I have a good friend from San Francisco (with a heart 10x the size of most) who, like a force of nature, blows into town unexpectedly from time to time, always with some sort of fun happening and interesting people in her wake.
As an example: She's in town Monday and has extra tickets to the Paul Newman benefit tribute at Lincoln Center.
(In addition to this being a good example about Lori, this is also how life actually moves in this fairytale called New York).
Paul Newman is in my top 'most admired' list. Besides starring in my favorite film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", it was his benevolent nature that was even more attractive than his charm and blue eyed swagger. Acting seemed like a side gig; Paul's best performance art was showing us how to live.
His work with Newman's Own and the Hole in the Wall Gang is legendary, raising the bar for future generations of celebrities with a cause. He was also a well known supporter of my organization, starring in a PSA that many still talk about. He was the embodiment of "To whom much is given, much is expected...."
A favorite quote of his:
"We are such spendthrifts with our lives, the trick of living is to slip on and off the planet with the least fuss you can muster. I’m not running for sainthood. I just happen to think that in life we need to be a little like the farmer, who puts back into the soil what he takes out.”
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