- by Megan Rilkoff March. In New England, March is typically a cold, rainy month where everyone is crazy for real spring weather to arrive. This week, record highs hit the East Coast, with a nice hot 72 degrees this past Monday! For the first time in my three years in Los Angeles, it was the first day Boston heat beat the consistent LA sunshine. On the sports front, … [Read more...] about (Blog Post) Love That Dirty Water: Trading Places
Archives for March 2012
Snapshot of LA: Home Sweet Home
By Ashley Huggins Unfortunately, it’s that time of year again; bombarded with midterms and papers, life has been a bit stressful as of late. As a result, I’ve been frequenting various coffee shops with stacks of books, journal articles, and laptop in tow. Other than that, I’ve been mostly staying at home, working, of course, and attempting to get a healthy amount of … [Read more...] about Snapshot of LA: Home Sweet Home
Accidental Poetry
accidental poetry spilling onto the page like frothy milk inspired by stars draped over a velvet canvas margaritas in mason jars uncontrollable laughter vivid colours impossibly hued beach hair falling out of the sky over a patchwork of green and blue marriage proposals at pizza bars literal leaps of faith friendships knit together nations away from home lilting … [Read more...] about Accidental Poetry
Love That Dirty Water: Red Sox Spring Cleaning
- by Megan Rilkoff. Baseball spring training has begun at the new stadium, Jetblue Park, in sunny Florida, and for the Red Sox, the 2012 season has called for some heavy spring cleaning. First, a brief (and tragic) recap of last season’s devastating collapse which inevitably accounts for much of the change going on this season. Heading into September, one month away from … [Read more...] about Love That Dirty Water: Red Sox Spring Cleaning
Boy Meets Bar: A Half-Loss of Words
-Andrew Ramirez * It’s too bad. A few days ago my computer crashed and I watched two thousand words from a story I’d been working on go bye-bye right before my eyes. Very literally, my story became half the guy it used to be. At first, I tried dealing with it like it was just another relationship gone sour. I went for a walk. I toyed with smoking a cigarette at nine in … [Read more...] about Boy Meets Bar: A Half-Loss of Words