A taste of my New York Times reporting ...

Rita Gomez is a mover, but not a shaker, who has elevated the science of moving art to an art form AT THE GETTY CENTER in Los Angeles. Up the street, the   CONSERVATORS OF ANCIENT ART   at the Getty Villa in Malibu were busy with all the breakables in the back room, and Holy Zeus, what a room it was!  That reminds me to remind you to   STAY OUT OF THE SUN!   The Homeless Prenatal Program in San Francisco is a sweet place where the   YOGA CLASSES FOR HOMELESS PREGNANT WOMEN   blew me away.  I am glad these brave souls shared their space with me. Same goes for the NEONATAL NURSES who helped me  with my own son.  FAMILY STORIES are nice, but non-profits are my favorite beat because they are always run by the nicest people. I loved spending time in jail eating with these WOMEN INMATES LEARNING TO COOK ORGANIC FOOD.  Another terrific San Francisco group is LA COCINA an incubator site for entrepreneurs trying to launch their own food business. My photographer and I ate well on that story!  Speaking of amazing food, there's this WILLY WONKA FACTORY,which reminds me of refrigerators, so how could I forget shivering in a freezer with Olafur Eliasson and his crazy ART CAR! ​Can you spell VROOM! or VARUUUMM!I can spell I-C-N where I spent years with CRITICALLY ILL INFANTS.I covered many health stories in my career, but none garnered as much attention as this PEDIATRIC EYE PROBLEM. Talk about vision, this GUARD AT ALCATRAZ saw history in the making during his years on The Rock.  There is bravery in the hills of Marin where the MARINEMAMMAL RESCUE center s rehabs sea creatures. Speaking of amazing, this NIGERIAN SURGEON sees suffering first hand and cares for those the world has forgotten. He's in good company with these amazing women who started a HOME AWAY FROM HOMEfor dying children. This place is HOT AND GREEN while this Silicon Valley company is COOL AND GREEN. The ELEPHANT'S DOSHA may be dead,  but these OLD NURSES are just getting started.  And you might think I don't care about PIZZA, but I do!