La Urbanita

• Today was a day like no other. ...

  Today was a day like no other. I lost my car keys right before an important client meeting, I missed project deadlines, every product I'm working on simultaneously combusted, the dog peed on my duvet and sheets and I didn't drink one lick of water.
  
  I decided to [...]
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  Posted: January 23, 2007, 1:10am EST
  

• I've carried a matchbook in ...

  I've carried a matchbook in my car for five years. It's from a bar called the "Good Luck" where, after two martinis, D. and I first kissed. I don't even notice the matchbook anymore, but yesterday I started snapping shots of it and thinking.
  
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  Posted: January 21, 2007, 7:34pm EST
  

• Fondue or Die

  Oh, loft living. It's going to be rich with tales. Know how I know? This was posted in the elevator when I came home from work last night:
  
  
  
  Fondue. Or die.
  
  I don't think I have anything further to add.La Urbanita is lamely [...]
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  Posted: January 19, 2007, 10:04am EST
  

• I miss you, you miss...me?

  I've missed you!
  
  Why are you forsaking your writing duties? I've been asked a million times (in my dream world, I mean, I've been asked).
  
  Here's the breakdown, if you didn't figure it out already, I am no longer living with my husband. I moved out and am' [...]
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  Posted: January 17, 2007, 10:29pm EST
  

• Word Associations

  You know how words trigger associations? Today my mom told me she took my niece and nephew by the Balian Mansion, and the mere mention of those two words took me far back to a sweet, sugar-cookied memory buried not so deeply in my holiday closet.
  
  When we [...]
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  Posted: December 21, 2006, 12:37am EST
  

• Pour a 40 for my City

  Since this is going to be a Los Angeles themed post, first things first...
  
  Que viva los Bruins!
  
  I spent a lazy Sunday waking up at 4:30 a.m., running a half-marathon on the eastside before a 2000 calorie breakfast midtown and an evening hanging Christmas ornaments [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2006, 5:59pm EST
  

• Ready for heavy? Let's dig in.

  Ready for heavy? Let's dig in.
  
  Growing up, life was a struggle. It wasn't all dark corners and horror stories, but it was rough.
  
  My mom was/is extremely insecure, immature, violent and angry. Like everyone, she had reasons for her baggage. Valid ones. Unfortunately for me and my [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2006, 2:41pm EST
  

• Bienvenidos. Long story as to ...

  Bienvenidos.
  
  Long story as to the change in blog template. And unfortunately a boring one, not filled with any interwebbing turmoil, agency discoveries or drama of any sort.
  
  I'm a complete unorganized mess here. But beer's in the fridge, wine in the pantry. I don't smoke weed,' [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2006, 2:18pm EDT