A couple of months ago, I had my first (and hopefully last) Covid birthday. As that day was approaching, I saw a Facebook post from a friend and former colleague who had just started his own custom cake business here in LA – @LACustomCakes. His name is Michael Carney, and he is truly a jack-of-all-trades, as he is also an actor, and an amazing Talent Producer. Among other events, he books and works with the artists who perform on the Memorial Day and Fourth of July Specials that are filmed at the U.S. Capitol. Two of my former management clients were winners of American Idol, and both were performers at…

The last few years have been quite an interesting journey for me. After spending over 22 years in the music business, I went on this soul-searching mission to find out why I felt so unfulfilled in my professional life. My personal life has always been amazing, give or take the usual day to day problems that any family has. I have two awesome teenagers and a wonderful husband. I had a very successful career at Interscope Records and 19 Entertainment/American Idol, where I worked with some of the biggest artists in the world. A few years ago, it just didn’t seem like I was where I was supposed to be….so…

When I was growing up in Alabama, my Daddy used to take me to the local car races in Birmingham. His longtime assistant (I can’t bear to say the word secretary – it’s so 1970) was married to a guy who was one of the drivers. There was a track on the west side of the city where they raced stock cars and when we would go, we would get the VIP treatment. I remember walking through the Pit before the race, saying hello to all of the drivers, hearing the loud noises of the engines revving up, and looking up at the crazy, energetic crowd. When I was a…

Sugar cookies are my favorite, and chocolate chips are a close second, although I like the actual cookie part more than the chips.  However, I’m talking about a different kind of “cookie.” You know the ones – those little “things” that allow everyone to know your every online move in life. I don’t need Big Brother or every other company on God’s creation to track each and every click, because it is going to drive me insane or send me to an early grave. You know what really sucks the most about reaching and accepting your middle-age-ness?  BEING F-ING REMINDED ABOUT IT EVERY F-ING SECOND OF EVERY F-ING DAY.  I mean…let’s…

She dreamed the world changed, but then she woke up to more chaos