Ali Brown's Platinum Mastermind in Santa Monica

Another dynamic masterminding session with Alexandria Brown and the other members of the 2008 Platinums--this time at the posh Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica. Here's Ali & me -- love our blonde hair/brown eyed sympatico -- she envisions me as her free spirit sister and I see her as a Very "Cool Girl!"



Rich, Happy & Hot Marie Forleo from New York and Red Hot Copy Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero from LA as we are just ready to step out as a group to Monsoon for a fusion feast. Dinner conversations ranged far and wide--lots of great vibes & laughter. Napoleon for dessert, eh?



Our Platinums hail from all over the US and Canada, from Feng Shui specialist Katie Weber in Cuero, TX (who, thankfully, was unscathed by Hurricane Ike) to Bonnie Hutchinson's Soul Power Wisdom in Edmonton, Alberta, to James Roche (The Info Product Guy) in Miami and Sandy-licious Grason in Ft. Lauderdale. I am so proud of what so many have created this year and sprinting to keep up!



Here's my little happy dance under the gigantic century-old fig tree -- I'm reviewing the new exhale spa at the Fairmont and had just enjoyed one of the most exquisite massages I've ever experienced--after reviewing spas around the world for les nouvelles esthetiques & spa, the leading skin care & spa trade publication in the U.S.
The therapist Kerry Lorimer used Seikufujitsu--a fantastic Asian energetic technique. WOW!



It was GREAT getting together with my cousins Bruce & Kat Allison-- Bluce (Asian pronunciation) as we fondly call him runs Malibu Export Service (exotic auto & race car parts) from their "compound" in Calabasas. When they bought out there 20 years ago, it was affordable; now Will Smith lives across the road, if that tells you anything. He only sells to people outside the US-- and says that now whenever he's shipping to Austria, he puts "Austria, EUROPE" on the address because too many things were shipped to Australia by mistake. Hey, are YOU smarter than a fifth grader????



When I told Bruce I wanted seafood for lunch he suggested a great outdoor shack where you sit at picnic tables with your feast and watch the surf--spectacular! Here he is at Malibu Seafood high-fiving the Rock Lobster. We reminisced about our amazing back-packing trek around all the islands of Hawaii nearly 30 years ago! And his lovely wife Kat (who rides her motorcycle through the canyons to work) obligingly got out my travel journal titled "Bali Hai?" about that magical camping trip with me, my sis and Bruce when we were all a lot more carefree. What a great trip.