Coming soon. And then going somewhere else.
What Happened in Vegas (and Hollywood and San Diego)
So, where were we? Oh yeah, Fresno. It feels like I’ve been stuck in a loop since then. I had to go back to Fresno to fix a Traipsemobile problem I didn’t even know I had. Apparently the inverter hasn’t been charging [...]
The South Fresno Blowgun Blues
So where were we? Oh yeah, hanging out in Los Angeles. I’ve been traversing the San Joaquin Valley since then, going from L.A. to Bakersfield to Fresno and back again. The only west coast shop authorized to do interior work on The [...]
Lost and Found in Los Angeles
So where were we? Oh, yeah, The Rose Bowl. It’s been more than a month since the last real dispatch, because that’s how long I’ve been hanging out in Los Angeles, six weeks of staying in one place, more or less. But [...]
In which I write about Matthew Perry for The New York Times
http://tinyurl.com/4ejrvpg
In which I write about CMT and sitcoms for the New York Times
A story I wrote and got paid for. Hey, it still happens. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/arts/television/23working.html
For Tucson
The wake-up song that Gabrielle Giffords requested for her husband, Mark Kelly, when he was on the Space Shuttle.
We (Still) Love L.A.
So where were we? Oh, yeah, driving from El Paso into New Mexico, across Arizona and into California. I was headed back to Los Angeles, where I’ve lived for most of the last 20 years. I’d only been gone since last March, [...]
A Traipsathon New Year’s Eve Invitation (Pasadena, CA)
If you happen to be in the Los Angeles area for New Year's Eve and would like to get an up-close look at not only the floats for 2011 Tournament of Roses Parade but also the Traipsemobile, I have the deal for [...]
Waltzing Across Texas
So where were we? Oh yeah, open mic night at the Last Concert Cafe in Houston. But I wasn’t done in Houston. I needed to touch base with the entirety of my unsolicited, online-only fan base. A guy in Houston named Pin [...]
Open Mic at the Last Concert Cafe
So where we? Oh yeah, Lafayette, La., grooving to the blues brunch at the Blue Dog Cafe. It started getting cold in Lafayette, 29 degrees overnight. In other words: time to go. I headed west towards Houston, where I foolishly applied for [...]
Malcolm and Ann, Justin and Buddy
So where were we? Oh yeah, in Austin, drinking wine with Shirley MacLaine. Shirley finished filming and went back to Santa Fe, where she has better access to messages from other galaxies. I hung around Austin to see a few more days [...]
Cold, Cold Heart
So where were we? Oh yeah, St. Louis, in an alley behind a Greek restaurant. My plan was to slowly drift west and south, trying to get ahead of the increasingly-cold midwestern nights, which seemed to be gaining on me. The temperatures [...]