Rip Her To Shreds 23 Aug 2013 | 01:55 am

There’s this site called Get Off My Internets. If you’re a blog reader, maybe you’ve heard of it. If you’re a blogger, you probably are aware of it because you’re afraid of ending up there, or already...

Multitasking: Van Sessions by Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers 15 Aug 2013 | 11:45 am

The traffic in LA in the last couple of years seems to have made all previous traffic seem like a walk in the park. Or smooth sailing down an empty highway. But this year, I don’t know why, it feels l...

The Play’s The Thing 9 Aug 2013 | 11:33 am

Once upon a time, the tagline for Alexandra Wrote was “Only connect…” from E.M. Forster’s Howard’s End. Only connect… Because the world is small, but the blogosphere has a Shrinky Dink Effect that is ...

Blog, Blah, Blah 26 Jul 2013 | 11:15 am

I really believe that the beautiful thing about blogging is that it gives people their own virtual Secret Garden, a little bit of earth to cultivate and grow and make what they want of it. And as a wr...

A Thousand Words 17 Jul 2013 | 12:08 pm

“Creativity Is An Act Of Defiance” 19 Jun 2013 | 07:10 am

Twyla Tharp wrote that in order to think outside the box, you first need to start with a box. For every creative project, that’s how she begins. Literally. With a box. And she fills it with the bits a...

Take A Look, It’s In A Book: 30 Years of Reading Rainbow 6 Jun 2013 | 10:28 pm

Having grown up watching PBS, it seems almost parade-worthy to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Reading Rainbow this month. And while the show is no longer on, I love that they’ve created a site and ...

Repost an Instagram: Another App Breaking the Rules? 31 May 2013 | 06:01 pm

About a year ago, research for If Emily Posted opened my eyes to the sheer number of third party apps that violate the Terms of Service provided with the API for developers. With a focus on Instagram ...

May Was Meh: A Blogging Success Story 29 May 2013 | 02:30 pm

  May has been just meh, but it really began to fray in April. I look forward to June after almost two months of Super Pulse that is finally resolving itself in the sort of way it began – unexpectedly...

The Chateau Marmont, Jon Krasinski, Rilo Kiley and Lip Synching AKA I Love LA 9 May 2013 | 05:00 pm

 I could probably make a list of about 247 things about Los Angeles that drive me crazy at the moment. But I still love it. This town works in mysterious ways. Always has and hope it always will. Trav...