Curious City

A MONTH AGO  (Too early! some said) I started writing in earnest about the upcoming election in November for City...

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? I just wanted to write about… life. People. Life in Santa Monica. The really interesting people...

EASY HEADLINE (Last week was Part 1.) Hard, complicated subject, this ruination of our once-fair City through reckless overdevelopment. But...

WE PUT UP WITH SO MUCH Then just grit our teeth, or shrug our shoulders, or weep quietly. Well, what...

IT’S PERSONAL NOW I’ve been quiet about the scooter kerfuffle. Torn both ways. It is a pretty clean mode of...

IT’S ALMOST ALWAYS ALL ABOUT THE $$$ Oh, occasionally you have high ideals that steer a piece of history. A...

MY MECHANIC RUBEN He’s been taking care of me and my various automobiles, and those of my family, and friends,...

ONE NOTE SAMBA (Sounds stultifying but could be the opposite, if you get inside it. Primal. Evincing truth.) -- “Built...

Praise For City Council And Staff OH NO YOU DON’T Never fails. Just when I begin to think no one...

What’s love got to do with it? YOU CAN TEACH OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS Woof. Not that I’m old. That’s...