The Lyrics of Life in LA
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en-us2009-06-03T16:03:51-08:00People in the Mist
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In this economy, it appears the Art Walks around town have increased in popularity. Perhaps it's because it's free. Or maybe it's because it's good people watching. In any case, I have been going to a lot of them lately....Kirsten2009-06-03T16:03:51-08:00Junebug
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After a little spell of the blues which didn't last TOO long, I am resurfacing. Slowly, tentatively. Still raw from where I came from. But just like the retro moment back to January when I went through this before, I...Kirsten2009-05-28T17:08:33-08:00I am gold, baby...or something like it
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I have been golden for awhile. Or at least I have felt it. And then, with the speed of light, I felt silver, then bronze, then tarnished brass green. Then, I was just a pile of colorless garbage. Or at...Kirsten2009-05-20T08:22:09-08:00Walking the Walk of Art
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Despite a crappy week full of icky energy, I was looking forward to the downtown Art Walk with PM. We met at her mansion and headed to Bottega Louis's for dinner. While catching up from our simultaneous but still never-seeing-eachother...Kirsten2009-05-15T15:53:48-08:00Uncle Grumpy Came to Town
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Feeling bad makes you appreciate feeling good. Without it, you wouldn't know the difference. Which, is fine in theory. But I don't need to know the bad as much anymore to know what good is. I have had enough days...Kirsten2009-05-12T09:24:32-08:00It's a Pressure Cooker in Here
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The heat tonight is starting to become overwhelming. As I drove home this evening, I was actually singing the weather's praises. I told my building manager that even though this is fire season, that the wind and the smell in...Kirsten2009-05-07T08:42:44-08:00Interplanet Janet
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It was unseasonably warm last night. I left work, ran a few errands and was nearly home when for some strange reason, I turned my car up towards the Griffith Observatory. I bet the view is fabulous tonight, I thought....Kirsten2009-05-01T16:45:59-08:00Dance Me To the Middle of Nowhere
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Today was a glorious spring day and I walked/shopped with co-worker Ange. She is from England and has regaled me with stories of her teens when she went to raves and such. Mads has recently laughed at the notion that...Kirsten2009-05-01T16:45:08-08:00Coachella
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The expectations were high. My Neighbor Lisa and I are not the festival types. But we like music. And we loved the line-up for Coachella this year so we went against our natural instincts of avoiding crowds in the sun...Kirsten2009-04-21T17:32:59-08:00Loving LA
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Nine years ago, in an existence that seems light years away from who I am today, I met Mads. And we worked together for Big Name Director and his lady. And we joked that we were "Dungeon Girls" and would...Kirsten2009-04-21T17:30:39-08:00Nothing to See Here Taxman
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I usually have to pay taxes. So I like to wait until the very last minute to do them. Keep my money as long as I can. Until I can't. But this year, as I was FINALLY doing them,...Kirsten2009-04-16T09:50:02-08:00She Watches the Still Life Nobody Paints
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Namesake and I looked at each other in the late afternoon yesterday. We were both supposed to go to the Viper Room to see the Ruby Friedman Orchestra. But we were both dragging. Exhausted, really. The others who were...Kirsten2009-04-16T09:49:32-08:00"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!"
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"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!", is what Aubber, Leigh's little toddler said with her arms above her head with an excitement for something new to arrive at a restaurant as they brought out the garlic bread. This weekend felt like...Kirsten2009-04-16T09:48:40-08:00My Friend Art
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Though I come from an artistic family, I am not an artist. Although I do love my photography, but I separate that for some reason as being more defined. As a whole, Art and I have sort of co-existed, like...Kirsten2009-04-10T08:28:17-08:00Maxwell Smart's Shimmery Curtain of Life
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I don't know when it happened but at some point, I walked through a shimmery curtain. And everything changed. Well, not everything. On paper, all was as it had always been. And yet, I felt like I held the world...Kirsten2009-04-07T14:16:59-08:00