It feels almost blasphemous as a lifelong East Coaster to say this but I'll go ahead and say it anyway: I kind of dig L.A.
There is a little more grit and a little less plastic than I thought. I mean, don't get me wrong: there are freaks aplenty, especially the hapless creature at Whole Foods whose collagen-filled lips puffed all the way up to her nose and who, by the by, took no less than 17 minutes to "help" me with the 99-cent cupcake I wanted to purchase. (By 9 minutes, I knew I was in it for the long haul. I was going to have that cupcake if it killed me. Dan: "There's a reason why they call it La La Land, and SHE is IT.")
It's just that there's a definite sense of hopefulness in the air: people sing along - loudly - to their iPods, in what I'm guessing is a passive gesture of hoping to be discovered. And when a kind of simple optimism is the default emotion of a city, well hey, that's kind of neat, right?
Ha!
ReplyDeleteLaughing at the creature that helped me at Whole Foods? Or at the Showgirls sign ("1000s of beautiful girls and 3 ugly ones")?!
DeleteLOL. I love the 3 ugly ones ... and the La La Lady ... and the people singing along (loudly) to their iPods. Great post.
ReplyDeleteThanks Monika - so glad you liked the post! L.A. is definitely a place to experience - there's really nowhere else like it!
DeleteI finally caught up on your blog! I missed the daily dose of humor and interesting travels during the Of Revolt drought!
ReplyDeleteAnd while I still have no desire to ever go to LA, this post does make it sound a little entertaining=)
Yay, thanks for coming back Jenzie! I was so worried that I would lose awesome readers like you during the drought - glad to see that you're still enjoying my crazed ramblings!
DeleteAnd to be perfectly honest, L.A. was the one place that I was absolutely NOT looking forward to visiting on this trip. But it turned out to be nicer than I thought: people are friendly (if a little "out of it" from time to time) and it's neat to see some of the movie history and famous locations. Worth a quick stop on the way to another cool CA city, for sure. ;-)