ahream

ahream Dispatches from the City of Angels I'm a mystery writer living in and writing about Los Angeles. You can catch my short story, "Running Venice," in the new anthology LAndmarked for Murder. Look for it in bookstores and on Amazon.com now. In the meantime, feel free to poke around. Over at my website you can find even more blog entries than I could fit here, as well as a few other ramblings. Enjoy and come back often.
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Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (0) Most Recent Twitters: A 3-foot long alligator was found walking down the middle of the street in Venice Beach this morning. I love L.A. In case you were wondering, it is very difficult to get a hummingbird out of your house. They are irrational and prone to hysterics. L.A. Finds: The Nickel Diner on Main between 5th and 6th is a made-to-look-old, throwback of a place that melds into the old downtown and is, at the same time, part of the renaissance. They serve their burgers medium, their soda in bottles and offer all they can to locals in need. Flickr Updates: The second Thursday of every month is the Downtown Art Walk. The galleries stay open late, the restaurants are packed, bands perform on the streets. God, I love L.A. What I'm Reading: Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks by Christopher Brookmyre What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami Want E-Mail Updates? Click here, type your e-mail address into the first field (for public entries) and receive an e-mail note each time a new blog post goes up. (Photo updates, Twitters and "L.A. Finds" features not included. Those you have to swing by and check yourself.) Absolutely, positively no spam. Promise. Other author blogs: Sue Ann Jaffarian Eric Stone Christa Faust Lipstick Chronicles		2006-01-03 8:53 AM New Year’s fix-it list New Year’s Resolutions: (pl. noun) The acknowledgment of my lameness the year before and a promise to fix it sometime really soon. This year I’m going to get off my tookus and go volunteer. I swear to God. Really. Promise. Very, very soon I’m going to do that. Right after I unpack from my holiday trip, wrap my husband’s birthday presents, catch up on the cleaning, laundry and grocery shopping. Just as soon as I organize my taxes, pay the bills, write my thank you notes and send a card to my husband’s grandmother. No, no. Really. I’m going to do it. I’m putting it in writing. You can hold me to it. Anyone else foolhardy enough to tempt the fates? What are you fixing this year? Read/Post Comments (0) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top