Comments on: Living In LA = Thanksgiving: Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful I Live Here http://blogging.la/2009/11/26/living-in-la-thanksgiving-top-ten-reasons-and-i-could-list-100-but-will-spare-you/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Natalie DeJohn http://blogging.la/2009/11/26/living-in-la-thanksgiving-top-ten-reasons-and-i-could-list-100-but-will-spare-you/comment-page-1/#comment-20705 Natalie DeJohn Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:20:09 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=36525#comment-20705 LOVED this list. Isn't this city the greatest? I've fallen in love with the place. LOVED this list. Isn’t this city the greatest? I’ve fallen in love with the place.

]]> By: meladiction http://blogging.la/2009/11/26/living-in-la-thanksgiving-top-ten-reasons-and-i-could-list-100-but-will-spare-you/comment-page-1/#comment-20704 meladiction Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:40:51 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=36525#comment-20704 Sure, it's all great. But being such a modern, progressive city, it is WAAAYYY behind in its public transit. There should have been a subway to the sea decades ago. Until that happens, I give it a 7 out of 10. Sure, it’s all great. But being such a modern, progressive city, it is WAAAYYY behind in its public transit. There should have been a subway to the sea decades ago. Until that happens, I give it a 7 out of 10.

]]> By: libertad http://blogging.la/2009/11/26/living-in-la-thanksgiving-top-ten-reasons-and-i-could-list-100-but-will-spare-you/comment-page-1/#comment-20703 libertad Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:00:21 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=36525#comment-20703 10. Wheels. LA is where cars come to live. And the freeways are free! 9. Revival theatres and screens. The Nuart. The New Beverly Center. The Bing. UCLA Melnitz. Etc. Old movies on the big screen seen with an audience that respects film as art. 8. X. You love 'em or you just don't get 'em. They're on my list so you know how I feel. 7. Nail salons. 6. Local columnists: Jonathan Gold. Sandra Tsing Loh. Dan Neil. Joel Stein. The list goes on. We've all got our favorites. 5. Neighborhoods. Eagle Rock. Leimert Park. Venice. Silver Lake. Beverly Hills. No other city has such self-identified, individually unique assortment of hoods. I love mine - and I love all the others. 4. Koreatown. 3. Eric Garcetti - the very model of a modern major progressive politician. Like Obama - and not just for their Occidental connection - he gives me hope for the future. 2. Tacos. From a truck. From a hole-in-the-wall. From a stand. From a cart. And everything else that's on the menu with 'em. 1. In-n-Out. 10. Wheels. LA is where cars come to live. And the freeways are free!

9. Revival theatres and screens. The Nuart. The New Beverly Center. The Bing. UCLA Melnitz. Etc. Old movies on the big screen seen with an audience that respects film as art.

8. X. You love ‘em or you just don’t get ‘em. They’re on my list so you know how I feel.

7. Nail salons.

6. Local columnists: Jonathan Gold. Sandra Tsing Loh. Dan Neil. Joel Stein. The list goes on. We’ve all got our favorites.

5. Neighborhoods. Eagle Rock. Leimert Park. Venice. Silver Lake. Beverly Hills. No other city has such self-identified, individually unique assortment of hoods. I love mine – and I love all the others.

4. Koreatown.

3. Eric Garcetti – the very model of a modern major progressive politician. Like Obama – and not just for their Occidental connection – he gives me hope for the future.

2. Tacos. From a truck. From a hole-in-the-wall. From a stand. From a cart. And everything else that’s on the menu with ‘em.

1. In-n-Out.

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