Imagine What Could Be

One of my oldest and dearest friends is moving. My great friend Carl is leaving Los Angeles for Costa Rica (!), and this past week we held a goodbye lunch for him in my office. It was a sweet send-off with hugs, laughs, and toasts to a man and a friendship that everyone described as otherworldly.

Carl is that guy, the one who everybody feels is their best friend. The one who generously and graciously feeds everyone’s hearts, minds, and stomachs. He is one of those people who is part of this world, but not really in it, if you know what I mean. He is a creative, visionary genius, someone who has always been ahead of his time in almost every way.