Email Author Seven Mcdonald

Awards

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 20, 2006

  "Onward American Soldier"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 6, 2006

  "After the Rapture"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 26, 2006

  "Remember to Smile"

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2007 Stories by Seven Mcdonald

• Family Affairs

  published December 13, 2007

  “DEBORAH,” WHO HAS ASKED THAT her real name be changed in order to protect her family, admits that she was being a busybody... More >>

• The Unconsumed Life

  published November 22, 2007

  ANN BRADLEY, 54, STANDS outside the entrance to the Silver Lake Farmers Market, holding a sign that reads: Please Bring Your Own... More >>

• He Stands and Delivers

  published November 8, 2007

  Beneath a modest grove of trees at East L.A.’s Garfield High, a few yards from the football field surrounded by handmade cardboard signs... More >>

• The Body Electric

  published October 25, 2007

  On a particularly warm autumn afternoon, 23-year-old Emily Keaty sits in the sidewalk seating area of a Los Feliz restaurant, lunching on a... More >>

• The Art of Textual Relations

  published October 11, 2007

  KENDRA DENNIS, 28, SITS outside Silver Lake's Intelligentsia Coffee Roasters with her best friends, Amanda and Lauren. They're... More >>

• Goodbye, Loafer Queen

  published September 27, 2007

  Olivia Beall is sitting outside the Café Tropical smoking a cigarette.“Breakfast of champions,” she says, her head at a... More >>

• the Owl and the Pussycat

  published August 30, 2007

  ALAN, WHO HAS ASKED that his last name be omitted, is standing in the doorway of his bathroom, dressed solely in a pair of khaki shorts,... More >>

• a Man and A woman Walk Into a Bar

  published August 16, 2007

  Marina and Françoisare drinking white wine out of plastic cups. It’s not yet midnight and the two are deeply engaged in... More >>

• The Big Picture

  published August 2, 2007

  Photographer Patrick Ecclesine sits barefoot under an umbrella in the courtyard of the Hollywood Boulevard apartment complex where he lives.... More >>

• Catcher in the Grass

  published July 5, 2007

  I RECENTLY SPENT THREE WEEKS in New York and had the great fortune to visit with my dear friend Ms. Michiko Kakutani, the acclaimed... More >>

• Dancing in Tropical Snow

  published May 24, 2007

  Ashley Huizenga is sitting on a sidewalk in Los Feliz eating a falafel from a Styrofoam container and sipping soda from a large cup. She leans... More >>

• The Haden Clan

  published May 10, 2007

  Jazz legend and Grammy Award–winning bassist Charlie Haden moved from New York to Los Angeles in the mid-’70s, when his children were sti... More >>

• Inflatable Ego

  published April 12, 2007

  {mosimage}Addi Somekh is sitting on the garage floor of his Altadena home, banging on a collection of drums that he constructed by... More >>

• Is Oakwood On Fire?

  published April 5, 2007

  {mosimage}Lucas Elliott had a late night last night; it was his 21st birthday and he and his friends had a party at La Poubelle, the... More >>

• Dewey and the Pelican

  published March 29, 2007

  DAVID HARRIS WEBER, better known as Dewey Weber, is a surfer and an actor. You probably remember him as the guy who drives Elizabeth... More >>

• You're On With Jesus

  published March 8, 2007

  “Two thousand years ago, he walked this Earth teaching, guiding, loving and preparing to make the ultimate sacrifice. . . .... More >>

• The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

  published March 1, 2007

  {mosimage} It was the day before Valentine’s Day, and all over Silver Lake people were preparing for th... More >>

• Smoked Out

  published February 15, 2007

  At West Hollywood’s Medical Marijuana Farmacy dispensary on Santa Monica Boulevard, around the corner from Whole Foods and Fountain Day... More >>

• Surrounded

  published February 15, 2007

  Andrew Rakos is sitting over a plate of scrambled eggs at Jerry’s Famous Deli in Studio City, talking about the medical-marijuana... More >>

• Meet Me at (the Doughnut Side Of) Third and Fairfax

  published February 1, 2007

  It is a rare L.A. morning: Everyone is wearing overcoats. The winter air is crisp; the light that shines through the trees is bright.... More >>

• Lucas at 20

  published January 18, 2007

  Faded Buddhist peace flags swing in the late-afternoon breeze as Lucas Elliott sits barefoot on the sofa in his one-bedroom apartment at the... More >>