Adrian Glick Kudler has been the senior editor of real estate and neighborhood news site Curbed LA since 2011. Before participating in a panel on the high cost of calling Los Angeles home, she talked about her affection for Ice Cube, whipped cream, and dancing in the Zócalo green room.
What’s hanging on your living room walls?
Oh man, not a lot because I’m super bad at having photos hung up. I do have an “Ice Cube Celebrates the Eames” poster, which is one of my favorite things from the Pacific Standard Times series of exhibitions. And I have a screen print that’s just Woody Guthrie’s disembodied head floating there, which I like a lot.
What weapon would you choose in a zombie apocalypse?
Probably my wits. I think honestly I would do really poorly in a zombie apocalypse. I’ve thought about it a little bit, and I always commiserate with the people who die in the first act. I’m not a tough person.
What’s your favorite ice cream sundae topping?
I like whipped cream.
How do you procrastinate?
Every possible way. [Laughs.] I’m really good at procrastination.
What does it take to get you out on a dance floor?
Very little, actually. I love to dance.
When did you last get a traffic ticket?
I get parking tickets constantly. I got a cell phone ticket from the Sheriff’s Department in West Hollywood maybe a year ago. I was texting my mom, regrettably.
How did you get into trouble as a child?
At summer camp, I told my roommate I was a Satanist, and I got in trouble for it. I wasn’t a Satanist, I just thought it was funny.
When are you at your most creative?
Late at night. Sometimes I get out of bed to write.
What animal would you want to be?
A giraffe. I just feel a real affinity with giraffes.
What are you keeping in your closet that you should have thrown out already?
Oh man. A lot of stuff. … I did get rid of a VCR recently.