Financial security then is a great help as it keeps you from worrying. Worry destroys the ability to write. — Ernest Hemingway, The Art of…
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It’s time to rock around the Christmas tree in the new old fashioned way. What better way to celebrate the yule tide season than throwing…
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Last Friday, my worst nightmare came true – I failed an important licensing exam. I remember hovering over my boyfriend’s shoulder while he entered my…
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Standing is sooo 2013. Not everyone may know this, but author Ernest Hemingway was a fan of the standing desk method. This may sound a…
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While it’s easy to grab a bottle of Veuve Clicquot on your way to the party, hostess gifts should never be an afterthought. Do yourself…
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Downtown LA is home to many historical buildings, including theaters, that have served various purposes over the past century. Many of them are now nightclubs…
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A friend and I sit on a badly made bench outside of a closed Italian restaurant, windows looking onto laminated gingham tablecloths and napkins folded…
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I once dated a boy who was, by all accounts, a clinical narcissist. He had an uncanny way of taking any point of conversation and…
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Back in Portland, midcentury furniture is everywhere. Because the vintage stores – unlike Los Angeles – are not only cheap by comparison, but they’re also…
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Something about home for the holidays (and the release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) brings out our inner kid, and right now our inner…
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You probably spent some portion of yesterday giving thanks. The other part you might have spent passed out on grandma’s couch. Hey, no food coma…
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One of my longtime friends got hitched this past weekend. Now I’ve been to my share of weddings, but her ceremony was a bit different…
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