• Holiday Cruise through the East Bay

    Left Coast Yoga-Laurel District

    Hankering for a studio yoga class, Left Coast Power Yoga’s timely invitation to fill out an Environmental Impact Survey led to a free yoga class. I choose the Laurel district yoga studio since I hadn’t taken a class there before. Merci Beaucoup, Left Coast! From the West Oakland Bart station, this Saturday morning was quiet…

    Riding to the Laurel District

  • No, No!?

    Venice Beach Boardwalk

    He said, waving his hands over his head. His partner, a look of confusion and incredulity, her big, brown eyes wide open. I stared at her to acknowledge my tourist faux pas. A sense of slight relief drew over her face as I backed up…

    Venice Beach Boardwalk

  • Muriel’s Red Room

    20th Century Muriels's

    Honky-tonk music roared as tourists and locals clamored for the bartender’s attention. Her clarion call moved the blonde woman to echo the song’s pithy, southern mourning. I elbow my way in as another staccato twang…

    Sing me a beer