October 31. Day 123.
All-time favorite costume: Snow White, sewn by both my grandmothers when I was four. One grandma may be reading this from her celestial perch even as I type, for all I know, and the other will see it tomorrow, when she heads to the computer room of her senior home and [...]
October 30. Day 122.
I’ll never forget the moment I vowed to spend my life somewhere far, far away from San Diego.
I was 17, and I’d just come back from a week in New York with a group of high school friends (soon to be a college freshman and feeling sooo grown up). In the Village, [...]
October 29. Day 121.
For three days, Slick has been raving about the white pizza at The Essential Baking Company, a prime purveyor of all things baked for regional restaurants, stores and cafes. And for the past week, I’ve been walking by the bakery, which is two blocks from their apartment, inhaling the yeasty, wheaty smell [...]
October 28. Day 120.
I can’t believe I forgot to include on yesterday’s post that I have an official hangout in Seattle! Bauhaus. Books up and down the walls, nooks and crannies full of alterna-nerds, excellent caramel lattes and nice music. I owe it to one of the people I met at that dinner, who told [...]
October 27. Day 119.
I was robbed tonight.
I went out to dinner with a group of people La Sorella is getting to know in Seattle — friends of a friend — and when the bill came, I wondered if I should suggest we each pay our share (mine was $18 or so) or take one for [...]