Author: Elba Flamenco

August 8, 2017

Travel

Roadtrippin’ Up The Central California Coast

My birthday was a couple weeks ago, and I gotta admit, I used it as an excuse to slip on my writing and my blogging. It's not my fault! There's something about birthdays that just...

July 8, 2017

Reading

The Diverse Books Tag

Everyone can do this tag, even people who don’t own or haven’t read any books that fit the descriptions below. So there’s no excuse! The purpose of the tag is to promote the kinds of...

June 28, 2017

Podcasts

How Audible Channels Are Helping My Writing

Podcasts are many things to many people. For some, the podcast has become a source of motivation and inspiration, for others, a never-ending barrage of bullshit and self-help nonsense. Personally, I used to sit closer...

June 8, 2017

Travel

Visiting Rosie’s Dog Beach, Long Beach, CA

Buddy recently got to go to the beach, and it was so much fun for him! We took him to Rosie's Dog Beach, which is located in the heart of Long Beach. I actually had...

June 1, 2017

Travel

Ballona Creek: Westside Los Angeles’ Best Kept Secret

Ballona Creek. Quite frankly, it’s not that much of a mystery to us Westsiders. Especially those of us living in Venice, Marina Del Rey, Playa Del Rey, Culver City and Mar Vista. I mean, it’s...

May 21, 2017

Reading

The Best of Octavia Butler’s “Positive Obsession” Essay

I just finished reading Octavia Butler’s Bloodchild: And Other Stories, and I was struck by the simplicity of her characters and the complexity of their worlds. Especially in Bloodchild, where she depicts a very nuanced relationship...

April 22, 2017

Essays/Yoga

Lessons Learned: My One Year Yoga Anniversary

The first time I set foot in a yoga studio I regretted it immediately. It was 6 a.m. on a weekday (already a bad idea) in Santa Monica (oof), and I was about to begin...

April 17, 2017

Reading

My Prime Reading Picks!

Did you know that Amazon Prime members get access to a free lending library filled with thousands of Kindle ebooks? If you didn’t, then you need to check out all the titles that are part...