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HUSTLE FILE #97: Ana Ottman

NAME: Ana Ottman OCCUPATION: Writer LOCATION: The top of a hill in Echo Park, Los Angeles WHAT’S YOUR HUSTLE: Wrangling words into prose. Creating space for creative exploration and travel. WHAT DOES YOUR HUSTLE MEAN TO YOU: Getting paid to … Continue reading

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Racing in the Strawberry Fields Whatever

Happy Friday, friends! Let me take you down, cuz I’m going to (and I’m featured on) Strawberry Fields Whatever… Rad writer friend and HUSTLE FILE #81 Elizabeth Barker recently asked me to take part in a survey on her fresh … Continue reading

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Lost in Fascination (with Toilets)

Konichiwa and welcome to “Lost in Fascination” — a series of stories and photos from my travels in Asia over the next few weeks. It’s Day 4 for me in Tokyo and I’m kicking off the series with a “toilets” … Continue reading

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HUSTLE FILE #91: Lesley Arfin

NAME: Lesley Arfin OCCUPATION: Writer LOCATION: Los Angeles WHAT’S YOUR HUSTLE: Screenwriting, looking good, working hard. WHAT DOES YOUR HUSTLE MEAN TO YOU: Feeling good on the inside. IF YOU COULD HAVE ONLY THREE TOOLS FOR YOUR HUSTLE, WHAT WOULD … Continue reading

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Tropic of California: Big Sur Happenings at the Henry Miller

I love Big Sur (grew up in Nor. Cal, near the coast and among the redwoods). And I love Henry Miller (first trip to Paris, I read Tropic of Cancer cover-to-cover, absolutely stunned). So when I got the chance to … Continue reading

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Oh Hello 2012!

My, how this new year is flying by. Straight flown into February without a single post in January! The thing is, I kinda took a blogging break on purpose since I dedicated January to writing a first draft of a … Continue reading

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HUSTLE FILE #81: Elizabeth Barker

NAME: Elizabeth Barker OCCUPATION: Freelance writer, co-author of Let It Be Beautiful (a book project in which my friend Laura Jane Faulds and I are rewriting Beatles songs as stories or essays), executive editor of fashion/music blog NOGOODFORME.com LOCATION: Los … Continue reading

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HUSTLE FILE #80: Hedi Slimane

NAME: Hedi Slimane OCCUPATION: Photographer LOCATION: Los Angeles WHAT’S YOUR HUSTLE: Mostly portraiture. WHAT DOES YOUR HUSTLE MEAN TO YOU: A diary. An archive. I fill up drawers, one after the other. IF YOU COULD HAVE ONLY THREE TOOLS FOR … Continue reading

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HUSTLE FILE #78: Katie Beck

NAME: Katie Beck OCCUPATION: Journalist, freelance travel writer, blogger LOCATION: Nice, France WHAT’S YOUR HUSTLE: I document my life and the places I go and write about it for the Huffington Post and BBC Travel (and other publications too if … Continue reading

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A Finish to Start Me Up

Yes! Kicking off my weekend by finishing a project I set out to do. Love that! Today I’ll be handing out my new zine, “QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: Hustle up & go for yours” to homies down at the FYF … Continue reading

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Another Office On-the-Go!

Mixing it up again by taking my office outdoors. Here’s a snapshot from outside of Golden Bridge Yoga yesterday, whilst catching up on some reading. Definitely excited about the debut issue from Public Fiction—a new arts space plus quarterly publication … Continue reading

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Reporting on Revolution

So much going on in Spain this week! Since regional elections last Sunday, there have been protest camps and marches in Madrid’s Puerto del Sol square and the Placa de Catalunya in Barcelona. And with over 30,000 protesters in Madrid, … Continue reading

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Good Morning, Mediterranean!

Buenas dias a todos! Here’s a quick little photojournal from beautiful Barcelona. I arrived yesterday, solo at sunrise. Ahh, the Mediterranean, what a sight to see… Since then, it’s been all beaches, espressos, a so-excited-to-see-each-other reunion celebration, lots of walking, a … Continue reading

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Hustle Issue Wrapped

The peeps at 48 Hour Magazine pulled it off! Pretty cool. And even though I missed the submission deadline, I have to give these guys some hustle-love! In fact, I feel like my missing the opportunity to submit to this … Continue reading

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HUSTLE FILE #48: Jen Sincero

NAME: Jen Sincero OCCUPATION: Writer/Musician/Motivational Cattle Prod LOCATION: Venice Beach/the whole planet if things go according to plan WHAT’S YOUR HUSTLE: Saluting things and people that crack me up/inspire me/make me want to get on a plane. I do this … Continue reading

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HUSTLE FILE #35: Patrick Burke

NAME: Patrick Burke OCCUPATION: Videographer / Reporter / Editor… or Audio-Visual Storyteller LOCATION: Echo Park WHAT’S YOUR HUSTLE: I’m a part-time cameraman, sometimes shooting movies, but more often documenting situations. I’m also a part-time reporter. I just finished a radio … Continue reading

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