love of a city January 16, 2009

i’m about as hazy as the day right now, lazy in thought, slow in action. a whir of thoughts in my head. mostly los angeles and the old buildings that crowd the hills of westwood. i know if i were to go there at this moment and stand beneath the buildings, listening to the cars [...]

Smoking too conducive to phlegm December 17, 2008

As any responsible child of my generation would, I’ve tried for a long time to convince my mom that she should stop smoking. The efforts were greater during middle school when I was naive about the inherent stubborness that runs through the women in my family, but I eventually had to give up altogether because [...]

Two Weeks Now December 9, 2008

It looks like this pretty much morning to night. Sometimes the fog lifts and we’re just enmeshed in gray. I haven’t seen a shadow in two weeks – how bizarre is that? Furthermore, where is this fog coming from? Sacramento’s nearest body of water is a river…

I’m crossing every finger I have that there will [...]

Love: San Francisco December 7, 2008

Crowds relax me better than a night of sleep, especially crowds on the move. When I have nowhere in particular to go, and nothing in particular to do, I like nothing better than to wander up and down the streets of San Francisco and take in the city. Now that I have my snazzy new [...]

Swimmer’s Itch September 11, 2008

I’m not really sure why McGeorge neglected to tell us this prior to the raft race (maybe it’s just common knowledge in Sac and I’m a twit), but I feel it’s important enough to add to the world wide web.
Swimming in the American River may give you swimmer’s itch. It doesn’t hurt, but if it [...]

Driving in Southern California June 12, 2008

Here’s an issue near and dear to my heart: TRAFFIC
I have mixed feelings. They’d like to tax motorists for purposes of raising money to pay for more road and mass transit projects…on top of the crazy gasoline prices we’re already experiencing.  Essentially, driving will become a luxury? 
I say a definite yes on the mass transit projects, [...]

Global Warming and Los Angeles December 30, 2007

“They keep saying that global warming is going to wipe out L.A…they’re so negative.” – Behnam.
I laughed pretty hard when he said that because the “they’re so negative” was so perfectly understated. Later that same day we were watching the Discovery Channel’s Fearless Planet, a tri-part series about the islands of [...]