Sunday we headed down to the Nisei Week Japanese Festival in Little Tokyo. Although there were many cultural displays (bonsai, samurai armor, calligraphy), I was mostly there to hang with my friends, enjoy the Taiko gathering, and eat as much as possible. This dude sat in the middle of the street, guarding the closing ceremonies [...]
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Apr 8, 2010
|Los Angeles, Writing
Oh, how I have been craving the company of writers! On the Interwebs, I am constantly surrounded by amazing and talented writers. But sometimes, I want to leave my laptop at home and drink coffee and talk novel structure. I want to pay too much for a scone and discuss the proper use of passive [...]
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Feb 22, 2010
|Adventure, Los Angeles, Photos
Every Lunar New Year, I head to LA’s Chinatown to enjoy the Golden Dragon Parade. The red lanterns, the music, the people crammed in every store and eatery — it’s a wonderful expression of LA’s energy and multiculturism. From 2010 Photobook
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Jan 21, 2010
|Above World, Los Angeles
Trucks are frequently parked on my street. I think people use them as cheap storage solutions, because they’re often filled with furniture and clothes and only get moved one day a week for street cleaning. Anything left on the street that long is bound to get tagged, and after a few days, most of these [...]
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Jul 23, 2009
|Life Stuff, Los Angeles
I was driving home at 11pm, exhausted and feeling a wee bit self-pitying after a long day, when I passed a series of white trucks. White trucks in LA mean a location shoot. The back of the last truck was open and inside, a woman was rifling frantically through rows and rows of costumes. Now [...]
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Apr 24, 2009
|Los Angeles, Movies
Today’s mystery Hollywood sign read “ACNE.” Let’s just hope they’re casting a commercial and not in production on a blockbuster trilogy… Nope, not even remotely tempted to follow.
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Apr 10, 2009
|Geekery, Los Angeles, Movies
There are signs taped and stapled all over Los Angeles, usually handwritten, and always bearing a codeword like “Cowboy” or “Underwater” or “Heaven” and pointing down a certain road. It’s my understanding that these signs point to casting calls or shoots. Whenever I see one, I spend the rest of the drive making up a [...]
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Apr 9, 2009
|Life Stuff, Los Angeles
Class was good tonight; lots of laughter, a good workout, the genuine happiness of people being together, doing something they love. Maybe that’s what primed me for the magic of the drive home. It’s one of those clean, clear nights in Los Angeles. The air is perfect — its temperature, its clarity, even its smell. [...]
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Mar 30, 2009
|Inspiration, Los Angeles
I’ve been following the development of the new Women’s Pro Soccer league for so long, I completely forgot to post about it! Since yesterday was the inaugural league game, let me remedy that oversight right now. There are 7 teams in the new WPS league: FC Gold Pride (SF Bay area) Boston Breakers Chicago Red [...]
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