My heartfelt thanks to everyone who sent me birthday wishes! While I never enjoy getting older, I do enjoy celebrating with friends, and reconnecting with people I'd lost touch with. It means a lot to me. Last year my friends and I went to a horror-themed escape room at Crossroads Escape Games in Anaheim. We were nowhere near to solving the puzzles in time, but the experience was a blast. This year, we tried out a zombie-themed room at the new Escape Hotel in Hollywood...and

A bittersweet milestone that happens to all of us. The time comes when we lose our parents, and must say goodbye -- not just to them, but to the collections of things they've acquired and the home they inhabited. For me, it's the turning point between my growing up and growing old. The past chapters of my life must now close... It's time to move on and write the rest of my life story. I must make new memories, and enjoy the new family to come. My parents' house, represented b