california

In LA last week, I became thankful that I live in a place where people obsess over things like eating local, organic food and recycling and composting instead of living in a place where people obsess over Brittney and Brangelina.

I used to call LA county home, and I liked it. I felt free, the weather was warm, there was good Thai food, and I spent my weekends in the foothills or on the beaches. Returning to LA after living in Seattle, all I saw was a culture based on cars and celebrity. Polluted skies, congested streets, and news anchors who spend most of their time talking about American Idol and Lindsey Lohan (while secretly fuming, I think, because they haven't become as famous as David Cook or Lindsey Lohan).

Seattle isn't the city of God. But LA certainly isn't the city of angels.