Am I more than you bargained for yet?
It’s beautifully, flamboyantly cliché. Ricky Martin has a house on one of the wide, green-canopied avenues. His music plays here more than is merited.
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Took the fireworks and the vanity, the circuit board and the city streets.
In which NYC and I do Round III.
Cronut-town
And now I’m on a plane to New York. I have 60 hours in New York City: it feels like a challenge. I’ve never liked this city. However, I’m fairly certain that that’s my fault, not its.
I’ve held dreams of Boston all my life
It’s all I can do not to fall asleep in my Sam Adams, raw clams and marshmallows.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one
The London dark gnawed at me.
The most beautiful things in life, according to Helen Keller
Date: 23 June Location: Santa Monica pier, munching on French fries and thinking I should really get that diet back on track. Notable sightings: a man in the corner of […]
Prickles like sandy sunscreen on sunburn
Date: 22 June. Location: Casa Martin, Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, the best little Mexican joint north of the border. Notable sightings: dolphins. “You know, I read somewhere that it is […]
Second star to the right
Date: 19 June. Location: room 2213, Disneyland Hotel. Notable sightings: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Goofy, Sulley the monster, Chip, Dale and Captain Hook. I measured my time at Disneyland […]
Los Angeles is 72 suburbs in search of a city
Date: 17 June. Location: the tiki bar, Disneyland Hotel, Disneyland. Notable sightings: Disneyland! People say you need a car in LA. To which I’ve always nodded politely, smiled vaguely and […]
Is everything glorious for you?
Date: 16 June. Location: so very LA right now, by the pool of über trendy The Standard. Notable sightings: the Hollywood sign, walk of fame, Sunset Boulevard, lots of Darth […]
An unsettlingly big place 