I have a new stoop! Well, not completely new. More rebuilt than new. I haven't actually seen it yet, and might not see it until Septe...

I clicked on a link to learn more about what Basic Economy fare is on United. I guess it's just using your under-seat space instead of ...

Three-and-a-half hours from Los Angeles, there's a town completely surrounded by a California state park. Borrego Springs is a Dark S...

I drove up over the hill from the coast, winding down the mountain roads to Anzo-Borrego State Park. No wonder all the campgrounds shut a...

I read about seeing the Milky Way out in the desert, and the best place for it in this part of the country turns out to be the same place a...

The longer I work at a day job, the harder it is to remember my life pre-routine. Well, not remember, exactly. More like inhabit my identit...

Today's baseball field shooting took place where I grew up. I don't mean in the same town (Alexandria) or the same neighborhood (...

Home is still an 1895 row house in Lafayette, Jersey City, but I'm trying to make my Burbank condo a little more personalized. Here...

I've been meaning to go to the Batcave since I first realized it was here, just a few minutes away in the Hollywood Hills, but I didn...

The Other Marie was in town last week--I was back East for most of it (at BookExpo, formerly BEA), but I returned to spend some time with h...