Howell Ellerman
@howellsacto
Husband, father of 5, grandfather of 3. Retired Attorney, Professor, Urbanist. Chancy Gardener. Rarely shaken, easily stirred.
So let’s try a 20 year challenge.
Fine... 10 year difference
When I was in my early 20s I got invited to the Playboy Mansion for a dinner party, and the couple I met at my table were staying with Hefner. They had access to his limo and driver. We went bar hopping at the Playboy Club and the Polo Lounge before they dropped me off at my car,…
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Grandson Hugh James. Seems like he has huge aims. We love him for that.
This is me with not-my-wife on the front page of the New York Times California newsletter, unbeknownst to me. Sent to me from my cousin, after it had already been sent to my wife. I’m awfully glad the beautiful blonde I’m with is a dear family friend and my wife knew where we…
Sunset off the deck tonight, it’s twenty degrees cooler than usual for July (low 60s).
The first batch of homegrown Christmas gifts for friends and family is secured.
I really hate to say this, but Kristy Noem, if she goes through with this (and coupled with the shoe ban), will have done more to improve the transportation experience of most Americans than the last five administrations.
Kristi Noem hints TSA will roll back liquid restrictions on flights: ‘Next big announcement’ nypost.com/2025/07/16/us-…
Plum jam canning today. These are Santa Rosas from our garden, about 24 pounds of fruit. We have six times this much fruit but will only do another two batches and give the rest away.
I endorse this in every particular.
We’re proud to unveil the Manhattan Statement on Higher Education, which recapitulates the crisis of the universities and calls on President Trump to enact six principles for reform. The time for decisive action is now. thefp.com/p/the-presiden…
Our last trip to Moss Beach/Seal Cove, CA. #thicktrunktuesday
Stop the British use of the plural for the singular, as in “Great Britain are…” or “Google are…”
If YOU were in charge of the English language for a day, what is one thing you would absolutely change?
Great weekend in SF visiting our daughter, going to Disney Museum and taking our first Waymo. Definitely an E ticket weekend.
I don’t blame them. There’s no evidence that any law will be enforced against Trump. They have a business to run and a merger to complete. The fact that Trump shook them down is an indictment of our law enforcement officers’ failures. Paramount could have easily made this a…
Paramount says its $16 million payment to Trump "includes plaintiffs' fees and costs," and will not be paid to Trump directly, but instead will be allocated to his future presidential library — mirroring the settlement agreement that Disney's ABC struck with Trump last December.
Grandson Hugh’s first steps today. I can’t wait to see him again. He’s always a beam of light, all smiles.
We installed the new shades today, just in time for the Solstice. They will make eating outside before sundown possible.
