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October 10, 2004
venturing into alien territory
i ventured east of the 405 today with my friend daniela. we actually made it all the way over to melrose--where she discovered a pair of $10 sunglasses that she happily swapped for her D&G sunglasses.
it's been years since i've ventured down melrose on foot. the first time was while visiting my ex when he first moved to los angeles. i remember flying down from sf, meeting him for lunch as my dressed up, pale as a ghost, cropped hair, black and denim, scarved self sat snickering away at the suntanned, bubblegum platform heeled traffic thinking that there's no way i'd never fit in here.
this time, however, either i've acclimated or melrose has become distinctly more retro-punk and less bubblegum--cuz i kind of dug it. in spite of the fact that there were a surprising number of stores with almost identical merchandise--with only slight variations in the front window.
art installations lined up on the sidewalk of burned and twisted lampposts, garbage cans and chained up bicycles, left me wishing i had a much better camera.
and on top of that, i serendipitously uncovered my halloween cosume at aardvarks, for the fifth year in a row. i'll be heading up to san francisco this year, so that makes my holiday plans that much more exciting.
overall it was a great sunday, inspiring a vow to uncover more of los angeles' neigborhoods. it's time i stopped secretly feeling that by hoveling out in the west side--it will make it feel less like i actually live here.
since it looks like i'll be sticking around a little longer.
Posted by heidijanet at October 10, 2004 08:02 PM
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