miscellaneous

We’ve had a short respite from the rain, and suddenly – unexpectedly – Golden Gate Park is in bloom. Yes, it’s still a cold-ish 55F during the day, but the sun is out and the days are longer. I took Jake for a long walk through the AIDS Memorial Grove and picked up a few

Jake and I had a little visitor last week. Her name is Roxie, and she stayed with us while her parents were planning their wedding. Jake is usually pretty indifferent to other dogs (the only one he really plays with inside is Buddy, Basak’s dog). He acknowledged Roxie’s existence, then went about his regular business

When I was a kid, my mom loved going to Bullocks-Wilshire. It was a higher-end department store in an Art Deco building on the edge of downtown Los Angeles – and it had a tearoom on its top floor. The tearoom was so old-fashioned, and so were its patrons. High tea featured young models wearing

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