Princess Diaries (08): Bell Transformed

"Bell goes back to school and learns how much she’s changed."

High school felt smaller somehow. In just three days, over the past weekend, my life changed completely and now school halls loomed in around me, tight and claustrophobic. Friends greeted me with the same sense of fun, interest, or cool...

Princess Diaries (07): Bell Licensed

"Bell gets a new name and a license to fuck, worry free."

I got an idea of how connected Bete’s organization was on Sunday morning when Curly took me to the DMV. The place was locked down, of course, but a short wide woman with a Filipino accent met us at the...

The Layby

"I would bet that you couldn’t imagine what I have been through recently."

I have been here, in this spot, for a very long time. I wasn’t always in the state I am in now. I have changed over time, and time has treated me, shall we say, inconsistently.Inconsistently may be a strange...

Susan gets carried away.

"Susan gives the bellhop more than we had planned."

Susan and I arrived at the famous old hotel just after lunch. We were to attend the wedding of her good friend Elizabeth later in the afternoon.. The hotel has been for more than forty years the mecca for country...