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I Was a Little Bit Country Once

Aug 24th, 2009
by Margaret.
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I normally can’t stand music on people’s blogs that suddenly scare the bajeezuz out of you because you forgot to turn it down last night after watching some stupid crappy YouTube video of a man in green lederhosen singing The Hills Are Alive. But I stumbled onto Glamour Girl’s blog the other day and Dixieland […]

Cantankerous Landlords and Crotchety Old Men (Who Yell at Cars)

Jul 2nd, 2009
by Margaret.
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For the last ten years or so, I’ve been waking up in the morning, not sure at first which bed I’m in. If you don’t know who you’re going to wake up next to each morning, it’s time to simplify your life. And I thought I was. Of course, when you live in two cities, […]

Some Restaurants You Don’t Go For the Food. At All.

May 21st, 2009
by Margaret.
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I wish I could highly recommend a restaurant on the long drive through California from Los Angeles to Sacramento, and if I did, it would rhyme with Sin ‘N’ Doubt. But there is only one of those and you have to be hungry by the time you hit that particular mile marker, otherwise you might […]

The Eye-Five. And Other Drive-By Shootings.

May 13th, 2009
by Margaret.
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Driving to Los Angeles from Sacramento is like being hung by your fingernails for six hours, minus the joy.   If you’re from Sacramento, the infinite swath of asphalt is called I-5. If you’re from Los Angeles, it’s called “The” 5. If you live in both cities, like me, you spend many years being overly self-conscious […]

Keys: The Lost Episodes

Apr 26th, 2009
by Margaret.
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Sometimes I feel like I’ve blown my literary wad, given this blog my all. I’ve got nothing left. And then I lock myself out of my condo. I never walk out of the house without having the solid feel of the keys in my hand. And last Thursday, I stared at the outside of my […]

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