L.A. Affairs: Nothing scared me more than intimacy — except L.A. freeways. But I had to face them both
The first time I ever drove on the freeway was to tell my girlfriend that I loved her. At this point, I had lived in L.A. for four years. “You ...
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L.A. Affairs: I was a suburban lacrosse mom. I was ready to detonate my life and have a Hollywood affair
With the wind whipping my hair in every direction, I blasted out of Los Angeles International Airport. On my way northward and speeding in my white Mustang convertible, I careened ...
L.A. Affairs: After several dates with cringe men, I gave up on dating apps. That’s when I found love
After a few years of navigating widowhood, the women in my grief group encouraged me to get back “out there.” I decided to give Match.com a try. In my mind’s ...
L.A. Affairs: Our home survived the Palisades fire. Our love almost did not
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about a quote widely attributed to Tennessee Williams: “We live in a perpetually burning building, and what we must save from it, all the ...
L.A. Affairs: Years after my husband’s death, I’m saying goodbye to his pickup truck
“I’m just an American guy in a pickup truck,” said Stephen Beech at the end of one of our early dates. It was Valentine’s Day 1993, and he was dropping ...
L.A. Affairs: My fling’s words took me by surprise. ‘I’m not committed to you’
It was a beautiful February day in Los Angeles after the fires. The sun burned hot overhead. I pulled my Ducati motorcycle into a spot outside his restaurant in the ...
L.A. Affairs: I’m a queer man living with HIV. I found love again — with a woman
Hello again! Maybe you remember my L.A. Affairs essay from 2022 that described my relationship with Ruben. We married in Mexico in 2019 when I was 74 — my first ...
L.A. Affairs: My ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ life failed. Would returning to L.A. work out this time?
I had just slipped back into bed after our infant daughter’s 4 a.m. feeding when my partner, Sean, turned over and said, “We should go now. I smell smoke.” Our ...
L.A. Affairs: His dad went to federal prison for fraud. Should I have run away?
When Mark told me on our first date that he co-owned a mortgage bank with his father, Wes, who had been to federal prison for fraud, I should have run ...
