1957 Born in suburban Cincinnati.
1970 Meets high school art teacher and lifelong mentor Dorothy Dobbins. Spends rest of high school career locked in the art room.
1972-74 Takes up sensual welding ten years before Flashdance. Likes the macho feel of the welding iron and becomes obsessed with creating massive metal sculptures from scraps of old farm machinery. Alarmed family suggests safety goggles, and college.
1976-82 Attends San Francisco Art Institute and earns a BFA in sculpture. During off hours, masters the art of chopsticks. Family suggests more college.
1983-85 Earns a flashy and deeply legitimizing MFA in film directing from New York University. Thesis film Bachelorette Pad premieres at Patti Astor’s Fun Gallery in the East Village. Keith Haring and Fab 5 Freddy very impressed.
1987 Gets big break writing and producing autobiography about LA club life called, Modern Girls starring Virginia Madsen, Daphne Zuniga and Cindy Gibb.
1988 Gets really big break writing and directing cult classic chick flick, Assault of the Killer Bimbos starring Griffin O’Neal and Nick Cassavetes. Figures she has finally made it when she lunches at Warner Studios with George Clooney but winds up in development hell instead. Grows wary of the movie business.
1995-1998 Launches a hand-painted furniture and accessories empire out of her basement in the Hollywood Hills. Fred Segal places big fat order. Ditto Nordstrom Department Stores. Orders pour in.
1999 Anita is crowned the “Queen of Painted Furniture” and is asked to write The Art of Painted Furniture, which is also released in paperback as Fanciful Furniture.
2000 Anita Rosenberg designs are featured on the sets of Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Celebrity client list expands to include Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Spike Lee, Pamela Anderson, Elizabeth Taylor, and Hilary Clinton.
2001 Takes first solo trip to mainland China earning her reputation as the only white girl crazy enough to travel up the Pearl River wearing Versace.
2002 Embarks on a search for deeper meaning, and earns a degree from the Western School of Feng Shui and an advanced degree in Feng Shui for Real Estate. Carves out a new niche using Feng Shui with Realtors to maximize profit potential on commercial and residential properties.
2005 Becomes known as “The Hollywood House Whisperer.” Celebrity client list expands yet again to include Virginia Madsen, Julie Brown, Denise Crosby, Fred Savage, Annabelle Gish, and Krista Smith, (editor of Vanity Fair.)
2007 Publishes second book, Thursdays with Mom & Michael, featuring her mother’s exquisite table settings and celebrity Chef Michael Rueggeberg’s sumptuous recipes. All proceeds from the book go to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
2008 Opts out of pop Feng Shui culture by studying complex form of Classical Feng Shui and equally mind-altering Chinese Astrology called BaZi with Master Joey Yap.
2009 Unleashes the concept of Classical Feng Shui and Chinese Astrology to Western audiences interested in improving their lives and changing their fortunes.
2010 and beyond. Travels the world searching for magic to bring home to her Good Karma Shop, and begins work on a book about her travel adventures while shopping for nirvana.