Interviews

All Suited Up To Make Us Laugh

Paula Poundstone

Paula Poundstone: we all know and love her for her outrageous, zany, hilarious comedy. This most gracious funny-lady allowed me a bird’s eye view into her life as a comic. Since I’m an entertainer myself, I wanted to know just…

Desert Dessert

Havana Brown

Getting The Dinah Down (under) with Havana Brown   When T.S. Eliot opened his magnum opus, “Wasteland,” with the words, “April is the Cruelest month” he had no idea how false his words would ring decades later when thousands of…

Border Grill

Chefs Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken

An empire built on creativity, a little science…and lots of room for innovation   Probably the most important takeaway from an interview with celebrity chefs Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken is that they embrace change. And, even in a…

Bravehearts In Long Beach

Audrey (Stephanie) Luftin and Rebecca (Reba) Birmingham

Two powerful women have joined their lives and careers together and have taken the legal system of California by storm, making it their own. Audrey (Stephanie) Luftin and Rebecca (Reba) Birmingham have dedicated their lives to helping the underdog. They…

Meet Madame Brightside

Laurie Rubin

At least once or twice a lifetime people care to know if you dream in color or not. But for Laurie Rubin, it is a question she gets on numerous occasions. A renowned mezzo-soprano who grew up in a nice…

Prey for Rock ‘n’ Roll

Kiyomi McCloskey

Hunter Valentine’s Kiyomi McCloskey and Laura Petracca Collide and Conquer A rock and roll band with lesbian members, Hunter Valentine is a smooth and snarling quartet creating catchy songs reminiscent of The Smiths, Radiohead and Kate Bush’s less experimental efforts.…