A Panic Placated
Since moving from our one-bedroom Silver Lake apartment to a small Mount Washington home, increased water and energy use has been a concern. So much so I recently dreamt I had left… Read More
The Planetary Paintings of Stella Maria Baer
Stella Maria Baer‘s paintings of celestial bodies exert an undeniable gravitational pull, each watercolor hinting at an opportune coffee stain abstraction envisioned into something more astronomical. Each of her paintings are an… Read More
Attaining Affluence Through Simplicity
As we begin readying to move from our home of the last four years in Silver Lake to a new abobe just a few miles away at the start of next month,… Read More
In Defense of Architecture
In the late 1990’s industrial designer Duncan Jackson fell in love with the Napoleonic defense towers built in the early 19th century, enamored by their history and the intricate and durable brickwork… Read More
The Hands of Grand Central Market
I found myself most drawn not to the newest arrivals in Grand Central Market (though I wholeheartedly welcome their arrival), but those with hands and faces which seemed to match the history… Read More
Elation for Precipitation
Opening the kitchen window, I could feel raindrops hitting my skin with the force of a typewriter’s typebar striking paper – pitter-PAT-punctuation – the air smelling strongly of petrichor, the percussion of… Read More
7 Things You Didn’t Know About Me
I was tagged by my fellow Apartment Therapy writer, organizing pro and friend, Beth of Bneato to partake in the ever fun to read and also create, “7 Things You Didn’t Know… Read More
Dream Stream: Mision (Canu Remix) – Sobrenadar
Paula Garcia and Javier Medialdea making beautiful music together as Sobrenadar.… Read More
Looking Back Through the Window
My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones. – Agnetha Faltskog There’s so much to cherish when reflecting upon the memories of 2014 (I… Read More
An Earthen Awakening
We hiked this weekend lured by the smell of damp soil after the epic Southern California rainstorms, hoping to find fruiting chanterelles. We didn’t find those golden Cantharellus californicus in my secret… Read More
