We emerged from the parking garage into the bustling theme park that is the Grove in Los Angeles. Within the various corridors of the complex are boutiques, department stores, movie theatres, and farmers markets; a whole gamut of entertainment. The architecture is decidedly Las Vegas, evoking a strange sensation of a Disney World / Lake […]

My new neighbors hate me.
It didn’t start out as such a sordid relationship. In fact, upon their arrival across the hall, I helped them heave a sofa through their doorway. They sort of poked their heads into my apartment. “We love your wood floors!” one of them exclaimed, and I pictured having afternoon tea with […]

“Maybe he’ll change his mind… I know I shouldn’t be hopeful,” he says to me, from the other end of the phoneline.
I’m at a loss for words, because I understand his emotions and the desperation associated with loosing someone you love through a breakup. I think I know the right words to say, and […]

I sit across the room from parents who, for approximately 55 minutes, will play detectives. Bemused by the labyrinthine plot of their new favorite mystery-in-syndication, they scratch their chins and occasionally comment on the suspicious behavior of the show’s characters. Its a redundant game of role-play; they’re pretending to be the detectives who are pretending […]