Restaurant Work in Los Angeles

“Sounds like a no-brainer,” Teddy said. He reclined deeper into the sofa, sunlight splashing off the cigarette drooped from his fingertips. “What did you come out to Los Angeles for? You didn’t come out to serve, or to learn more about the restaurant business. You came to write. So take whichever job will help you [...]

Transition Year: Health Insurance Guide

*Author’s note – this health insurance guide was started early 2010, and completed in May 2010. It was never published, due to the assumption that President Obama’s Healthcare Reform would render most of the information redundant or null. According to the CNN New Network, by the end of 2010, “children up to 26 can stay [...]

One Month In – Part Two

Employment
Major question number two, immediately following “Where are you going to live?” is “What are you going to do [for work?]” A fair question.
We three each started the endeavor with different amounts of money banked, but by no means would it last forever. Our respective reserves would sustain us anywhere from three months to a [...]

One Month In – Part One

Introduction
We followed the GPS’ purple arrows into Culver City, our modern, corrupted version of Yellow Brick not even Gregory Maguire could dream up. Teddy pointed out the window at the formidable white building, fortified behind a tall, black fence. It’d only be less inviting if the wrought-iron was composed of ivory tusks, pillaged from a [...]

Wait

He didn’t bring it up. Not until one month before I said I was leaving.
“So what’s your plan for this going out to Los Angeles-thing?” That’s what my father called it. The “going out to Los Angeles-thing.” He thought it more a pipe dream, one of my big-talk plans where I laced a fat juicy [...]