We need this city to actually live up to its name-The City of Angels. We need to spread our wings. We need to show that we are more than red carpets, we are more than Hollywood, that we are a city ourselves of open arms. We are a city of generosity and compassion.

We've witnessed history in the making.

You know those goals you've set for yourself, those dreams you've been waiting for the perfect time to live out? It's time!

The big thing is that if you don't try something, you'll always wonder. What could that have been like? What if...?

I was raised by a formidable woman. She always pushed me to be competitive in a man's world. That's maybe one of the attractions to journalism in the beginning. It was a male profession, and I was comfortable in that.

I was happy being a journalist. I didn't realize losing my job, my identity went with it.

Comparing how you feel on the inside (bad) to the way someone else looks on the outside (great) is a losing proposition. It's an impossible standard.