Dogeared

Finishing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, my literary tour of the lower 48, in 52 days all on, as some of the drivers put it, the Big Dog--Greyh...

The results of my Sticky-Note-the-US Dinner Party: As with any project, input is key. I invited an intimate crowd--just enough to fill my l...

Packing On my way home from a goodbye brunch, up and over Bernal Hill to the Mission District, after borrowing the perfect sized backpack fr...

The day before my departure At the Greyhound terminal, downtown San Francisco Purchased my sixty-day Discovery Pass and visited the gift st...

Reading Escape, Stories of Getting Away , edited by Lena Lencek and Gideon Basker. It's the "fun stuff" she's readng in ...

My Seat Partner In Oakland I was joined by...my super fabulous seat partner. I hope I always get this lucky. In the eight hour ride to Los...

Arrive Los Angeles, CA 7:50am Monday, July 16 Depart Los Angeles, CA 11:10am, Tuesday July 17 The night before I left town, my friend Franci...

Reading El Conde de Montecristo , by Alejandro Dumas. Also reading Mi vida , by Bill Clinton. Her favorite author-- Cuauhtemoc Sanchez , ...

Reading Signs of Life in the USA, Readings on Popular Culture for Writers , by Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon, while trying to write a paper...

Reading Atlas Shrugged , by Ayn Rand. This is her third time reading it. She picks it up again whenever she needs to feel good, that fee...

Reading Goya , by Robert Hughes, about the painter. He prefers to read nonfiction, especially history. He is also reading a book about Wor...

The man at the information desk said he never really noticed what people were checking out, but that he gets asked for the bestsellers, the ...

At Ferro E. Inc. -- Artistico in Iron and Crystal In a shop on Melrose, while in search of a cafe called Elixir from one of the sticky notes...

From the first sticky note....the tea garden on Melrose Ave, formerly known as Elixir. Reading Be Honest, You're Not That Into Him, Eith...

I talked to the staff about what people were reading, interested in, buying these days. #1 on the list for the week ending 7/13/07 was Life...

Reading the first "movement" of A Dance to the Music of Time , by Anthony Powell. There are four movements, each containing about ...

Hollywood I woke up in the morning wondering if I should depart Los Angeles without ever seeing the Hollywood sign--am I a complete failure ...

Her first words to me, when I described my project and asked if I could take her photo were these: I read so I don't have to talk to peo...

Arrive San Diego, CA 3:30pm Tuesday, July 17 Depart San Diego, CA 10:45pm Wednesday, July 18 Warning: While I'm on the road there will ...

Reading The Shadow of the Wind , by Carlos Ruiz Zafón . She borrowed it from the brother of a friend. Recently she read Nineteen Minutes ...

Reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , by J.K. Rowling. She likes how descriptive it is, but wishes it wasn't so long! It...

Reading Heard That Song Before , by Mary Higgins Clark, which she got from the library. She likes light mysteries. Her favorite authors are...

Reading That Summer Place , by Debbie MacComber, Susan Wiggs and Jill Barnett. She just finished reading The Sky is Falling , by Sidney Shel...

Reading Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography--The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa by Mark Mathabane , who...