When I moved to LA a few years ago, I knew I would find my place in this big city somehow. But really feeling at home in a new place takes a while. Sometimes a long while. You make a city “yours” with routines, weekly habits, choosing your favorite coffee spot, visiting your local market every week, knowing directions by heart. That familiarity grows in waves–1 month, 6 months, a year, and onward. Many of my big city connections came in small and unexpected ways, and in the end, those are the things I will miss most.
So in honor of a bright gritty city that’s given me so much, I give you For Love of LA - a multi-part love letter featuring some favorites spots in this land of sunshine and stars.
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Hi, Lilly! I’ve been keeping up with your blog (you’re a born writer), and I loved the story about the Hollywood Cemetery screenings… ‘Tanglewood Amid the Dead’… As someone who has a rather bizarre fondness for cemeteries, that concept married so many of my favorite pastimes… I wish they’d start one here! (By the way, did you notice the small blurb following the New York Times article on the Hollywood screenings, mentioning outdoor screenings in SF? It appears you may have a great venue in your new hometown!)
Best of luck to you in SF; nice that you and Charlie The Man will be near each other. I’ll keep watching for your newest discoveries and successes (living vicariously through your life, I suspect. I’ve always wanted to see San Francisco!). Love, Barbara
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