Love/Hate Los Angeles

Things I love about living in Santa Monica/Los Angeles:- living 6 blocks from the beach.- Never having to use my car because I can walk to Whole Foods, a favourite cafe, the post, shopping, the beach, the bank- having California near the top of those pull down address menus- Not needing air conditioning- The weather (72F most days with cool nights)- Luke Wilson- access to anything and everything- a little fancy- free premieres and screenings- Anthropologie– My BFF & hairdress extraordinnaire, Jessica T @ Frederric Fekkai– Diversity- Disneyland- a little glamour- Easy flight access to anywhere in the world at any time.- living two turns and one road and twenty minutes on a good day from the airport- Cafe Dana on Montana @ 13th- Elixir on Melrose- Spanish Latte\’s from Urth– Maki at Ole Henriksen– Driving up the coast to Malibu or Santa Barbara- Colours everywhere- Driving San Vicente in Santa Monica from 7th until 26th- Montana Ave {especially Shabby Chic\’s first store and their sales}- Palm Trees- access to healthy eating {important to a gluten-free girl}- Squirrels that terrorise me in my flat- Saying that I live in LAThings I do not love about Santa Monica/Los Angeles:- the people- constant horn honking- cell phone drivers- the barista at Starbucks and every othe place being a frustrated actor- traffic- smog/air quality (Air quality is measured on a scale of 0-100, 0 being the worst. Los Angeles is a 0)- weird black film on everything in my flat from the air- relationships always being businessy- crazy high rent even in a rent controlled flat- cost of living- cost of doing anything- everyone \”on\” and trying to \”be\”- Noise. So. Much. Noise.- Living right over a back alley and hearing people go through the rubbish 24/7- The stupid girl voice.- Small dogs everywhere- Neighbours all over you (I live in one of the most dense 15 blocks in the US)- Street parking- Valet parking- Brentwood Whole Foods; always crazy, insane because of terribly self-absorbed \”Brentwood\” people- \”glue gun\” fancy- having to either keep secret about who you know or what you do or having to be all about it- insincerity- not being able to rely on anything or anyone- the beach- Hollywood- the fact that a size 2 is huge and pale is sickly- squirrels that terrorise me in my flat- saying I live in LA