Category: Wanderlust
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Co-dependent with LA
One of the best blogs I\’ve read in a really, really long time. Her take on L.A. is especially comforting: You don\’t so much live in Los Angeles as cohabitate. And you fight sometimes, and then you make up, and sometimes you really REALLY want to leave each other. Or cheat on each other. Then…
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Hollywood Life
I\’ve worked on Hollywood movie sets for over ten years and the last year, since living in the Los Angeles area, been more heavily involved. I started with the top people, met more along the way, work with a-listers, chat them up at the local cafe, wave hi to them in Brentwood and generally have…
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Los Angeles
Driving down Wilshire, horns honking continuously from Mercedes cars with cell phone drivers. Negotiating six lanes of traffic like you\’re sipping coffee. Getting your hair done with Charlize, your hair dresser is your friend and your facialist is on speed dial. Lunching with Jennifer, giving Tori Amos advice at the grocer, getting advice from Ellen…
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Finding peace apple picking in Glen Oak, California
Currently I\’m holding down several jobs; there\’s on-set movie production, a real estate venture, a gallery showing of my work to prepare for and a two-day a week seasonal gig at my favourite store so that I can buy some pretties at 40% off. Each day I\’m in several locations with no days off and…
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California Girls Trip
On Tuesday afternoon she arrived in simple jeans, t-shirt and flip flops and I with tired eyes and a drained personality. Little did we\’d know that this trip would change us both enormously.The first order of business after leaving the airport was to fuel ourselves at Whole Foods for lunch before hitting the Pacific Coast…
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Hollywoodland
Tonight was my first big Hollywood event; a dress was bought, heels went on and a little lipgloss was swiped. After being terribly sick for the past week and inside on the couch for most of it, getting a chance to go out was welcomed.And although I\’d been to the Beverly Hills Hotel on several…
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Finding balance
Since moving into my flat on the 7th, I\’ve been go, go, go every day. New place here, new place there, do this chore, that one, get this, get that. I was literally running myself down by doing so much. Yet I couldn\’t slow down because there was so much to do and I was…
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Feeling home.
After two weeks of non-stop storms and record rains, the sun came out and I decided to make use of it since I have not been able to wander since moving here.Being close to the charming Montana Street here in Santa Monica has it\’s benefits – a quick walk and I was sipping tea to…
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Following Rain
A powerful storm from Alaska battered Southern California on Monday, and boosted the season\’s rainfall total in Los Angeles to almost four times normal. By Monday night, the storm had dumped as much as 5 inches of rain on Southern California, and forecasters said that figure could double by tonight.Flash-flood watches and winter storm warnings…
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A blustery day in Santa Monica
It has been such an overwhelming week which has involved being in a different place almost every night, being far grubbier than one would like and mixing discomfort with great joy and excitement.So when I woke this morning I felt the need for a little comfort and with Montana Ave just outside my steps, I…
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Unexpected Adventure
It looks as though my mountain retreat will have to wait as it\’s been decided today to go to Los Angeles tomorrow – by car.Things are happening in beautiful, magical ways. It started when I decided to listen for answers instead of just always asking questions. I had forgotten how to be still, to wait,…
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Four Seasons Hotel Georges V, Paris
At 11am, I walked into the Four Seasons Georges V and checked into a very large, cosy and terribly elegant suite. There were two things that surprised me with this room; the first was that within minutes of our arrival a maid in full uniform (including hat!) knocked on our door to ask if we needed help…
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Ritz Carlton
It\’s just after midnight and I am sitting in a robe and slippers in a top level suite on the \”Club Level\” at the Ritz Carlton San Francisco. The room is over 900 square feet with a private bedroom and sitting area as well as two washrooms. Because I\’m on the Club Level, I have…