From here on, I'll probably post tweets o' the day only occasionally. They seem better suited to Twitter itself, where I'll keep retweeting media postings on the LA Observed feed. But first, a double-header.

Fox 11 reporter Susan Hirasuna, seemingly unimpressed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa speaking to the Lu Parker story a few minutes ago:

SusanHirasuna The mayor just addressed reporter questions about his new gal pal. He agreed to talk but didn't really.

And this from Farai Chideya, the former host of NPR's News & Notes who recently relocated to New York:

faraichideya I can't believe I just left LA a month ago. Life's still a challenge, but I feel I am moving in the right direction. Cities are like lovers.