What is this about? The Dust Bunnies Jessica’s parakeet vanished a week after the vacuum cleaner broke, but her parents just could not see the connection. Mom and dad, sure that Sunny had either escaped out of her bedroom window (the one Jess was always being warned to keep closed), or had been killed and …
Gorgeous tulips on Main Street. (click to quadruplify) Disneyland was magically delicious. Sure it was wet and gray, but it was a wonderful experience. It took us an unheard of straight-shot 30 minutes to go from our Silver Lake garage to their Anaheim garage (a monstrocity that did not exist when I was last there …
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What is this about? Speed When James was a boy he was faster than a speeding jet. It’s true. Never lost a race. Not once. And there were plenty. He was nine at the time and lived in a mid-Wilshire area building whose apartments faced each other across a narrow courtyard that ran from the …
Superbowl? What Superbowl? Rain? What rain? Susan and I are on a mission to answer the hours-old question: “How many people on the day of the biggest sports and television event of the year and in decidedly uninviting meteorological conditions go to freakin’ Disneyland!?” Se ya on the other side!
It seems as if I’ve been freelancing in various capacities for the L.A. Times for the last couple months, as an agent, writer and photographer — not that I’ve gotten paid for any of those efforts. First I was contacted to recommend a bicycle advocate who might be available to write a brief op-ed piece …
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What is this about? Saturday Night Special, Part II (Part I is here) So left I went onto 7th almost laying down the bike before coming out of the turn when my eyes found the coyote, two blocks away standing almost casually in the middle of the street, panting out of the sides of its …