Post U-No-Whut Flashback Downtowner talked about a group of childless friends loyally attending a baby shower last week. They toured the newly decorated nursery, which had plastered on its walls …

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What’s In A Name? A rose is a rose is a rose, unless it’s a Hackle & Bracer. Then it’s a shampoo & conditioner. Stumbled across an innovative product line …

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Amazements Everywhere Got a call at home from my alert credit card company. They had declined a couple charges, and wanted to chat. Fraudsters in their extreme efficiency had managed …

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Nature Walk, L.A. Style What a great day. High October eighties, perfect for escaping cement canyons and stale air for a stroll around the yacht harbor. Always interesting to see …

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Alert! Alert! Alert! Last weekend attended a perfectly pleasant less-than-formal gathering of women writers, where the honey pot of the event was one cozy creator interviewing another. Lest there be …

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There Is Such A Thing As Too Good Especially in art. Dropped into MOCA today (thank you again, Mr. Geffen) for a quick peek at a show titled Electric Earth, …

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Do What? Traveling north on the wonderfully scenic and stimulating Interstate 5 last week (especially noteworthy: the aroma at Coalinga), nothing could dampen the spirits, not even driving through the …

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Discount Shopping Hell Was reminded yet again why I avoid those big name bargain stores, this one rhyming with Farget, shorthand for: Fargetaboudit. Went in to get kitchen supplies, a …

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An L.A. Kind Of Rubber Band An authentic dip into local culture today was three hours at the monthly sale of a local library, where it’s always understaffed and overbooked. …

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It Isn’t Easy Being Hip A friend suggested lunch in the Downtown L.A. Arts District at an interesting cafe newly installed in a quarter-mile-long, still-pretty- recent blunder that will surely …

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