Idol-ized

Santa Monica, CA

Friday, August 18, 2006

As much as we weren't looking forward to the traffic in LA, we had a full day planned. First, we checked out the estate sale at our "Hollywood Hills" home and then cruised over to tony West Hollywood to visit our friend Jason. A recent transplant from DC, Jason and his sister own one of the hottest lingerie boutiques in Georgetown called Jaryam, so it's no wonder he's already succeeded with Le Bra, a West Coast version in LA.

I drooled over the Swarovski crystal-studded thong an bra set! But mostly we delighted in congratulating Jason on the accolades recently bestowed on his sexy shop. Women's Wear Daily listed Le Bra as one of only six lingerie boutiques worth visiting in THE WORLD!


We wanted to linger, but we had a lunch date in Santa Monica with Jaymes Foster, Thea's cousin. A talented music producer, Jaymes works with a lot of exciting musical artists. When we arrived to pick her up we had the pleasure of meeting Clay Aiken; the two collaborated on Clay's just completed new album-debuting September 19, and already pre-sold in record numbers! After friendly banter we cruised Montana Avenue peeking into the one-of-a-kind shops and caught up over a healthy lunch at Blue Plate. Small World Story: Jaymes asked Tom if he had been to LA before, he said yes, years ago to hang with his buddies after graduating American University. When he mentioned the name of one of his old pals Rob Morton, Jaymes gasped as it's Rob's wife who owns Blue Plate! Unfortunately, neither Rob nor his wife were at the restaurant, but how one degree of separation is that? We also learned that Jayme's newest gig is producing the debut album for the 11-year old wunderkid talent, Bianca Ryan, the winner of yet another idol-ized show, "America's Got Talent." Look for a late September recording.

We had a long day and spoke to more people than we have in weeks so we were ready to brave the traffic south to our oasis in Newport Beach. It was a wonderful day.