After kissing a lot of frogs and dealing with her parent’s dysfunctional relationship, actress and writer Melanie Chartoff finally got married at the age of 65. She is the author of Odd Woman Out: Exposure in Essays and Stories and goes full-out on her tumultuous love life and passionate ambitions to make it on stage and screen. You may remember her as one of the stars of … [Read more...]
Take a Vacation on Your TV Screen by Watching Britbox
Your TV Screen can be your window to the world especially now while travel is on hold. In addition to all the regular shows you watch, you can get glimpses of your bucket list destinations streaming on various channels. I got a chance to check out Britbox and was immediately drawn to two shows based on their locations. Life on the Caribbean The first show I watched was … [Read more...]
Travel Adventure Show: Samantha Brown Travel Tips
The Travel Adventure Show takes place in Los Angeles every year and I always try to attend if I can. At previous shows, I've learned expert travel tips from speakers Rick Steves and Patricia Schultz. This time I listened to Samantha Brown, who's the host and executive producer of Places to Love on PBS. Samantha Brown talked about how each "place" was chosen to be … [Read more...]
The Green Book: Movie Review
Every year I attend an Oscar party with a bunch of my voice-over friends. We look forward to it every year because it’s about the only time we’re together in the same room. Before we arrive, most of us do research to guess who will win. We pay $5 for a ballot and the winners go home with cash. Even though most of the pundits predicted “Roma,” “Roma,” “Roma,” I knew in my gut it … [Read more...]
Struggle: Documentary Film Review
In 2013, I wrote a blog post about a genius artist and sculptor I knew in the early 1980s. His name was Stanislav Szukalski. My post popped up on Google and I was asked to do an interview for an upcoming documentary film about his life called "Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski." Two of the producers are George and Leonardo DiCaprio who also knew Mr. Szukalski during … [Read more...]
