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SF Chronicle Article

The SF Chronicle’s On The Town section recently featured an article about Wild Thymes and my favorite spots to hangout around town: She looks like a mild-mannered suburban caterer, but Sally Van Slyke, founder of Wild Thyme Catering and Event Management in Walnut Creek, has a storied past. Or, to be more accurate, many stories in [...]

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Interview with Barbara Simpson on KSFO 560

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My Interview on KGO TV with Brian Copeland

Brian Copeland interviewed me on Channel 7′s 7Live program. Watch the interview below: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

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Watch Sally’s Interview With Jan Wahl

Recently I was interviewed by Jan Wahl of KRON 4. Watch the interview below! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

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What A Week – Jan Wahl chimes in with her review of Wild Thymes!

First, and most importantly of all I want to thank every single person who attended my Book Launch Party at the Highlands Country Club. I realize what busy people you all are and I cannot fully express how much I appreciate your time and support. I had fun and it looked to me like you [...]

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“Wild Thymes” Is Not My Memoir

“Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It’s gossip” -Erma Bombeck “Comedy is just a funny way of being serious.” -Peter Ustinov In WILD THYMES I attempt to skate the middle. The definition of a memoir is “a written account of one’s memory of certain events or people.” It does not necessarily mean factually [...]

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    SF Chronicle Article

    The SF Chronicle's On The Town section recently featured an article about Wild Thymes and my favorite spots to hangout around town: She looks like a mild-mannered suburban caterer, but Sally Van Slyke, founder of Wild Thyme Catering and Event Management in Walnut Creek, has a storied past. Or, to be more accurate, many stories in her past. Van Slyke, a onetime Los Angeles TV anchorwoman, jumped into the film industry and during a 15-year career, rose to the rank of senior vice president of worldwide marketing for Universal Pictures in the 1980s. Working with film stars was not as glitzy or fun as it might appear to be from the outside, and she gives readers a view of life on the inside - placating studio heads and hot-tempered celebrities - in her new tell-all, "Wild Thymes: Catering to the Egos of the Hollywood Elite" (Camino Diablo Press, 181 pages). Read more … [Read More...]