Row 34A American AirlinesLA-Dallas. Guy next to me is literally half over my seat, this is gonna be a long one. 

He is huge. Don’t let anyone say I have lost touch with the common man, I am in touch with a little too much of this one and boy is he heavy. 

Had a great couple of days in LA putting the team together for our new project. Can’t tell you details yet but will very soon.

Lunch yesterday with Christina and Jordan. It was great to see them both, it’s been a while. Christina was looking good and on good form after a period of well deserved rest. Filming the lead in the upcoming Burlesque movie, recording the soundtrack and recording her solo album took its toll a bit. I said to her ” what the hell did you expect?” but she is a workaholic who like a lot of creatives drives herself to the limit. 

After our work was done Claire Denham-Smith (Brand Director) and I took a stroll along Melrose. She had never been and I hadn’t for a few years. Glad to see that the time warp boulevard is still in a time warp. Its like a gothic pierced and tattooed theme park. If ever you feel the need to go Adams family then the choices are endless. 

Did find a period piece bar called Bungalow club . Sam the bar tender was lovely and said he takes all his cocktails personally. I said I knew a barman like that once who ended up in rehab but Sam didn’t mean it that way. He meant that he wanted everyone of them to be savoured. Well I can tell you as a bloke who takes his booze straight I was more than surprised by how good his ginger pear martoonies were. And at $6 a pop you could easily loose a couple of days at Sams bar. 

Later mingled with the cast of Mad Men, my favourite TV show at the post premier of the new season party in the garden of the Chateau Marmont, my LA home. 

Rudely woken by reception at 5.45 am in order to catch my 8am flight to Dallas. There are plenty of PA’s out of work you know Claire H. You know who you are . 

As soon as I land its straight to the Crescent hotel to join the judging panel of Ken Downing, Lisa Kazor and I to watch and analyse the latest SW puppet film ‘Project My Way’. Introducing Kate, our Sales Director as Heidi Klumsy and Avant Ga(Ga) as our new almost impossible designer. God help the poor 100 Neiman Marcus managers who are our shackled audience. After that fiasco they are straight in for a cocktail, popcorn and the documentary about moi ‘The Devil’s in the detail’ Some of them may need sedation after that lot . 


I will fill you in later