At the Lion Coffee shop downtown which, mysteriously, always has plenty of seats and good wi-fi. It may be the only coffee shop downtown that meets that description, even during Comic Con, which is only two blocks away. As I walked up to the place to-day I heard two women sitting outside talking. "No people here again!" said one, "Don't say it out ( Read more... )

On day two of being stuck in my apartment waiting for plumbers I'm starting to think just aren't going to show up. On Monday, I came home to find a notice on my door telling me that all building residents can expect work to be done on March 5th and March 6th. "[B]etween the hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm to perform Jetting on all mainlines of all the ( Read more... )

This morning I woke to a rain shower in the kitchen. A fierce and steady downpour that originated from a busted toilet pipe upstairs. I waded upstream through the spray of water to shut the thing off and spent much of my morning longing for breakfast and coffee as I sopped up water with as many towels as I could find and set out pots and pans to ( Read more... )