Yeah, California real estate is pretty crazy — to find a comparable (actually, smaller and less nice) place to my home outside DC means paying at least $150,000 more than I sold my house for. And people here are  [more...]

I lay in bed, watching a little tv and listening to the roar and groans of the dishwasher until I started to doze off. I turned off the tv and settled in to sleep, drifting in and out, and then heard it: people talking  [more...]

I drove down the street and through the green light, making my way back home. I heard a horn honking, but it sounded far away — and then I saw the truck drive up up into my rear view mirror, looking for all the  [more...]