This coming week marks one year that I will have been living in Los Angeles. This is huge for me. This is huge for my family. This is especially huge as we were considering moving yet again. Both my son and I miss New York. He loves […]
I grew up watching a lot of television and it shaped in some way my view of the world. I thought it was larger and filled with peopel that got along. Yeah, I also grew up in the South Bronx and knew better. I was lucky to […]
It is time for a new adventure. The world is too chaotic right now to just stand still in the middle of it. I must spin along with the world and find a new dance. -Psychologist Mimi I have a love hate relationship with wine. Well, its […]
The beauty of living in California, in particular the southern part, is that if you are feeling down you can head over to the beach and your day will automatically brighten. Literally! Such a possibility leads to a freer state of mind. You can go and build […]
I am a New York girl. I always will be. Just this past week, I forgot where I was and forgot to acknowledge in a group discussion that I live in Los Angeles. I was noting that no one in the room lived in the actual city […]
This is my tenth month in Los Angeles and I have been trying to make the most of my time here. I like it better than San Francisco; namely because the weather is so much better. San Francisco was always so dreary wrapped up in fog. I […]
I have a random bit for today. Just this past week, someone was talking about how much they hated San Francisco. Having lived in the Bay Area three times and having left it three times, I get what there is to not like about San Francisco. Gentrification is […]
I have been working non-stop for weeks on end. Even years on end. It is partly my fault, as I am a workaholic. In that respect, the weekends are really important to me. I need mini-escapes from my current environment. I love little weekend road trips. I get […]
Ok, as far as pet peeves go, this is admittedly a very silly one. How often do you encounter a bathroom mirror with a television system embedded in it? I travel lots and have come across such a mirror three times. And each time, I have stayed […]
I am going to state outright I am a dog person. I believe dogs rule. I grew up with cats but they are a bit too aloof for me and they make me sneeze non-stop. Overall, though, I am an animal person. Which is why I was […]
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