No Hurry in J.C.
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Ask Me How I Know

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Here's what 22 boxes of solid bamboo flooring looks like.
Saturday, March 25, 2017

How Not to Buy a Ceiling Fan

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1) Spend a week occasionally browsing online. 2) Spend a few days really digging around online. 3) Friday: make an appointment with a...
Thursday, March 16, 2017

Closed

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Tonight, I went by the hotel around the corner from my new condo and picked up the keys. From the bartender. Also the seller's rea...
Wednesday, March 08, 2017

In Contract

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I'm sorry I've been neglecting you, but I have news. I'm in contract to buy a condo in Burbank. I wish I could buy a 1920s...
Monday, January 30, 2017

Snacks and Avoidance

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"I read your book proposal," my colleague said this afternoon. She is working on a book, and I sent her a few book proposals so...
Friday, January 13, 2017

Bussing

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Friday. At the Universal City bus stop. A woman of about 60, with long black hair and a cowboy hat, reciting a list of all the people who...
Thursday, January 12, 2017

Housing Update

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That's it, I can hold back no more. I've started looking at properties in LA. How can we know if it's the right thing to do...
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Tuesday, January 03, 2017

We Win Again!

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My vote put it over the edge! Of course, the same day this happened, I concluded I could get a $500k house in Burbank for the same as ...

Things You Don't Need

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Really?
Sunday, January 01, 2017

A Perfect Afternoon

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Just off the plane at LAX. We now begin the part of the year when I stop complaining about living in Los Angeles. Don't worry. I...
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Marie Javins
An ex-New Yorker starts blogging with "No Hurry in Africa" in Uganda and Namibia in 2005, moves to Kuwait and Cairo to make comic books, circumnavigates the world for a second time in 2011, then just when she settles down to see what NYC and JC hold for her, finds herself unexpectedly off to Burbank for work.
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