
Just because people usually buy you lots of drinks during periods of significant personal trauma doesn’t mean you stop spending. Herewith, the damage I’ve done in the past week:
Sunday • $44: Rebels in Paradise: The Los Angeles Art Scene and the 1960s, Visual Sensations: The Paintings of Robert Swain, 1967–2010, and a set of Robert Rauschenberg postcards at the Hirshhorn Museum’s gift shop • $2.50: Tea at Chinatown Coffee Co. • $60: Deposit at Tattoo Paradise. Nothing like making plans for another tattoo in times of emotional distress! • $16: A Bell’s Amber Ale and burger with mushrooms at Cafe Saint-Ex • $18: Cash, given to a friend of a friend for a ticket to see Ted Leo at the Black Cat