L.A., the final frontier … — Going through some old papers, I found an interesting letter to friends back East … in the form of a journal entry for Tuesday, April 4, 1995. At the time, I was an up-and-coming Avid (video) editor doing the freelance circuit in Los Angeles, living the dream of working in…

And a day which set in motion something unexpected … — They say never to meet your idols … you may not like what you find. But I’ve met mine — and they’ve been amazingly cool people. Nowadays, when a new Star Wars movie is released, it’s fun. But back during the original Trilogy, it was a HUGE event. …

And the whirlwind weekend that made it happen … — It’s 1997. The White House, Washington, D.C. And no one is more surprised than I am, on being escorted by a Secret Service officer into the West Wing, for an unexpected personal tour. “And you may ask yourself … ‘How did I get here?’” 🎶 First, a bit of backstory…