home sweet home

[emchy]

i am home - but i have to tell you i have a HUGE fucking friend crush on LA. the LA that geishaghostshowed me was full of magic and art and surprises and whisky and poems and angelinos and omg i loved it. is it so very strange that today i got a little slutty and have a friend crush on venice beach now too? the vibe i got - such a delicious and real and speaking right down into those parts of my heart where seedy underbelly meets americana meets friendly meets rock n roll meets etc. a town of dreams that break and in the shatter is some glittery glass that reforms itself into a new creature with altogether new beauty. thick and sacrificial. yes. i liked my trip to la very very much.

plus. it smells like summer there. omg. in the morning. in the night. when smells of place and time are strongest. i kept on getting the summer smells smackdown. venice beach smelled like lake superior. i love it when the waters do that.

i took a lot of pictures. you can see them here: http://flickr.com/photos/emchy/

here's a couple of sneak previews.
     

Comments

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

Like I said to you before, I love LA as a place to visit. Maybe even stay for a long vacation. Wouldn't want to live there, but, you know, as a torrid short-term affair? I can do that.

[cindymonkey.livejournal.com]

i completely get it
i had a lot of my dormant / sleepy parts talked to while i was down there
parts of me just woke the fuck up and it feels so exciting
i think it's now been added to the roster of "want to live theres" though not to the "want to settle there" list. the east and north bays still hold that distinction.

[nerak-g.livejournal.com]

mmmmmmmmm! i want a similar LA affair

[cindymonkey.livejournal.com]

heh- i want a similar atlanta affair
*blink*
*blink*

are you going to saints and sinners by the way?

[geishaghost.livejournal.com]

i want to vouch for cindy and say she rocked the house on friday--and i think (actually, i know) atl would luv her! :)

and karen--any time! any time! *HUG* ryka

[animikwaan.livejournal.com]

ryka definitely knows how to introduce one to LA

[cindymonkey.livejournal.com]

omg - SERIOUSLY.
i am thinking frequent road trips - you in?

[animikwaan.livejournal.com]

of course...

tho i worry two aries on your hands could be a LOT of fire-y enthusiasm for, well, just about anyone who's not an aries... ;)

[cindymonkey.livejournal.com]

s'ok - i thrive on lots of energy and am good at the boundary setting... wheee!

[geishaghost.livejournal.com]

it was sooo much fun to have you here! maybe next time we can check out the other 99% of the city?