Memoir (noun) a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation. Usually, memoirs. a. an account of one’s personal life and experiences; autobiography. b. the published record of the proceedings of a group or organization, as of a learned society. a biography or biographical sketch. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/memoir)…
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Flâneur
Dear You, A flâneur. I have become what Charles Baudelaire described as “a person who walks the city in order to experience it.” In the morning, I go to my local café for coffee and walk down beautiful streets lined with dozens of parked cars and magnificent buildings that loom far above me. Each street…
June 4, 2011 – Los Angeles to Zurich – Part 2
Written: June 4, 2011 The last month in Los Angeles has been truly great. So great that it gave me a false sense of comfort. It was probably one of the best times that I have spent in LA during my nearly 10-year run. (In late-August, it would have been 10 years!) What made it…