Jenny Burman, a longtime resident of Echo Park, writes the Chicken Corner blog for LA Observed. She has written for the LA Weekly, the Daily News, Tin House magazine and Black Clock. A believer in honoring the past without fearing the future, she serves on the board of the Echo Park Historical Society. She has an M.F.A. in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Email
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| In "Leaving Las Vegas," Hollywood screenwriter Ben leaves LA ... and then he dies, which was sort of what he wanted. Who better than a Hollywood screenwriter to figure out that the easiest way to kill yourself is to leave LA?
The latest poll, which finds Dennis Zine ahead in the controller’s race and Mike Feuer leading for city attorney, also shows that half the voters don’t think Los Angeles is heading in the right direction.
Dear Readers, it's true. Chicken Corner has decamped. Just a few months ago, I believed I might possibly never move from my house in Echo Park, and now here I am moved out of that house and on my way to Cincinnati, Ohio. (Via I-40.)
