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Tagged With: Los Angeles

Calgon,Take Me Away!

Do you remember that commercial?  (If you do, you’re showing your age!)  A long soak in some Calgon bath salts definitely takes me away for a limited amount of time, but certainly never far enough away! With the start of the new year and the knowledge that I have an additional THREE more days of … Continue reading »

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Bah! Humbug!

The holiday season has been here for awhile, but my holiday spirit disappeared about 10 years ago.  When I lived in L.A., Christmas was my favorite holiday.  I loved shopping, wrapping the presents, selecting and mailing the cards, decorating the tree, listening to Christmas music and watching other’s open their presents.  The tree had to … Continue reading »

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Happy Thanksgiving!

In all honesty, Thanksgiving is my second least favorite American holiday, after Halloween.  While everyone else may have memories of friends and family getting together sitting around the dinner table enjoying a fabulous feast and interesting banter, mine are nothing like that.  My family memories consist of everyone getting together, eating, arguing, laying around watching … Continue reading »

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Ready for Take-Off

That will be more appropriate for tomorrow, but I’m not planning to do any posting then!  In reality, my clothes are packed.  I’m simply debating on whether to take a long dress, another pair of pants and 2 more tops.  The forecast is for at least 3 days of rain during my 7 in Hoi … Continue reading »

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More Promotion

Back in early 2010, on my 4th trip to Bali, I met this guy.  We didn’t actually meet ON vacation, per se, but as we were both leaving Bali to go to our respective “homes.”  He was sitting in the seat next to me as our flight was scheduled to depart.  He was cute, he … Continue reading »

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Slight Regret

The other night on my way to the gym, a seemingly homeless, but relatively young guy asked me for money because he was hungry.  I apologized, but told him that I only carry keys and my cell phone when I go to the gym.  What would I need money for at the gym?  I don’t … Continue reading »

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Forgot Again…

So it was Musical Monday yesterday, but I was too busy procrastinating, big time, about going to the gym to give it much thought – or any thought, for that matter. One of my friends who’d gone to school with me at California State University, Chico, contacted me last week.  We used to hang out when … Continue reading »

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Identity Crisis

A friend wrote on FB today that the daughter of his Filipino girlfriend had been wanting a Barbie doll.  When he went to buy one for her, he was faced with a wall of “blonde perfection.”  Not wanting to perpetuate the myth that blonde (i.e. white) is better, he chose a brunette Barbie for her. … Continue reading »

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Don’t Look Back

I’m a person who lives in the past a lot.  By that, there are parts of the past which I remember fondly and wish that had never ended. So I just realized yesterday that 17 years ago this weekend, Labor Day Weekend, was my move to San Francisco from L.A.  Rather, my company moved me … Continue reading »

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A Parting of Ways

I’m sort of at a loss as to how to begin this post.  Let’s start by saying that an ex called, then texted me last night; we haven’t seen each other in many years, but talk to each other infrequently throughout these more recent years.  Though there was no message on my voice mail, his … Continue reading »

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