Went to the Dodger game
If you look real close, you might be able to see Manny Ramirez at bat. It was the last Dodger game of the season! Of the post-season, even! And what…
Category Archives: LA events
Book review in the LA Times: Abortion & Life
My review of “Abortion & Life” by Jennifer Baumgardner, out on Akashic Books, is in today’s LA Times. It opens: THE COVER is striking: a very pregnant blond with her…
Blogging in LA
Yesterday I went to the LA Observed party at the Formosa, with the help of Veronique, of LA Now/Here in Malibu blogging fame. There were some bloggers there I recognized…
Right, earthquake
It hit while I was working away at my kitchen table. My building, which dates back to the 1920s, is 14 stories tall, with a brick exterior and 18-inch concrete…
I get to go to Vermin!
Vermin on the Mount will be at the Mountain Bar in Chinatown this Sunday in LA at 8pm. Featuring work from four independent presses, celebrating its fourth birthday and magnificent…
Bookishly LA
One of the things I love about Los Angeles is the way we get all the good book stuff. Take Sunday: Nam Le read at Skylight Books in Los Feliz…
To read and be pursued in LA
That there is Salman Rushdie on the right and Carrie Fisher on the left. I had a question about something she said in during the interview, so afterward I talked…
No bookshelf book for book lovers
Sunset Magazine has published a series of do-it-yourself books. I had (and de-acquisitioned) vintage books on making mosaics and building outdoor furniture. The one book I kept was the one…
Ack, too much time away from the laptop
I can’t keep up with book expo! Please stay tuned. And enjoy this photo of the very nice Michael Silverblatt at BEA.
