My Top 5 Obsessions This Week

Greetings to all my semi constant readers. Another busy week and Summer is around the corner. Here in the Bay Area lots of things going on and here is my top five.

1) A great night out with friends at Susan Sarandon's Spin in the Soma district in San Francisco recently made me realize just how terrible I was at ping pong. Cocktails, pub food and a whole crew of people to pick up your flying balls make this perfect place to vent some aggression. This place is a blast and I would go back in a heartbeat.

2) Great News is that Great News is everything we had hoped it would be. Lots of familiar comedy vets like the irrepressible Andrea Martin, John Michael Higgins, Horatio Sanz, Adam Campbell, newcomer Briga Heelan and a nutty Nicole Ritchie. The story begins with a New Jersey mom played by Martin joins a TV news team featuring her daughter Katie (Briga) as an intern. Creator Tracey Whigfield a  a veteran writer from 30 Rock and The Mindy Project heads the helm. I like what I see so far.

3) When We Rise author Cleve Jones gave a very impassioned call to arms during a recent conversation with author David Talbot (Season of The Witch). I was lucky enough to meet this charismatic man and understand why this energetic man continues to inspire all of us. Pick up the book and watch the acclaimed series by the same name.

4) Girlboss the newest series on Netflix is a quirky girl power comedy set in a San Francisco where people really live.in the time of candy colored bulky Mac laptops , MySpace and The O.C., A young girl finds her passion and a newfound business acumen selling vintage clothing online. Hilarious Britt Robertson heads the show with lots of character actor cameos. The big surprise is Rupaul as her crackup next door neighbor. A little trivia Dean Norris who plays her father played her boyfriend's father in Under The Dome.

5) The Diane Arbus recent show In The Beginning at SFMoma was a glimpse into her early work with small format photography and the  candids of circus performers and drag queens that became her signature. Go see this show and stay for the lovely Matisse exhibit as well as the Larry Sultan photos Here and Home.