A while back, some podcast did an episode where they talked about this moment in time — maybe the 1990s? — when everyone was legitimately afraid of quicksand, which turns out is… maybe not really a thing? I can’t remember. At the very least, it wasn’t something you were going to fall victim to in your suburban schoolyard. The point I’m getting to is — … Continue reading Life in the Quicksand
Greetings from the Quarantimes… So — things are changing quickly. Were restaurants already takeout and delivery only when I posted yesterday? Who can remember? Anyway — sometime AFTER I posted, all gyms, movie theaters, etc were declared closed until March 31st in Los Angeles. (ClassPass is being very cool about all this, gym-wise.) Los Angeles is a tough place to keep a restaurant afloat, and … Continue reading We Are All Matt Damon Now
Hi everybody. Wow. It’s been a minute. Well, it’s been a few months but it might as well have been a few decades. Every day is a long time lately. My job wrapped up right before Thanksgiving, and Sam and I decided to take a quick post-turkey trip to Maui. Right before we left, Sam Adams took a real turn in the kidney department. On … Continue reading Everything’s (Not) Happening
And yes, I chose to spell it “blond” over “blonde.” Anyway, yeah, hi, it’s been over a year since I last posted. I assure you I have been writing, just not here. Would you like to know what I’ve been up to? In no particular order — -As mentioned above, I went blond. I was reluctant to do it, because being brunette felt like an … Continue reading I Went Blond, Among Other Things
[I was musing over a title for this post, and then a lyric popped into my head: “New York, I love you, but you’re bringing me down.” I googled the song and realized that it’s LCD Soundsystem, which gave me a laugh because we stayed in an AirBNB in Brooklyn above a wine bar owned by a member of LCD Soundsystem and Dana kept saying, … Continue reading New York, I Love You, But…
I was going to call this post something like “C’est La Vie, Paris,” but let’s be honest, “J’Barfed” is a hilarious turn of phrase. I really did barf — multiple times — on our second-to-last night. But no hard feelings, Paris. So it took me a few weeks to hit the blog with news of our trip, because I was still processing and feeling unwell. … Continue reading Paris, J’Barfed [Travel Recap]
Today is quite likely our last day with Annie, our blind foster dog. She’s starting a trial tonight in Huntington Beach! Crazy enough, her brother (Sully) is also starting a trial tonight in our neighborhood. They’re separate, but still synced. (Much as my fostering FAQ outlined, everybody wanted us to keep her. Sorry not sorry. We enjoyed her presence, though! She and Charlie had a … Continue reading MOMENTS: A Cheesy Little Mystery
As I began to type this, our little blind foster, Annie, started scratching my back very sweetly… and then (I’m pretty sure) commenced a hump-from-behind. And then I realized that she needed her donut (like a cone, but also like a first-class traveler’s neck pillow), because she was licking at her spay stitches, and chased her around the room… with Charlie trying to interfere because … Continue reading Annie Hears A Symphony
I have always thought that it would be SO COOL to speak a whole mess of languages. Unfortunately, the operative word for me is MESS. I have been reading up on Paris, and the one thing that “experts” seem to agree upon is that Parisians appreciate an effort to speak French. When entering a shop, it’s imperative to make a good impression (aka, not seem … Continue reading Bonjour, Monsieur
[As promised, I’m trying out some nonfiction. This morning I had a fleeting interaction that felt meaningful to me in the moment, and decided to write about it here. I think the hardest thing is the editing — deciding how much to say, which tangents are worthy and which are just… clutter. And also — how to end it.] “Going down?” My neighbor holds the … Continue reading Moments: Cookbooks & City Living
