Where is love’s home, exactly?
Here is a funny juxtaposition I saw on my recent visit to Philadelphia. On the left is a sign that I see elsewhere in America, including in my area of California. It says “hate has no home here” and is translated into several languages, with the American flag design in the shape of a heart. […]
Ladylike
I’ve been light on blog posts and heavy on offline work, so here is something that was published about six months ago in the journal Longreads. It’s an origin story of political beliefs and how to be ladylike. This photo of me with John Legend and Chrissy Teigen and me at the Farmers Market has […]
Motherhood, Smotherhood: a hilarious book on the sometimes non-hilarious world of parenting
Motherhood Smotherhood by J.J. Keith My rating: 5 of 5 stars I enjoyed this book immensely and wish it had been around when I had my first child many years ago. It might have saved me from many lost hours I can never get back reading and listening to a lot of judgmental, absolutist BS […]
City Bakery to close?
The City Bakery, in the Brentwood Country Mart, is rumored to be on the way out. Anyone have any word on this? It’s overpriced, to be sure, but the cookies are great.
Montana Avenue for pocket change
Every time I walk along Montana Avenue, more storefronts are for lease and more businesses are liquidating. There are certainly more than one street’s share of frivolous and overpriced shops on Montana. But the place is starting to resemble a ghost town compared to the hustle of even a few months ago. In a shocking, […]
Nu Wilshire No More
Santa Monica’s Nu Wilshire movie theater, formerly at 1314 Wilshire Boulevard, closed suddenly and unceremoniously in the last year or so. It had been one of two independent art house movie theaters in Santa Monica, located in a busy locus of commerce on Wilshire. (The other theater, the Aero, is on Montana Avenue, and has […]
