And, yes, she's just as charming as ever.

We had driven the old VW bus from Morocco into Algeria. Crossing the border at Oujda required submitting passports and visa applications at least twenty-four hours in advance and then waiting for the permissions.

Writer Robert Towne chuckles at a question about how young the executives in Hollywood are these days, how short the institutional memory about great work of the past is -- and whether that has an impact on getting his phone calls returned.

Grab your rainbow flip-flops and join me for a run through the sprinkler in the front yard, won't you?

Today, I'll raise a glass to Louie Hevizy, the doctor who broke the rules and brought my wonderful, hard-working and loving son into this world.