The Actor Factor
Gabrielle DonnellyActors, Los Angeles, celebrities, wait staff, Meryl Streep, Beverly Hills, A list, ballet, Cheltenham, Hamlet, Eliza Doolittle, Hedda Gabler, Thomas Jefferson, King George III, Joan of Arc, Alka-Seltzer
Afternoon Tea
Gabrielle DonnellyEngland, Los Angeles, afternoon tea, kettle, tea pot, tea sandwiches, cucumber, egg salad, coronation chicken, ham, cheese, smoked salmon, jam, honey, Rupert Brooke, chocolate fingers, Hobnobs, Jaffa cakes, gingernuts, shortbread, Garibaldi biscuits, Twiglets, quiche, sausage rolls, Victoria sandwich, scones, cream tea, Pimm’s cup, Bertie Wooster, bread and butter pudding
The Handbag Designer
Gabrielle Donnellyscreenwriter, handbag designer, Los Angeles, optimism, actor, serial divorcée, American west, LAX, Union Station, Oklahoma, covered wagon trail, Chinese chicken salad, water sprinkler, hula hoop, electric guitar, Internet, Abbot Kinney, Cary Grant, Beach Boys, fires, new administration, GoFundMe, housing shelters, petitions, social justice, next election
Fire
Gabrielle DonnellyLos Angeles, fire, Paris Hilton, Anthony Hopkins, Gary Hall Jr, newscaster, actor, hairdresser, musician, psychic, yoga teacher, house cleaner, green card applicant, home gardener, bride, in vitro, screenwriter, firefighters, police officers, Steve Guttenberg, Billy Crystal
Christmas In La La Land
Gabrielle DonnellyChristmas, Los Angeles, Christmas songs, Christmas cookies, Santa Claus, Father Christmas, White Christmas, Holiday Inn, Little Women, Jesus, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, snow, decorations, snowman, Santa Hat, Christmas dinner, turkey, Christmas pudding, Dickens, dishwasher, bathroom pipe, plumber, oven, leftovers
A BETTER IDEA
Gabrielle DonnellyThanksgiving, North Dakota, turkey, canned green beans, dried fried onions, bachelor friend, New Yorker, mashed potatoes, gravy, evaporated milk, Irish potato famine, emigration, Los Angeles, Dodgers Stadium, good idea
COMING TO AMERICA
Gabrielle DonnellyAmerica, London, Freddie Laker, New York, Los Angeles, Empire State Building, Woody Allen, Gotham Book Mart, Joe Allen’s, LAX, YMCA, Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood sign, Sunset Strip, Beverly Hills, UCLA, Venice, Marina del Rey, Mexican restaurant, Barnes & Noble, Trader Joe’s, green card, citizenship, electoral vote
FAULTY GROUND
Gabrielle DonnellyBakersfield, Los Angeles, earthquake, “Marcus Welby, ” earthquake preparedness, medical supplies, trains, San Francisco, Yankee, British, Irish, city, country
ANGELENOS
Gabrielle DonnellyLondon, Los Angeles, Hollywood, New York, flaky behavior, St. Monica’s Church, tamales, scotch eggs, actors, Cinco de Mayo, Jane Austen, Culver City High, Jeanette MacDonald, cat, tortoise, Mar Vista, Culver City High School, Josephine Baker
AIOLI
Gabrielle Donnellymmigrant, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Cannes Film Festival, aioli, pesto, chicken sandwich, hamburger, British accent, restaurant, waitress, fashionable, Hollywood, recipe
GOING HOME
Gabrielle DonnellyEngland, Los Angeles, immigrant, London, Yorkshire, Brighton, beer, Uber, BMW, boring person, DTLA
