My Boyfriend Left Me for an NPR Correspondent Who’s Trying to Save the LA River

<p>It&rsquo;s been one year since my boyfriend, Slate Rose, left me for an urban planner with a husky voice who hosts a radio segment on the topography and regional culture of Los Angeles. Her name is Virginia, but Slate calls her Virgil, because of her poetic musings on the inception of the Elysian Valley bike path.</p> <p>It all started last spring when Slate was let go from the Zoning Commission of Highland Park. I tried to comfort him by renting his favorite books on social housing from the public library, but nothing could cheer him up&hellip;not even a town hall meeting about the chain-link fence around Echo Park Lake. That&rsquo;s when he turned on his radio in desperation and discovered Virgil sensually talking about the Atwater Riverway Project. It was love at first listen.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/bigger-picture/my-boyfriend-left-me-for-an-npr-correspondent-whos-trying-to-save-the-la-river-54a3947c1545"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>