Ongoing Love Affair
As of two days ago, I have lived in Los Angeles for two years, and California for nearly five. It was 85 degrees downtown just one hour ago. It is 5:30pm now, and there are a good two hours of daylight left, after the recent …
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To Sleep; To Wake
I have a hard time going to bed. I have a hard time getting up. It is 11:56 pm. My husband and I are people of routine, generally speaking, and our bedtime is 11:00pm. At that time this evening, we were mixing cocktails while enwrapped …
Desire and Her Doubts
I read nearly anything, but especially Hermann Melville, Joan Didion, E.B. White or Virginia Woolf, and I am urgently compelled to be a writer.What if being a writer is my true identity, and all this time I’ve just been distracting myself from myself? (Then, write …
To Be a Casting Assistant
At an audition this week, I noticed a repetitive scene playing out in the casting room adjacent to the one I was waiting to enter. Door swings ajar. CASTING ASSISTANT steps out to summon the next ACTOR. ACTOR enters as ASSISTANT closes the door behind …
The Comfort of a Cocktail
I used to be intimidated by alcohol. I didn’t know what to do with it but pour it into half a glass of orange juice or Coca Cola, neither of which I like very much. In recent years, though, I’ve begun to understand it. There …
Hallmark Day
I’m not a cynic, but Valentine’s Day does not particularly excite me. The whole thing feels like a commercial ploy. I love the idea of showering my husband with love, but why on February 14, why with stuffed animals or big, red, heart-shaped boxes of …
The City Observed: Katsuya
Katsuya is a trendy Japanese restaurant on the corner of Hollywood and Vine. It is often the backdrop of paparazzi photos and videos featuring the likes of Mark Wahlberg or Charlie Sheen exiting its large glass doors and gliding into their fancy cars at the …
Rainy Season
Rainy season is among us, and it’s more insistent than in recent years. Two weeks now, but tomorrow finally looks to be the last of it. Rain in California is different than rain elsewhere. It can be dangerous. Just a few inches, and news outlets …
The City Observed: Wilshire Spa
It had been an extreme winter. I’m not referring to the weather – I live in LA; I’m referring to life and activity. October through December saw a mess of meetings, obligations, rehearsals, online marketing, offline networking, panic attacks and meltdowns, all in preparation for …