Re: Los Angeles
Late Night Barreling
Most people view L.A as a destination but not an arrival. And as for late night barreling down hills and near empty L.A. streets…I think of driving fast like I do coloring: free form’s fine as long as you stay within the lines. »
A Bit of Truth
I glimpsed a bit of truth the other night while driving up Benedict Canyon. In trying to answer the question ‘what is LA?’ I realized it’s in the question, not the response. L.A. is the only city that permits ‘permanent transience’ not simply to transcend the level of oxymoron but to achieve a necessary... »
A Moment Witnessed and Recaptured
Santa Monica Bluffs, CA–He walked up to the small patch of grass by the street overlooking the ocean. Arms full with a basket, his lithe frame moved with a slightly stooped gait. He moseyed over to a thin tree and put down the basket and a coffee he’d somehow been holding this whole time, resting the drink on... »
It ‘Ain’t Always Pretty, but it’s Home, Part I
From August 2007: Los Angeles is… … a set of idiosyncrasies and sometimes charming characteristics that lend themselves, like any other city, to enthusiastic metaphors. It is a city of corners (and we shall not cut them) facing each other across long divides that have felt neither cobblestones nor the feet of Romans but have experienced the... »