Author: Crystal Torres

Happily Ever After

We’ve never been over the top romantic. Certainly not as just friends, but not really as a couple either. Ours… Read more.
Romantics and Realists

these men who practice love like performance art. They give a clever representation but not the thing itself. They pride… Read more.
Bom Dia!

It had become my neighborhood, and I was overjoyed to participate in my new community, even if that was mostly… Read more.
Hey Jealousy

I can see he’s beautiful, but there’s no pull. He’s like a brother to me. Also, I knew he liked… Read more.
The Rooster

I was there long enough and involved enough, that I can’t help but feel some affiliation- like Portugal is partly… Read more.
A New World Woman in an Old World Town

If, as Billy Joel says, “Los Angelenos all come from somewhere,” the Azores are the bookend, a place where everybody… Read more.
Golden Girls with Tarnished Pasts

I jokingly declared us The Real Cool Kids. We were the four musketeers. We were the Golden Girls, only with… Read more.
The Year We Weren’t Friends

Clearly, he was single, but I guess I was the only person on the planet not allowed to know about… Read more.
Something a Lot Like Home

It is strange the extent to which when I am at home I daydream constantly about traveling and when I… Read more.
By Any Other Name

I was frustrated with our lack of a label but content with our relationship. I was more than content. I… Read more.