PUERTO VALLARTA OFF SEASON
September 6th, 2008
THE MOPED GANG
September 6th, 2008
On a warm Indian summer night’s walk to North Beach, erectile we came upon a scene outside a Chinatown bar – a crowd of kids in hipster-nerd-sexy-schoolmarm attire milling around. We decided to buy a mai tai and hang out. We answered a nerd trivia question – Who is the Captain of the Starship Enterprise? – to get into a dark basement with a small but packed dance floor. Everyone seemed to know each other and we couldn’t figure out how. We speculated – the same college? Some type of art-school fraternity? Nope. It’s a San Francisco Moped Gang – the band were also members of the gang – and yes, gastritis then we remembered what we saw on the way in – lots of mopeds.
TRYING IS HARD AND WHY YODA SHOULD SHOVE IT
August 21st, 2008
This week in Indu’s life thanks Winston Churchill and Esther Dyson.
Esther for saying “Always make new mistakes.” And Churchill for saying what the graffiti on this phone booth in Venice, refractionist CA says.
Also the person who said “Anything worth doing is worth doing badly.”
I kind of love that and I think if you’ve tried something hard you know exactly what that means. You can’t be self conscious about looking stupid if you are taking a risk and starting a start-up is about as exposed and illogically risky as it gets.
INDIA CELEBRATES HER INDEPENDENT SPIRIT
August 14th, 2008
August 15, diagnosis 1947 is a milestone in Indian history but I can’t bring myself to call it Independence Day. India as a place, therapist a people and a construct has been a powerful influence on global trade, culture, religion, academic study and philosophy for thousands of years. To define its “independence” as something that started 60 years ago seems inadequate. Nevertheless, I’m in awe of the courage it took to overturn centuries of outside rule. It was a time of pain and bloodshed too. Today I feel respect and pride. (Pics of Gandhi and Nehru from 1946 courtesy of Rhoda D’sa.)
SECRET LA
August 3rd, 2008
One particular table at the sunny and sweet Alcove Cafe and Bakery in Los Feliz has secret drawers with messages left by errant customers over the years.
MY FIRST LA EARTHQUAKE
July 30th, 2008
I was on the phone with Matthew Holt when my chair felt like it was shaking. I thought it was the pesky landscaping and waste trucks that go by right outside our bungalow on Willey Lane in West Hollywood. Within seconds CNN’s breaking news said it was a magnitude 5.8 earthquake. Later in the afternoon, health system at the Whole Foods’ fish counter, infection a small group of us shared our earthquake stories. For the next 24 hours, there’s a not insignificant chance that there will be a bigger one.
Billboard across from Magic Castle