Field Trip: Metro 733 to Venice Beach

Venice to Santa Monica from People of Action on Vimeo. Took the 733 metro rapid from downtown LA to Venice Blvd. and Abott-Kinney for kicks yesterday! It was a fast Continue reading →

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American individualism, now that you’ve received your citizenship, requires that you envision a world in which you are on top.

92 North

I imagine that at every slight bump, the man in front of me (so close I should really just enshroud him on my lap and cuddle his small body) showers Continue reading →

Equator

On the bus I realized that I’ve lived in this city for almost three years. As a family we always tended to move in Novembers. When I was born, November Continue reading →

Overheard on the Metro

I’m a fanatic, I’m not a fan, I’m a fanatic. I’m wearing the paint. I’m wearing the wig. I’ve got the jerseys in every color. Why? You don’t gotta ask Continue reading →

Timing of red line on Sundays

Timing of red line on Sundays 626 pershing square 627 arrive 7th/metro 628 leave 7th/metro 629 arrive westlake MacArthur 630 leave westlake MacArthur 632 arrive Wilshire Vermont 632 leave Wilshire Continue reading →

Coffee date.

A somewhat (but certainly not too) awkward first date – or second, but probably first - is happening at a Starbucks in downtown Glendale. She’s wearing a shiny summer dress with alternating Continue reading →

God has assured me you are targeted.

A few months back, I decided to contact a televangelist – or, perhaps more realistically, probably someone in a mailroom –  via his website. I had seen a particularly ludicrous Continue reading →

Sunday Funday: Little Tokyo & Griffith Observatory

Sundays are the only days M and I spend together, so we’ve made Sunday Funday into an experience of sublime adventure, superior fun and deluxe understanding that brings supreme fulfillment Continue reading →

Northwest Summer Finally-I’m-In-Canada Roadtrip

Sneak peek of a road trip to come in late August/early September… Contains (hopefully!): Los Angeles, San Francisco, Russian Gulch State Park, Portland, Snoqualmie (Twin Peaks hotel!!!), Vancouver, Seattle, Siuslaw Continue reading →