This weekend Mister and I went out for a danged good meal. We’d heard about “Animal” a few years ago when it opened. Then, during the whole foie gras bullshit that was going on, I remember the restaurant’s…
LA Kings Parade!
On Monday I decided to take myself downtown for the L.A. Kings’ Stanley Cup Victory Parade. Simply deciding to do this was a feat, as it would have been much easier to blow it off and take care…
The Kindness of Strangers
The other day Mister and I found a sack of apricots by our back door. I have absolutely no idea who left them there. My next-door neighbor has an apricot tree, but if they were from her,…
Go Kings Go!
I don’t know what’s happened to me. The other night Mister got home to find me watching hockey. Alone. As in – no one else was here, so I didn’t have to watch hockey. Maybe it’s the…
“Hogwerts”
I barely got the above photo before the light changed. And I feel bad about it, as it definitely required my hands. What can I tell you? I’m a rebel. (I am so not a rebel, but whatevs.)…
Homecoming
I read a fabulous piece in the LA Times (link is here) about professional pallbearers. More common in the American South, it’s a relatively new sight here in the California South. The article delves into the lives…
Million Dollar View
The people who do my do have moved into a pop-up salon. Are you familiar with the pop-up? As I understand it, a pop-up is merely a temporary locale for some sort of brick-and-mortar business. Here in L.A.,…
Ducks! Part Deux
Well – I should have known. As soon as I declared that I did not want ducks making themselves at home in my pool, I should have known I was putting it out there and that those ducks…