor office building men’s room. How I Got Here When the wardrobe gal handed me my unitard costume a few minutes ago, …
After reading a few books on the topic of smell (Like NY Times Scent Critic Chandler Burr’s The Perfect Scent & The Emperor of Scent, also Luca Turin’s wickedly funny scent manifesto Perfumes: The A-Z Guide) I’ve been a lookout for great cologne. Hopefully one I can call my go-to scent. Easy enough, right? Um, …
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The dictionary definition of “Naive” having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absense of sophistication. A few years ago my naive-ness reared it’s head… I auditioned for a play where the role was written to be butt naked. And I didn’t realize it until very late into the audition process. But I am getting …
Now before you read on thinking I have a dark association with the black market underbelly of the perfume world. I don’t. (What would I know about that? I am a scrawny actor). I mean my experience with the cologne adeptly named Underworld by Liz Zorn. (Creator of Rivertown Road cologne, a favorite of mine.) …
After getting two chapters into this pocket-sized book, I shut it. Place it atop my will-get-to-it-sometime stack of books. It isn’t the quick fix magazine article “Five sure-fire tips to get your way” that I was hoping it would be. Nope. Instead it delves into gray areas of communication where the reader has to use …
There’s this teenager who, without fail, always gives me several cookies in a box on holidays. She makes them herself. While the cookies are super yummy, and my sweet tooth is ohh so satisfied biting into them, there’s something more about the gesture repeating itself over and over, becoming a tradition of sorts that warms …
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My flight to Hollywood has me sitting a row in front of a mom and her two youngsters. Her hands are full as both children appear to be under the age of 6. If I guess their ages, I’d put them at 6 and 4. The four year old was seated directly behind me. I …
Spent a few hours walking around the farmer’s market located at The Grove in Los Angeles. Loaded with baubles appealing to just about everyone: salted caramels, fresh strawberries & produce, fresh fish, post cards, herbs, cactus plants, raw steaks, and hats. I decide to eat dinner here. Again, there’s something for everyone along the aisles …
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