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(fredrica) my nephew t cooper, will be reading from and signing his latest book, "Real Man Adventures," tonight, Thursday Jan 31, at Vroman's in pasadena. Please join us. T Cooper discusses and signs Real Man Adventures Start: 01/31/2013 7:00 pm Location: ... 695 E. Colorado Blvd Pasadena, California 91101 A few years ago, the novelist T Cooper wrote his parents a letter telling them he wasn't their daughter anymore. And that was the good news. Real Man Adventures is Cooper's brash, wildly inventive, and often comic exploration of the paradoxes and pleasures of masculinity. He takes us through his transition into identifying as male, and how he went on to marry his wife and become an adoring stepfather of two children. Alternately bemused and exasperated when he feels compelled to explain all this, Cooper never loses his sense of humor. Ten Things People Assume I Understand About Women But Actually Don't, reads one chapter title, while another proffers: Sometimes I Think the Whole of Modern History Can Be Explained by Testosterone. A brilliant collage of letters, essays, interviews (with his brother, with his wife, with the parents of other transgender children), artwork, and sharp evocations of difficult conversations with old friends and puzzled bureaucrats, Real Man Adventures will forever change what you think about what it means to be a man.

(Fredrica) Olive, the part pit, got home. not so sure about the turtle. those darn turtles sure do get around. seems like every time i turn around, another tortoise comes up missing.

(fredrica) attended the unveiling of the "Dolby Theater" marquis tonight at the once "kodak theater." it was an impressive introduction to the Dolby Atmos sound system and Dolby 3-D process, replete with a short cirque du soleil performance outside on Hollywood Blvd, and a 3-d presentation of "atmos" and dolby 3-D in the newly sound configured "Dolby Theater." i think dolby has the world of high-tech sound neatly "surrounded." and their 3-d system is amazing. my take on it ... buy "Dolby." i'm calling charles schwab in the morning.

(Fredrica) SAVE THE DATE: FRIDAY NIGHT, JUNE 22. Our annual HHA "Hollywood Bowl and Picnic in the Park" is set for OPENING NIGHT & FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR at the Bowl. You'll be seeing more details via our e-mail Newsline and neighborhood flyers, as well as on our website (www.hollywoodheights.org) and here on facebook.

(Fredrica) went to a meet and greet for "Jan Perry for Mayor" at elliot johnson's upper sycamore abode today. she's really impressive and approachable. right now, if you donate to her campaign, your contribution will be matched dollar for dollar by the city and she needs the bucks to get on the ballot. i would love to see a woman in the mayor's office, and she seems like a really viable candidate. read about her in this january 2012 L.A. Magazine article: http://www.lamag.com/columns/speak-easy/Story.aspx