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for December 2006

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Out with the old...

My dad, St. Veronique, and The Dukes of Hazzard. No, wait, it really does make sense...

In with the new ....

Here’s what got me through 2006. 1. Think positively. And if you can’t, truly, then just pretend. Amounts to the...

Blog? Humbug!

The brain trust at the LA Times lets some of its fine reporters loose on this World Wide Web thingy, which looks like it might, maybe someday, catch on. And then advertises the blogs like this.

Material is more important than material things

The adventure began Thanksgiving Day, when we decided that playing host meant it was time to spruce up our home. That led to the conclusion that we had to part with the couches each of us had brought to the marriage. ... This will be the Christmas we spend on the floor.

On The Rack

My boob is smashed down in mammogram fashion, but with extra clamps to keep me immobile. As a modest B-cup, it takes a heap of extra squashing to get enough meat on the plate. My "sexy time" mindset ebbs a little as they winch the clamp down harder. 'Ooh yeah baby, that's it, it hurts so good, harder lover' I try to convince myself, but it just isn't working.

Dutton's - and then there was one

Two years ago I stood in the gorgeous new store along with dozens of other authors and book people, raised a toast and wished Doug Dutton & Co well.

If New York did it...

L.A. didn't bring down Judith Regan--but it was only a matter of time before New York said we did.

Street Music #2

December 15, 2006. 4:15 pm. I’m in the left turn lane at Balboa Blvd and Chatsworth Street in Granada Hills,...

How not to blog

It was the greatest feeling: Blogging. Vrooooom! An idea struck me and with nary a thought I had posted it...

Gimme That Bike ... Back!

Dear Westside Bike Thief … RE: The Sweet Red Ride You Stole From My Garage … You’ve no need to worry about being caught.

Me and Jessica – yes, that Jessica

Jessica Simpson and I spent the week in Washington, not quite together, but one of us made headlines and the other wrote them.

Divine Design - A User's Guide

Sarah Michelle and Puffy are off power lunching and Divine Design is given over to the fashion bottom-feeders: the freelancers and the part-timers, the waitresses, school teachers and D-girls burned out on haunting the Gap sale racks and jonesing for a smidge of affordable glamour in their low-paid lives.

'Tis the Season to be Giving . . . Up

There comes a time when all you want for Christmas is not to have to think about what you want for Christmas.

Playing Catch-22 with Time Warner

Who made TW the cable monopoly for all of Los Angeles anyway? Cable rage hits the Westside.

To do, Thursday: Chinatown Farmers' Market

Just blocks from downtown, you'll find an entirely different kind of produce section. Don't look for a checkout counter.

Localness 101: If UCLA wins, mention UCLA in headline

UCLA's football team notched its first victory in seven years over cross-town rival USC and yet the Los Angeles Times somehow figured out a way to turn it into an A-1 story about USC.

Now it's UCLA's turn to make some noise

The end of USC's seven-game winning streak over UCLA resulted in peace and quiet in my West Side neighborhood.

Farewell, Autumn for Ray Bradbury

It was the early 1970s when Ray Bradbury and I met at Saint Patrick's Elementary School Library in North Hollywood. We were introduced through a dog-eared, much-underlined, yellowing paperback called "Dandelion Wine" and I promptly fell into puppy love. I had no idea that Ray lived in Los Angeles, less than 20 miles from me.

Last days of the Dume Room

Adios to the Dume Room, the last place to remind you that millionaire Malibu was once a working class town, a historical haven for outlaws and bootleggers and smugglers and thieves.

Daily Trojan editor gets a second chance

Video report: USC gives Zach Fox a chance to get his job back.
KCET control room
kcet-rehearsal-control.jpgA peek inside the TV station's Burbank studios.
Whitt's Wood Yard
whitts-wood-yard.jpgElon Musk wants to drill here at Pico and Sepulveda.
BCAM
bcam-stairs.jpgThe Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA.
David Hockney at LACMA
hockney-arrives-lacma.jpgThe artist arrives to open his latest exhibit.
Mountain lion family
mountain-lion-family-martinez.jpgFrom Robert Martinez's trail cam in the San Gabriels.
The power of 'pluribus' plays
Allegiance-9-(1).jpgDon Shirley on theater in LA
Macy's winds down
mannequin-graveyard-macys.jpgThe store in Westside Pavilion has closed down.
Streetscape: Westwood
westwood-sky-lao.jpgWestwood Boulevard looking north and a little bit skyward.
Streetscape: East LA
la-luz-del-mundo.jpg Iglesia La Luz del Mundo, East 1st Street.
Sign from LA's past
loves-bbq-valley-relics.jpg Sign from an old Love's BBQ restaurant at the Valley Relics Museum in Chatsworth.
Visiting her old ballet costumes
melissa-barak-cost-iris.jpg Melissa Barak at LACMA Chagall exhibit with the artist's memorable designs.
Engine Co. 17
engine-co-17-side.jpg Inside the long-closed Arts District fire station on Santa Fe Avenue.
Wilshire Grand Center lobby
wilshire-grand-lobby-wall.jpg Visitors check out the wall-mounted sculpture by artist Do Ho Suh.
Barnsdall Park
barnsdall-park-trees.jpg Under the trees.
Inside Hollyhock House
hollyhock-columns.jpgPhoto taking was allowed for one weekend. So we did.
Streetscape: Lincoln Heights
el-milagro-market.jpgProductos Mexicanos at El Milagro Market on Avenue 18.
June 6, 1968
rfk-hearse-wide-lapl.jpgThe body of Robert F. Kennedy leaves Good Samaritan hospital. More pics
Streetscape: DTLA
spring-street-bike-lane.jpgSpring Street bike lane.
Palm weeds of Santa Susana
santa-susana-palm-weeds.jpgOak trees, sandstone ridges and fan palms? Ugh. More
Streetscape: West LA
405-at-smblvd.jpg405 North at Santa Monica Boulevard.
Hills turning brown
grman1.jpgThe hills above Gorman.
Arcana Books
arcana-books.jpgIn the Helms Bakery complex in Culver City.
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