I’ve registered for the Malibu International Half Marathon. Look at this course. Beautiful. I imagine that the running will be a breeze alongside the paradisical views of the PCH. And then I remember that I currently struggle to run more than four miles straight through. …
Last weekend one was one of working followed by winding down. One of my favorite places in the world to wind down is Canter’s Deli. If you eat in the dining room, you can order cocktails from the bar in the Kibbitz Room. How much …
Summer might be winding down, but thank goodness the outdoor screenings aren’t!FRIDAY SEPT 7 First Friday on Abbot Kinney Clothing stores, galleries and restaurants stay open late on this lovely stretch of Venice. Lots of live music, plenty of food trucks. Hardly any parking. Primitivo …
Labor Day weekend in many cities is often pretty quiet, as everyone hits the road. Not so in LA. There is tons to do. This list is just a smattering. FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 LA is drawing a blank tonight. Nothing going on. Am I wrong? …
It’s a vastly different life, this one, and I’ve lived a lot of them. Possessing, as I do, a devotion to creativity, as well as a pre-occupation with steady paychecks, I’ve traversed a lot of ground, mapped many routes. My legs are sore from all …
I didn’t post for the last two weeks because I was away. Far away. In the High Uintas, the only East-West mountain range in the lower 48 states. I spent six days living in a tent, alongside a creek that provided a far more soothing …
Raphael Saadiq took the stage at KCRW’s Who Shot Rock Summer Series last Saturday night. It was an evening spent drinking wine in the plaza behind CAA, people-watching the very KCRWesque crowd, and strolling the incredible Who Shot Rock and Roll exhibit at the Annenberg …
Sand, sun, and stars: I saw a lot of each last weekend. Went to the Nick Waterhouse show at the Getty, and spent a good portion of the time looking up. The sky is so big over those Santa Monica hills. I also got a …
I wrote about walking recently, and it’s been on my mind a lot. On my mind, because it isn’t in my life as much as is necessary to not think about it. Some years ago, I would alter my after-work journey home with the errands …
I don’t mind crowds. In fact, I enjoy being in the thick of festive revelry. But there is a point in which a crowd can become too crowded, and New York City has reached that point everywhere. Los Angeles crowds still contain space, the kind …