Curious City

SEEMS IN ENDLESS SUPPLY HERE Do you know what I’m talking about? It’s an expression that refers to someone holding...

SO SHOULD SANTA MONICA Why? Why should we have term limits for City Council members? Because we don’t like them?...

DOES THIS SQUEEZEBOX Make me look fat? I coulda been a rock star. The timing was perfect. I was in...

  ALL’S FAIR In love and war. Hmmm. I would change the axiom. Drop love. Yes, people do behave that...

WOUNDED A wounded animal fights. When cornered it attacks its enemy with ferocity, with all the strength it has left...

DANG IT I was all set to issue the call to arms. Raise the flag, summon the troops! Speak truth...

What are we, Santa Monica? Aren’t we the refuge at the end of the freeway? Gateway to the vast blue...

A WORK IN PROGRESS We all are, hopefully. But progress is something we’re desperately in need of, and right now....

LAST WEEK I ASKED “Are you ready for 2018?” The week before I declared, “I am now, for no particular...

    I HOPE YOU’LL PLAY   I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. It’s something I first...