Tag: Noel Coward
July 12, 2013 /

MID-CENTURY? GOOGIE? OKAY, LET’S JUST CALL IT A COFFEE SHOP

July 12, 2013 /

HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT COFFEE?

Poppets, Los Angeles is home to some fine blends. And, the older I get the more I rely on that velvety smooth, slightly chocolatey/butterscotchy jolt in the morning. As in, if I don’t get it I’m likely to snarl. We do the French press thing at home. For awhile the…

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October 9, 2012 /

NOEL COWARD IN HOLLYWOOD

This week is going to be light on text and heavy on pictures as I reassemble my kitchen (and put my household back in order). Saturday my breakfast companion was aghast when I turned up at our weekly dim sum rendezvous wearing black slip on sandals, jeans, a black T-shirt,…

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April 20, 2012 /

Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered…

As the millennium was about to turn a high rolling actor, after two chaste dates with someone very near and dear to my heart, invited her back East to meet his parents. You know, a girl takes an invitation like that quite seriously. (Although, she might not have been the…

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