I just felt that I should write more about Los Angeles. I lived a year in Los Angles and I felt like desribing it a little bit. No oposition to all your ideas about the US and L.A. at all. I just want to write about little things that I enjoyed in L.A.
You might have heard the traffic in L.A. It totally remind me of Tehran. Not only because of the traffic but because you notice people that do not want to exit but they take the right. Remeber in Tehran Freeways the right lane was usually the fastets! :)
However bearing L.A. traffic is much easier. I used to listen my favoriate Radio Station 95.5
Specially in the morning there is a funny talk show. Unlike Tehran I do not remember getting angry in L.A. Traffic! (Oh The last place I was working at before leaving Tehran was in Jomhori and there was a period that my sound system was stollen, I was training my voice (!) in the car all the time! but sometime it was hard to entertain yourself.)
Those of you who travelled/lived in L.A. might not get a chance to go to the downtown (it is not a popular place.) There is cathedral in downtown that has a modern Architecture. There is a wall in the cathedral/church that displays the pictures of missing/killed/raped children. You can light a candle for their memories...
My favorate part of the city is Brentwood (it is a city in west L.A.). There is a coffee shop on the intersection of Barrington and I think sunset. It is a chain but locating in the heart of Brentwood it has a character. and it opens till 12:00 every single night of the week! (may be in your towns it is the same but many places that I lived it is hard to find a live place @ 12:00am)
I used to ride bus in the west L.A. man you all kinds of people there. There was a russian rather old man that I used to see a lot and off course west L.A. is the heart of Iranina community you see a lot Persian speaking people too.
And ... one of the main attraction as you know ;) movie :D
there was a movie rental for 99c ( ;) ) that we used to rent movie. Hey! finally a no-chain! place with an Asian/American owner who had a very special way of organizing the store. Viva Los Angeles!
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Always those little things that brighten your day, a cafe you like, a good radio station...
I always love to see things through your eyes. The way you always bring out the bests in everything amazes me. I have no doubt that Los Angeles has many many cute little spots to hang out. And many great museums and book/CD stores to browse. That's because it is awfully BIG. But it is still the land of "Hollywood" and "irresponsible way of spending money" and that sets the theme of the city.
There is a coffee shop on the intersection of Barrington and I think sunset. It is a chain but locating in the heart of Brentwood it has a character. and it opens till 12:00 every single night of the week!
oh boy! how I need such a coffee shop here. In Turku shops close at the latest 7 o'clock in the afternoon! Most of them earlier. It's horrible. All shops! Even the restaurants are closed at 10:00. Only bars and night clubs are open. Very boring.:-S
Btw, it must have been fun to see you singing in your car! :-)
well there are coffee shops that are open 24/7 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
enough reason for you to move to USA? ;-)
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