Friends
Me, Myself & I
Last Saturday my former BFF from my L.A. days was in town; she lives in Phoenix now and we haven’t seen each other since 2004 or 2005. She’d E-mailed me the week before that she’d love to get together for dinner and drinks and letting me know that she’d be staying at a hotel out … Continue reading
Fragile
Life is so fleeting. Guess I’m kind of in a funk right now, partially due to this reconnecting resolution that I’ve made for New Year’s. You see, reconnecting with people brings up memories of OTHER people from the past. My ex-husband and I had a friend, L., who was from Switzerland. Whenever the Euros gathered … Continue reading
Holidaze
The holidays are over, thankfully! Honestly, my holiday spirit has been relatively low for several years now. Not being close (physically or otherwise) to my immediate family, I chose to spend Thanksgiving in the same place as a few years ago – Las Vegas. Rather than staying at The Venetian this time, I upped the … Continue reading
The Biggest Dragon
N. showed up at my apartment on Friday morning bearing gifts. The first surprise was that he’d made breakfast for me at his house, then brought it to my apartment. He remembered my favorite things to eat and had made tod mun for me; the amount of garlic and pepper was perfect. That first bite … Continue reading
Chiang Mai Sojourn
Thursday morning was my day trip to Chiang Mai via Bangkok Airways. After hearing the horror stories of cab drivers in Bangkok, and after dealing with the horrible cab drivers in Vietnam, I was dreading hailing a cab. N. had already said that he thought the cab fare shouldn’t be more than 300 Thai baht. … Continue reading
The Pleasure of Your Company
I’ve been extremely anti-social since around October of last year. The flakiness of people in NoCal finally put me over the edge. You know how you make plans with someone and they’re running late? People here don’t seem to call or text at all. They just let you sit and wonder. Sometimes they completely fail … Continue reading
Weekend in L.A.
Wasn’t that the title of an old George Benson album? If so, it’s very appropriate for this post. Saturday morning I fled the fog of San Francisco for the sunnier climes of SoCal. This was my first time using AirBnB for lodging. The apartment I’d chosen was in West Hollywood, about 5 blocks from my … Continue reading
Winding Down
With Thursday came the realization that my vacation was nearly over. That’s about the time that I begin to get sad, but my friend was by in the morning (after my sunbathing, of course) to cheer me up. Since I’d promised to send those “snacks” to my boss’ boss’ boss, he took me to the … Continue reading