Alexander Stuart

Promotional poster for the original mass-market paperback edition of Life On Mars. I am revising and editing Life On Mars , my non-fiction account of life in Miami's South Beach of the 1990s, for a new print and Kindle edition to be published later in 2013. The book explores South Beach during one of its most exciting periods, as it was transformed from essentially a mix of retirement community and crack neighborhood in the 1980s (think: Pacino's  Scarface ) into a revitalized and lovingly restored Art Deco community in the 1990s, filled with trendy new bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels.  It was a fun book to write - and a fun book to live with: people would greet me on the street (usually while I was cycling, my preferred method of transport in SoBe), yelling out because they had recognized me from the author photo inside the book. We made a two-hour British Channel Four television documentary, inspired by the book, called The End of America. The new edition

Writing about the electrical short in the boat reminded me of this, our favorite sunset of the year, when the whole family was out on the water and for about ten minutes we were enveloped by the most astonishing, radiant pink light as the sun began to set. (Photograph by Alexander Chow-Stuart)

Hudson and Paradise were sick yesterday and home from school, but it was such a beautiful day I decided to take them out on the lake, along with our American Eskimo, Stoli, who enjoys adventures of any kind. We navigated our way through the weed - which at this time of year is thick and can tangle the propellor quickly if you're not careful - but we made it out onto the water and it was just glorious. We were appreciating the stillness and silence of the lake, and the sight of many geese and ducks preparing to migrate for the winter (we've also seen heron and heard loons at night lately), when I accidentally dropped my metal drinking bottle onto the boat's battery. There was a spark, a sharp hiss and I had to react very quickly to knock the water bottle off the battery. It only made contact for two or three seconds - but it was enough to create a short and burn three small holes through the metal casing of the drinking bottle. Hudson and Paradise were actually qui

Keith Olbermann Reads The Statement Released By The Wall Street Protesters - 2011-10-05  This video is going viral. It was originally shared with me by Pam Levitan on Facebook - to whom, many thanks.

I came across this picture of our lovebird Miso in a tree at Hudson's last school, Muse, in Topanga Canyon. Miso has been a much-loved part of the family for four years now.