Wind in my hair, Los Angeles at my back

I'm writing this from the top of the LA Times Building in Downtown Los Angeles. The wind is blowing my hair and I am balancing my laptop on my legs as they grip the side of the building like it is my motorcycle. (I'm straddling the edge.) My body is turned so that Genaro Molina can get a good photograph, the high rise buildings are our backdrop. Occasionally a big plume of black exhaust from the generator rises and diffuses into the skyline.

I look up and see the sky filled with clouds, the last November rays of sun shine through the cracks and give downtown the God effect. You know, the God effect, when the rays of light shine down from above like in a movie. It's no wonder that God smiles on Los Angeles. This is the city I and many others love.

To see this view, to feel the wind on my face, to smell the exhaust of the generator - adventure, excitement, possibilities. Here in Los Angeles, anything is possible. And possible at any instant.