Tag Archives: novels

movie nights and screenwriting days #LifeInLosAngeles.

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darlings los angeles is lovely at twilight. even when it’s a strip mall. better when it’s an apartment building with neon and naughtiness (in yesteryears, perhaps now – who knows…….) talking of plots: we’ve seen three movies in the past … Continue reading

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Hollywood ahoy! tea with Vickie Lester (then later with #FrancesHa)

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darlings a Most splendid afternoon was had at the house of a certain Ms. Vickie Lester! we took tea (and calcium-enriched california salads) and talked about Life and Literature and England and Los Angeles now as Many of you know … Continue reading

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overcast like an out-of-season bank holiday weekend at an english resort town.

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darlings tis very strange and grey/gray/overcast outside the window – it doesn’t look like los angeles at All – more like an out-of-season bank holiday weekend at an english resort town. *lookstocamera* oh. wait. all the bank holidays are In … Continue reading

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The Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast Club

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darlings beyond frustrated (and can’t go into the Details) so we looked around for some blog-ness-respite and found two delicious places to dream: 1. The Perfumed Dandy went to the coast and took such ever such nice pictures and, as … Continue reading

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the writing (and photographing) Life.

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darlings – lengthy blog post alert! bring snacks and a large mug of tea. are you back? delicious. here. we. go. SO! *clearingthroat* we’re Terribly excited because, you see, once we Arrive in Los Angeles (much) later today – our … Continue reading

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what did You want to become, darlings?

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when you were small (playground size and we don’t mean those dodgy clubs south of the river where the cabs don’t go)……what did you want to be? we used to pour over Magazines (we still do) and dream of becoming … Continue reading

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where do you go to escape, darlings?

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hello darlings are you having the most delicious FRIDAY?! do. tell. we had the loveliest cup of (non-caffeinated) tea today with a new friend and we got into the discussion about Escaping. now. as you know – we adore to … Continue reading

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in manhattan, reading maugham…

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there are three rules for writing the novel. unfortunately, no one knows what they are. W. Somerset Maugham we found a copy of W Somerset Maugham’s The Skeptical Romancer: selected travel writing in malibu, during our recent trip to the Other Coast. … Continue reading

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novel-grazing, milky coffee, autumnal walk around greenwich village and leaving the past behind.

lady-of-letters suggested a sunday stroll around greenwich village and we Whooped with joy as that meant bookshops, cafes and autumn leaf strewn streets. And it Did. and en route to meet up with some like-minded folks as dusk fell, we … Continue reading

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chet baker, a light supper of scrambled eggs and another handful of calcium pills.

  ironically, this is how we like to wind down on a sunday evening: novels, listening to 1930s music from the Savoy hotel, then Chet Baker, a light dish of scrambled eggs (and peas, we Are British after all) and … Continue reading

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