Set against the backdrop of L.A.`s housing crisis, tidying up like Marie Kondo is a bleak privilege
(LA Times Dodgers)

My French neighbor Sylvie knocked on my apartment door the other night, asking if I wanted a motorcycle helmet. It was brand new, a gift from her ex, and she knew that my husband rode a motorcycle - did we need an extra helmet? I thought perhaps she´d been watching `Tidying Up with Marie Kondo,`...