Holy Crap I am first?

OOooo I get to be first on the purlie girlie's blog :)

You so make me miss LaLaLand - not :) but i can confirm that each of your 8 facts are absolutly dead on correct.

I do miss the valey parking at the Ralphs in Westwood though.

Here in Seattle we go stark raving mad when we see the sun. When the sun shines here everyone gets on motorcycles and in convertibles with the tops down and drives really fast and crashes. It is glorious.

We have just started into the rainy season. All of the weather reports have pictures of little clouds with varying amounts of rain falling from them.

I can't wait till April, when I can get in a sunny crash in my convertible.....

Sorry got a little excited there. It seems like everyone who is first comment gets excited. I just want to say I love you CAP. I read you every day and you are the reason I am now addicted to making many many fuzzy feet.

valey parking? is that some kind of freudian slip - doh! i mean VALET parking, as if.

and dammit donna i was first, lol.

The cell phone thing has gone National. I live in Tucson...tiny compared to LA...and it has gotten so bad that even my OB/GYN has a sign over his exam table..."Please, do not use your cell phone during examination." I'm not kidding. I questioned him and he said he's actually had patients make and take calls during a pap.

Oh you make me laugh...
Maybe sushi would be good dipped in ranch dressing....ick.....
I grew up with a swedish grandfather eating raw fish and....ick....

Yes, Angelinos are hopelessly addicted to their cell phones. Here in the Bay Area, people use them a lot, but they aren't surgically attached to us like they are to people in LA. On this point at least, you are not crazy, my dear.

Also, I know you won't believe it, but the rain thing and the bad driving - happens here too. And here it rains a lot, I mean A LOT, in the winter. I don't get it. People crawl at 25 mph on the highway just because it's sprinkling. And they get in an unusually high number of traffic accidents - at 25 mph - on the HIGHWAY. For a girl from New England who learned (for the first time) to drive in 2 feet of snow and a quarter of an inch of ice, this is unendingly frustrating. So, maybe it's not just LA, but all of California that's crazy. I hear that's what the rest of the country thinks, at least.

Your top 8 was great. That is so true about "how far away are you?". When I was visiting in 2002, couldn't figure out why all these strange people kept telling me time it took to get there versus miles.

Hear ya baby on the traffic! Atlanta traffic isn't quite as bad but takes at least 30 min's to get anywhere when your not in rush hour. Rush hour: two hours!

I wouldn't have believed you a bit, until I spent some time there this summer (I think my view of LA might be a *bit* skewed, spent three weeks in Beverly Hills ... nice place.)

Went running at noon in July, people assured me I was going to die from the "deadly rays of the noontime sun!!!!!" but compared to Fla, it was very cool, dry, not bad at all ...

Saw the traffic. You people are crazy. Build more roads or walk more.

Saw the smog. Wouldn't have believed it without seeing it. It's like a dirty fog. Makes for nice sunsets though.

No bugs! In Fla., you cohabitate with the insects. Just get used to it. In LA, no bugs. Anywhere. What the hell do your birds eat?

I suggest you try tempura (it's a kind of battered deep-fried veggies and/or shrimp) and then move on to the crispy rolls if your local sushi place has them. They are the rice and seaweed wrapped around some deep-fried tempura batter. Highly addictive. If this little Canadian girl in Ontario can learn to appreciate sushi, you can too! Just stay clear of the fishy stuff for now.

Ah CAP, you bring back the memories. Born and raised in LA. Now I live in Portland, Or. If we called in sick for rain days here, we'd never get to to leave the house. EVER. (*grumble, grumble*)

How about people who talk on the cell phone in the public bathroom? While in a stall? Please please please take these people out of the gene pool.

Love your blog CAP!
I am proud to report that I have always given directions for the amount of time it takes, never the miles. I'm originaly from Ohio-did it there, lived in Kansas 17 years(why? I don't know!), and now live south of Tucson, where the highway here is the only one in the USA that lists distance in kilometers. So if anyone thinks I'm doing the math conversion from kilometers to miles-not-they're crazy! It takes 10 minutes to green valley, 20 minutes to rio rico, 15 minutes to tubac, and 40 minutes to the airport in tucson.
That's just the way it is.

Waaaah! I miss my homeland! Actually, I lived in San Diego, which is just as nice weatherwise, but not quite as crazy as El-Lay. And I can vouch for Debbie. It takes at least half an hour to get *anywhere* in Atlanta. Two for traffic. Three if it RAINS. Boss told us not to come to work if it ever snows.

Omg, you don't like sushi :( The honeymoon is over!

Here in Portland Oregon we get the red lights of brakes when the sun is shining. Honestly! On the radio the other day the DJ was saying how traffic was slow because the sun was in everyones eyes. We can't drive unless it's cloudy and raining.

Here is my best LA cellphone moment: I was in the grocery store, and I overheard the guy breaking up with his girlfriend on his cellphone. I had actually walked to the next aisle before thinking "why am I giving him privacy to have this conversation in the middle of the chip aisle?" To this day, I regret not pushing him into the cheezy puffs where he belonged.

you forgot how all the really insane people like to hang out on the walk of fame.

it's like they're a toursit attraction, but without the attraction part.

it was cold last night. i needed to put socks on.

:) I was a marine brat - grew up, lived and visited all over these great states. LA is by *far* the most . . . idiosyncratic. I still don't get the ugg thing, tho.

In Washington, DC it's Blackberry's. The joke is people who check and return e-mail during dates. People also can't drive in the rain.

The one thing that hasn't caught on here is UGG boots. I saw some on clearance recently. I'm from LA so I almost knocked people over to get to them but changed my mind when I realized no one else wanted them because they were pastel pink and blue. People in DC don't do pastel. See Legally Blonde II if you don't believe me. When I first moved here my entire wardrobe was pastel. I stuck out like a sore thumb. It's blacks, blues, grays and earth tones here.

Sounds nice!

Also in the nation's capitol...people leave work when ONE flake of snow drops so they can stock up on toilet paper, milk, and eggs in preparation for the impending snow storm. Seriously, a flake of snow causes MASS hysteria, schools close, the government shuts down, and the local news proudly shows pictures of grocery store shelves cleared out. Can we handle a crisis? You betcha!

I think the Blackberry (aka Crackberry) obsession is a government thing (at least it is here in Ottawa). I've never been to LA, but parts of your description remind me of Vancouver (they've closed the airport for a 1/8 inch of snow! That's odd in Canada).

yeah, what about them UGGS? I moved to South Bay Area from NYC couple months ago and just realized that there's only two types of footwear to be worn here in CA. When it's above 70- rubber flipflops. Anything below 70- UGGS. That's it. I mean, people wear UGGS in NY , too, but in general there is a lot more variety of more or less stylish footwear to be seen. But here, man, it's either rubber flipflops or UGGS. that's it, end of discussion.

To add number 9 to the list: no one walks in LA unless it is on a treadmill. #10: no one in LA drinks water out of the faucet/tap. It must be out of a bottle, although it can be poured into a glass from said bottle.

I have to get Uggs, here in suburban PA I'd be like the first person to have a pair. Don't see them around here. Guess everyone is too attached to their loafers and little flats in preppyville.

What about talking about the traffic?! The first 15 minutes of any gathering are always spent re-hashing the drive there -- everyone striving to one-up with the extreme hardship overcome to get there (or smugly bragging that it took him 5 minutes -- just take the alley behind the taco stand, make an illegal u-turn, clip the corner thru the Arco and you're there!)

And yet I, too, love it. Don't even get me started on NY (from which I fled to L.A.) -- that city needs to be committed!

When I lived in Chicago and people asked me how far I was from any given place I would answer with a dollar amount. (I'm $12 from Wrigleyville) Cause I didn't have a car and took cabs or busses everywhere. But out here I agree, you need to give distances in time cause the mileage is SO misleading! I'm really 10 miles from my gym (halfway between work and home) and if i go in at 5:30am it takes 12 minutes, but at 7:30 am it takes 35!

Ooooh, you need an Ugg scarf to go with the Ugg boots. To wrap around your tank top when the temp dips to 70°.

Oh, and all freeways are referred to with a possessive pronoun, as in "Take the 405 past the 10 to the 605".

Oops, can't do HTML in comments, I guess. I was trying to link to http://trivimp.blogspot.com/2005/10/ugg-scarf.html -- if I may briefly pimp my own blog. Sorry.

Me and LA have been fighting a lot lately. I think we might break up. I just can’t take the damn drama and neuroses.

And people in DC are way too freaked about snow considering it happens there every year. First time in my life I saw school canceled the night before because it was predicted that it might possibly maybe snow.

70 degrees?
Sweetie, oh my, see, its 68 in my house right now. And I do have the heat on! But with natural gas prices this high (and having just gotten the shockingly high October bill) I'm keeping the thermostat at absolutely no higher than 68 during the day. At night it goes down to 58!

Well, I am from NYC and I can't eat sushi b/c I will DIE. Alllergic, big time. Will that still get me quizzed.

And don't get me started on DC when to comes to cellphones/Blackberries and snow. Jeez.

I don't get the traffic thing. I'm from Chicago, so I thought I knew about traffic, but apparently it's hella crazy out there. Someone from CA made a post on the Knittybaord about living 15 miles from work, and taking her an HOUR to get there. WTF is that...15 miles means 15 minutes...

Long time Inland Empire resident (we have such an LA inferiority complex out here in the sticks that we have to give ourselves "Empire" status!)-but with the way LA sprawls, we're now the LA "bedroom" community. Where LA ends their car chases! It always amazes me when they have those "car chases" on the news, what good time they make getting out here to the San Berdoo area! or vice versa! We have all the same idiosyncracies out here, but not as glamorous as big sister city LA....sigh. Can we get your hand-me-down Uggs when you get new ones? Can I borrow Francisco to trim the trees? (I'm one of the 4 who doesn't have lawn service) - I promise I'll take good care of him...

I am so with ya on deep-frying the sushi. No bait for this redneck girl either! And like several others have mentioned, here in the Bible Belt we close up shop if snow is predicted. Not falling, not mounting up, just predicted. Got to go stock up on bread and milk!

wish I could find some uggs
just found fakes here

I remember one trip to L.A. It was in October. We headed straight for the beach. Everyone else was in sweaters. They thought WE were crazy. But we knew better. We're from Canada. I don't know your crazy yankee temperatures, but it was about +28 celcius. That's plenty warm enough for the beach. And WAY too hot for sweaters. Ya'll are nuts. But I love L.A. anyway.

You're making me homesick! With all the idiosyncrasies, I still love it down there. I'm currently stuck up in the 'great white north' as I like to think of the SF Bay Area (it's a good 10 degrees colder up here, we got snow once), but I visit home as much as I can. And I'm sorry, but freeways do require a 'the' in front of them, otherwise it just sounds wrong! :)

The town where I live is built on a rocky cliff, on the shore of a huge lake. People say "go North" meaning, "follow the shore" which is actually East.

When giving directions in a town on a hill, instead of saying, "turn left" or "turn right," you say "go up" or "down".

Funny how even we Minnesotans forget how to drive in the snow, or use the weather as a lame-ass excuse to be late or stay home from work--what did we expect?

Purl, this has nothing to do with your posting, but there are a couple of things I have been meaning to tell you about. Since I know you like red wine, there is a California vineyard I really really like a lot - its called Mackenzie Mueller, and they make some of the best merlot and pinot noir I have had. Its a little pricey, but its well worth it. Its a small vineyard, so their wine isn't carried in a lot of shops, but I'm sure you can find it somewhere! Also, I noticed in one of your more recent sets of photos that you seem to have a fair amount of Mod textiles. There is a really cool web site that sells those sorts of fabrics. Its called contemporarycloth.com.
So, as I said, this has NOTHING to do with your posting, but what the heck....

The rain thing isn't just the roads. When I moved to California from Ohio, I mailed all my stuff (like 7 big boxes) and hopped a plane. My flight was cancelled due to our blizzardy weather, but I managed to just get on (minus checked luggage) the last flight of the night, in the middle of a freezing rain storm. They just drove the plane over, deiced it, and took off. (The same plane had landed in said ice-storm a couple hours before, that becomes important later)

Fast forward about 3 years, on a trip back to the Burbank airport after a visit to Ohio. We circled in the air over Los Angeles for 3 HOURS on top of an already 6 hour flight (not to mention the previous 2 hour flight, layover, and needing to be at the airport a couple hours early in the first place) because it was raining, and oh-my-god-you-won't-believe-it, the frikken runway was wet. We couldn't LAND until the runway was dried off. Fortunately that was the only occasion I managed to mis-time my flight with one of those rare rainy days. But don't the pilots who land in LA also have to land other places sometimes? How can they get away with this I-can't-land-on-a-wet-runway bull? Do they only fly between Burbank and Vegas or something?

Oh, and having recently moved back to Ohio, I can tell you the cellphone love is not just for socal anymore. It's invaded here. When you start seeing cars with 3 or more ribbon magnets on them over THERE is when we'll need to start worrying :)

Jeez! Even in your comments section, people tell you that you can learn to appreciate sushi. Know what? If you hate it, you hate it. Case closed.
I don't like stinky cheese, brussels sprouts, mutton, almond butter, turnips, squid, Arby's, and especially sushi. And you won't find a can of Coors, a bag of pork rinds, or grits anywhere in my house, which is NOT on wheels, by the way.
I don't understand why anyone thinks that ANY food should be universally appealing. If you hate it, stick to your guns!! You're not on a deserted island with no fire. Until then, don't eat the sushi. Just sayin...

OK. I am a native Angelena. I am actually 3rd generation native. Which is nearly unheard of. My gramma went to Fairfax High and my grandpa went to Dorsey (if that means anything to y'all). Anyway, I love this city. I love the rain, hate the smog - but when I was growing up May-Oct. every day was a 1st stage smog alert so things are a lot better now.

Anyway. My point? I hate sushi too. That's why I love Aunt Purl.

Angelenos may be the worst drivers IN RAIN, but I'd have to see it to believe that they are worse than Marylanders. Or hell, on people from any of the mid-atlantic states. If it sprinkles, they slow down to a crawl. If it honest to god really rains, they put on their flashers and PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

People in South Carolina don't believe it when I tell them this stuff.

Do people in California pull over? Especially do they pull over UNDER The overpasses so that the rain....what? Doesn't fall on their car and get it wet? I don't know. 15 years almost I've been living in Maryland, and I still don't get it.

I will come back and visit with a tall glass of Shiraz in about an hour. I peeked in and totally fell inlove with your blog! BTW, are you describing LA or Miami in this post? There is very little difference, except maybe more español on this end and hurricanes in place of earthquakes. WE ARE SURVIVORS!

When I lived in St. Louis, I would always laugh at the "Sunshine Slowdown" that would occur on a stretch of Hwy 40...... Ah, yes, the sun is shining, must slow down ye olde jalopy! (actually, the sun was blinding on just a half-mile stretch of road...)

Shit, you have those boxes too huh? I still have mine and only keep them b/c they have kid memories for my kids. It's easier each year, but you know what? I know they have dumpsters in LA and I know they have Goodwill. Go there.

the only time I was forced to eat sushi was in L.A. I was taken to a place, choked down several varieties including one that over the din of the restaurant I thought was BABY SEAL, I was horrified but managed to swallow it with several glasses of water.
I later found out it was baby eel.
I am now happy to say when people ask "have you ever tried sushi?" YES AND I STILL DON'T LIKE IT.

For those looking for real UGGS, go to nordstrom.com. If you don't know anything about UGGS, feel free to wear them as we Angelenos do: with shorts and a parka (because it has dipped to 67 degrees!). Wearing them all the time sort of justifies the price... And sushi is disgusting. It gets bigger in your mouth as you chew and it has the nastiest texture, not to mention the barf-inducing flavors! No thanks! Never again!

So right on about the seaweed allergy excuse! I really hate green bell peppers, and I used to tell my friend's moms that I was allergic so I wouldn't have to eat them for dinner at their houses when I was a kid. I don't know if they ever believed me, but I have lots of other allergies...so maybe. I also hate sushi, people here (Eugene OR) eat it all the time, including my sister who swears if I just try it again, I will love it. If food was meant to be eaten raw, they never would have invented frying pans!

People here drive really fast in the rain, just to prove that their driving skills don't change with the weather (i.e., still crazy!). But when it snows here (very rarely), everyone either walks or takes the bus rather than slide around on the ice. I don't know why everyone gets so nervous, I've driven in the ice lots of times and never been in an accident. Maybe because I'm the only person on the road!

I am constantly amused when the angeleno way of life vs a vs rain, cold etc. creaps into the tv programs & movies that they ship out to the rest of us. I don't suppose that you can relate to subzero as a daily forcast and not a spiffy refrigerator brand.

Your eight facts are so true and they apply to us here in Orange County, CA too! When it does rain, there are alerts, watches, etc. It's so crazy! By the way because of your blog, I am going to venture into the world of kniting socks....I am signing up to take my first sock knitting class.

Well, you nailed this native Californian on one of them. When people ask me how far away my Mom lives, I say 3 1/2 hours, or 4 1/2 on Friday afternoons. And honestly, I'm not sure exactly how many miles away that is.

By the way, just to defend sushi - if you like smoked salmon/lox, then there's no reason you wouldn't like salmon sushi (sake) ... but hey, less demand, more affordable for the rest of us.

OK, so I too live in Encino. Born and raised in LA. Funny thing is, I went to college in New Orleans. Yes, deep down in Louisiana. It rains there. A LOT. AND I had no idea that LA was weird like that until I moved to the south. FIrst of all, they don't have sushi (well, they have some sorry excuse for sushi), second of all, rain? no big deal. it rains floods there! to your knees! no one even notices. I, being from Encino, obviously would not attend my classes or my job in that crazy weather it's just nuts. Ahh LA. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love me some grits and crawfish every once in a while (not together of course) but wearing Uggs all year round, can't beat it....

Dear Purly Laurie,

Please be my friend immediately. You sound exactly like my friend Shannon anyway, so I'm adopting you.

This will require that you move to Seattle or I move to SoCal (but I hate traffic, so I would need lots of Xanax). Then we can commence with the being friends part.

(I apparently have either had a) too much pop or b) not nearly enough. I am on my way home to gather alcohol and hide from my roommate so I don't have to make any more strained conversation, except with my son.)

Sorry if I'm weird...it's a bad day, and I'm trying to read through your archives and I keep getting interrupted so I'm a little cranky.

I'm going now. I promise. :D

I'll bet you never thought the sushi comment would take on a life of it's own did you?

I think sushi is just about the most disguting thing ever presented as something edible. That said....I thought I was the only one in the world who didn't like sushi. All of my friends like to go eat sushi and I got tired of being left out...so I actually discovered something good to eat at a sushi restaurant...cucumber rolls made with rice/soy paper. Accept no substitutes! Sea weed is yuk! Raw fish is yuk. Soy paper pretty much melts in your mouth and has no taste. You already know what rice and raw cucumber tastes like...just dip it in soy sauce and a little bit of wasabe and presto...you are officially eating sushi just like a pro!

Monrovia! You mentioned Monrovia! I grew up in that town with all the sunshine and warmth. Damn, now I'm homesick.

Yeah - native Californian here, and I wore my Uggs today, and one of my daughters wanted to know if it would be cold enough for a scarf. Hey, if you had to wait for it to dip below 68 you'd never get to wear those things!

Storm Watch 2005- we crack up everytime! Well, gotta go batten down the hatches, it's supposed to rain tonight!

Raised Culver City, but been in CT for 30+ years. Leave next week to make semi-annual trip to visit Mom. Takes me the whole 2 wk visit before I am comfortable driving out there and then I am gone for 6 months and have to start all over.

Laurie, I'm going to cry. I'm a Southern CA girl (about an hour from LA) and I'm going to school in Portland. That's WAY up north and so cold. It hailed today. I freeze to death here.

And no one knows what sushi is.

Oh my goodness...I've been in L.A. and know exactly what you're talking about...nothing you said is anywhere near false either...too funny! Come to Canada...68 is balmy and rain? Heck, it's a season! LOL

Jeez! What am I - like comment number 103? Do you even read down that far? Oh well, I'll say it anyway...

They really do deep-fry sushi sometimes. I've had it in a restaurant as an appetizer. Very tasty. Of course, I like unfried sushi, so that may not be very convincing to you.

sushi sucks.

and when i was a kid i lived in LA from the ages of 6 to 11. i have no recollection of any rain.

and in boston only Boston University co-eds wear uggs. (why do they only refer to femaile students as co-eds? why aren't boys co-eds too? doesn't co-education mean that boys and girls are educated together?)

Thanks for reminding me of some of the things I miss about California (and some of those I don't miss at all ...)

LOL! I've never been to LA, but I have been to the Bay Area, and I love it and feel right at home there (you will recall I am a born-and-bred-and-dyed-in-the-wool New Englander) (did someone say wool?) despite the fact that I cannot stand sushi. From time to time I have this dialogue with my friend Julie, who has been known to *make* sushi:

J: Want to have lunch?
L: Sure.
J: Great! There's this terrific new Japanese place.
L (warily): Do they have cooked food?

I will admit that they always do (this is New England, after all) and that Julie has great taste in Japanese food, apart from the sushi thing.

I'm totally with you on the sushi thing. No matter when or where I try it, I have to stop for a burger on the way home. :-) It's not really the taste... it's the texture.

I am so totally stealing the "allergic to seaweed" excuse to avoid sushi! That's brilliant!!

i'm a southerner, and i like sushi, including the eel (it's actually my favorite). the only weather phenomenon that affects driving is snow, or the mention of snow, or even a flurry. think i'm joking? anyone remember a story on the news last winter when it snowed about 1/4" and it took hours for people to drive home and kids were stranded at school overnight?! i don't get uggs, or pastels, but pass me a glass of wine anytime. and, my thermostat will not get pushed over 68 either, and it bottoms out overnight. brrr! thank goodness for knitwear! thank goodness i'm a knitter!

We measure distance in time up in Canada too... but the traffic isn't nearly as bad. It's 8 hours to my family's cabin... 9 if you stop for lunch. ;)

Hehe, I'm in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, and we definitely gauge distance by time rather than miles. No one thinks twice about it; ask us how far in miles we are from anything and we're stumped.

And the cellphones, gawd, how I can relate. Cell use is rampant here: while shopping, driving, in line at the post office. Sunday night was the worst: eating dinner, I noticed a woman at the table across from us talking on her cell phone. Not just sitting at the table talking, but sitting there, actually eating and talking. Manners anyone?

I have to say, cell phones, nation-wide. I am here in the middle of nowhere (Kansas) and people are TOTALLY WACK-O with them. I saw a couple in a car the other day, man and woman, front seat, both on their own cellphones. Unbelievable.

I've got two more for you.

1) I've never been in a place where more people dress up to go do errands. In Thousand Oaks where my inlaws live, I've seen people seriously decked out with full makeup to go to Long's for cold medication.

2) There is a mall on every corner. Well, maybe not on every corner, but I've now spent some time both in Orange and Ventura counties, and man there are a lot of malls. Big malls too.

I'm totally laughing at the telling distances by time. That is so true. It's not something that diminishes over time away from LA. My husband and sister in law both do it still, and neither one has lived in So. Cal for several years.

I was so laughing about the comments on L.A. when I saw the postings about D.C. It hasn't changed in 40 years. Used to work for the Government (capitalize the G in God and Government was the rule). When it snowed we might get off work at noon but still wouldn't get home till 5 or 6 pm because the buses weren't running.

So, basically, LA is just like Texas... except in Texas nobody wears Ugg boots, Sushi runs way behind chili (or Bar-Bee-Kew, and NOBODY'S gardener is named Francoise.

Las Vegas -- same actions as LA concerning the rain. It's always a HUGE StormWatch 2005!!! Of course, last year, there was the time when a full-blown FIRE TRUCK got stuck in flood water 3 streets over from my house. Always the floods when it rains -- that's what my tax dollars go for -- idiots on the wash drainage.

And NOBODY knows how to drive in the rain here. Because it only rains a few times a year, we have OIL all over our roads that doesn't get washed or wet UNTIL it rains. Can you say slippery as hell? When the sky spits? Here, let my car run up your ass. Idiots. All idiots.

We do the same thing on how much TIME to get somewhere -- cause the traffic SUCKS. Can't get anywhere in less than 30 minutes. SUCKS.

Cell phones are attached to your head as soon as you cross into Nevada, whether by car or plane. And never leave your ear. Even for sex. Hell, it's Las Vegas.

I'm native Californian and I chuckled at everything you read, because it's so, so true! I love to lounge around in my down booties!

BUT.

The South Bay, while just as filled with plastic as other parts of LA, is a little more laid back. Y'all need to move down here!

I just have to say this, I LOVE your blog, it's so entertaining!

All so true! I am cold at 70, I can't drive in the rain (though I make fun of everyone else)... and number 4? Yes. Exactly. Just thinking "traffic is good" thoughts will cause massive pileups throughout the city. Thanks for an endlessly entertaining blog, from a fellow recent 40-ish break-up-ee with 4 cats.

I got this video as a ginormous email attachment, but found it on the web, as well. You may or may not have seen this already, being as you live in said county, but I thought it was a pretty freakin' hilarious poke at L.A.: http://www.adforum.com/adfolio/reel_detail.asp?ID=48244&TDI=VDK8oBeZ&PAGE=1&BSHOP=&DIRECT=1&ta=21879

Enjoy!

I'm from Los Angeles, born and raised. Half of these thing I didn't even realize we did, I thought everyone did it. I guess not.

Thanks for helping me open my eyes about some stuff.

P.S. Ugg boots are NOT okay all year round.