Greetings from beautiful Beverly Hills.

I'm in Los Angeles to attend the West Coast Convention of the Natural Products Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center. I'll be at the Nutribooks booth signing copies of The GenoType Diet.

The plan is to do the signing, then high tail it to the airport to catch the 'red eye' back east to make it home in time for Martha's birthday. I'd like to explore the area in more detail (especially the Hollywood Hills and the Canyons) but that will wait until we come back as a family.

I'm at the Beverly Hills Hilton, a rather nice hotel which has gone through a bit of a renovation. What I like about Southern California is just how easy it is to eat fresh and healthy out here. Yesterday for lunch I had a huge salad with grilled turkey. Very nice! I was so stuffed that I just skipped dinner and used the time to catch up on some well needed sleep. After my lovely lunch I went for a long walk along Santa Monica Boulevard towards Rodeo Drive. Amazing collection of crazy drivers driving amazingly wonderful cars.

Just received an email from my agent. Out of the top twenty-five diet book bestsellers on Amazon.com, five are written by me, including Eat Right For Your Type (#1) The GenoType Diet (#7) The Blood Type Encyclopedia (#15) The Type O Food Guide (#17) and The Type A Food Guide (#19).

I'm glad that people are reading the Encyclopedia. I think it is a good book. Live Right For Your Type is not on the list which is surprising --since many, many people tell me that they consider it the best book of the Blood Type Diet series. No matter, I'm pleased and humbled.

My new infatuation is road cycling. It appeals to me on many levels: It is a mostly solitary pursuit; it has lots of 'guy stuff' (technical things like this pedal cleat system versus that); and my long legs give me a lot of kicking power. Unfortunately it's been rather cold around here, so I've not done as much cycling as I would have liked.

Back soon with something substantive.