Intro to LA Recap
I absolutely love my apartment in LA. It has everything: hardwood floors throughout, tons of sunlight, a view of the Griffith Observatory (which looks beautiful all lit up at night), a dishwasher, separate bath tub and glass shower, a pool, laundry in the building, plenty of wall space, and I couldn’t think of a more convenient location. I am slowly but surely starting the decorating process (those photos to come) but I’m really excited to settle in and make a home for myself. It’s time.
View of the Observatory out my window (where they shot James Dean in Rebel Without A Cause!)
Some of the neighborhood architecture. It’s a majestic fairy world, basically, with flowers and lush forest dwelling trees. Well, that combined with Thai Town, sleazy motels and homeless schizophrenics. That’s what I love about LA: the combination of hyper-light and the dark undertones.
Another perk is having some of my best friends right around the corner. Especially Buddy (bottom right)
My friend Caitlin and I went to an event at USC called “Friends, Bitches, Countrymen: Feminist Poetics.” Of course, it was wildly inspiring and it featured one of my favorite poets whom I’ve mentioned on my blog before, Danielle Pafunda. Girl ain’t messing around! She got poke and stick tattooed while she read in her bra. All the contributors were huge talents with big voices and bigger hearts. Moved me.
Rose and Sasquatch
Happy the Boston Terrier
One of my favorite days here took place at The Huntington Botanical Gardens in Pasadena. The lovely Rose McGowan suggested this as a location (because I was doing some portraits of her) and I couldn’t have picked a better backdrop myself. It is truly too marvelous to describe with vocabulary- do yourself a favor and google image (or if you’re in California, go visit).
Speaking of photo shoots, yesterday model/actor Harry Hains and I went to collaborate around the city. Seriously, look at that face. He’s so striking and has such a cool, interesting look- none of that wax n’ wash, bleach-teethed daytime cheese. We started out, well, getting lost- but it was well worth it because we drove through Bel-Air in the most picturesque weather one could envision. I pretended I was Fresh Prince and then got sad Uncle Phil died. We headed up near Mulholland Dr. and Lookout Mountain overlooking the entire city from the hills and were in awe of the views, at the massive possibilities in front of us. Then we drove to Culver City and shot on a Little League field and ate hot dogs and french fries at the park. He was so excited to experience first hand Americana (he’s Aussie) and we felt like we were in our own 1950′s small-town. It was a mostly unplanned adventure and those are always the best kind.
Aside from getting my apartment together and starting my life out here, I’ve been wandering with friends, grabbing bites at places like authentic Vegan Ethiopian joints and Boba tea houses. TARO TEA IS MY NEW PRIME CHOICE FOR BUBBLE TEA. ALERT! ALERT!
Images from my recent photo shoots to come, and more interesting pictures of what’s going on around town from my actual DSLR and not my shitty instagram pictures.
Bye!
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