There I was, barreling down Highway 50 west in Sacramento, approaching the crazy downtown freeway interchange where I’m about to switch to Highway 99 south. This requires complete mental focus. You can’t be on the cell phone. You need both hands. You need flexible neck muscles for checking, double-checking, and triple checking that blind spot. [...]
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Marrying George Clooney With a Free Lunch
The Eye-Five. And Other Drive-By Shootings.
Driving to Los Angeles from Sacramento is like being hung by your fingernails for six hours, minus the joy. If you’re from Sacramento, the infinite swath of asphalt is called I-5. If you’re from Los Angeles, it’s called “The” 5. If you live in both cities, like me, you spend many years being overly self-conscious [...]
