Author Archives: Amy Parmeter
The Threading the Needle in a Haystack Bit
Summer greetings! It’s that fantastic time of year when many get to take off by plane, train and automobile to create lasting vacation memories! I’ve got a trove of family photos that bring some very fond trip-type memories to mind – But they generate some mysteries too! A few years back, I wrote about trying […]
The Always Having Paris Bit
Yayyy! Almost time for my favorite biennial event – the Olympics! This year is the Summer installment, and I’m all the more excited because its stage is a magical city I’ve been fortunate to visit – Paris! Almost 40 years ago (back when I was an innocent broad…), Paris was the first big Continental stop […]
The Following the Paper Trail Bit
Whew! Finally getting over the affliction I seem to suffer every year about this time: spring cleaning! April ended up being largely devoted to scrounging through boxes and bags in my storage unit with the dual aims of clearing some things away and of chasing down receipts and documents for the other charming springtime task […]
The Echoes Cross the 101 Bit
Springtime greetings! Just got back from a really refreshing getaway in Northern California! I decided to take my time on the trip and drive up from LA on Highway 101 which runs through California and on to Oregon and Washington. It even took me across the glorious Golden Gate Bridge! Fellow Angelenos know our local […]
The Following the Pipers Bit
So I was chatting with fellow tv extras during some off hours (there tend to be lots over the course of a day) – and I have to say we shuffled through a pret-ty pret-ty amazing catalog of topics! While waiting at long tables in “holding” between stints on set, our little group quickly exhausted […]
The Talent, Luck – Oh, and the Water – Bit
Seems it never rains in Southern California… Ah, yes – a classic ’70’s song, and another legend about La La Land! So far in 2024, any such myth is getting pretty thoroughly debunked. You might tell that by our snarly freeways full of people whose rainy-day driving choices are – um – well, they’re not […]
The Adventures in Waitressing Bit
So this summer, I was browsing in a railroad museum shop (as you do) and I couldn’t resist picking up what, for me, is a bit of fan merch: Ever since reading about the Harvey Girls and seeing the Judy Garland musical, I’ve felt kind of a kinship with these gals! They were women who […]
‘Twas the Night Before Posting
Holiday greetings! For the eighth time, I’m wrapping up my blogging year with a poem in the form of that classic work, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas! As ever, I hope you’ll enjoy! ’Twas a year of adjusting, of change and transition,Requiring profession and life expedition: Surveying the landscape as changes arose,Feeling both joy and […]
Football: The ‘Welcome to Amysville’ Bit
Hearty fall greetings! The sentiment’s a bit late but, as usual, so is that proper fall feeling here in LA. En route to the Bay Area recently, I had to be relieved that the temperature was only in the 80’s rather than the triple digits I drove through only days before… Nope. My personal herald […]
The Bit of a “Kaliméra” Effect
Man, I’ve been struggling with my memory lately. I just transferred a bunch of old VHS home movies to digital, and sometimes even when I see myself right there on the screen (albeit younger and blurrier), I still can’t call the particular circumstance to mind… I fared better though when I stopped by a Greek […]
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