Prepping for TCM Classic Cruise, departs Port of Miami Thursday
Dec
6
2011
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We’re packing sun tan lotion and espadrilles for TCM Cruise, with stops in Key West and Cozumel, departing Thursday afternoon from Port of Miami. Having never taken a cruise before, I checked on the Internet to see what to expect. This is what a cruise “stateroom” looks like. Can’t wait to see what my “cabin” ...
Charles Chaplin covered the waterfront — in China
Oct
6
2010
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It’s kind of an ongoing joke in Los Angeles that every neighborhood boasts a building or location that Charles Chaplin supposedly built, or invested in. Alternately, in that place, Chaplin lived, shot a movie, or (most probable) partied. The guy got around! He was at every social event, every film opening, each great hostess’s soiree. He was L.A.’s ...