Despite the ghetto motel accommodations, I still get a feeling of wellbeing when I drive into LA. It's the weather and abundance of space. It truly is a world away from cold and inhospitable San Francisco. Ironically when I lived in LA, I always felt SF truly understands me and LA does not. My European sensibility, my ambition, love of urban ( Read more... )

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A number of years ago I visited a friend in DC. He had been drawn to politics since high school and was finally living his dream of working for his senator. I asked him why he felt so drawn to politics. He said, because it's the only thing that's real. Hollywood, he said, was fake and the polar opposite of politics. Politics is where real power ( Read more... )

Other than the fucking cold, which is hitting LA as well, I am glad to be back in SF. Back in the land of smart people, public transportation, big city feel. Towards the end of the trip, Honolulu was starting to feel provincial. Sure, there are elements of cosmopolitanism like the amazing radio show I picked up on evening freeway dashes around the ( Read more... )

I love Hawaii. It kind of grounds me, like no matter how fast or far I flit around the world, there is a centering place in the middle of the world which is constant. Of course, Hawaii is anything but constant. It came into existence very recently, geologically speaking, and it churns, boils, and explodes as its basic state. (By the way, Indonesia ( Read more... )