{"id":14840,"date":"2021-02-01T08:22:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T16:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/?p=14840"},"modified":"2021-02-01T08:24:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T16:24:50","slug":"los-angeles-a-love-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/los-angeles-a-love-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles, a Love Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14841\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/los-angeles-a-love-letter\/los-angeles-graffiti\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/los-angeles-graffiti.jpg?fit=2204%2C1653&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2204,1653\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"los angeles graffiti\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;los angeles graffiti&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/los-angeles-graffiti.jpg?fit=840%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14841 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/los-angeles-graffiti.jpg?resize=840%2C630\" alt=\"los angeles graffiti\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/los-angeles-graffiti.jpg?w=2204&amp;ssl=1 2204w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/los-angeles-graffiti.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/los-angeles-graffiti.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/los-angeles-graffiti.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/los-angeles-graffiti.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/los-angeles-graffiti.jpg?resize=1680%2C1260&amp;ssl=1 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/los-angeles-graffiti.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Has it really been four months since my move to Los Angeles? I&#8217;m still (impatiently) awaiting furniture deliveries, but it&#8217;s impossible to remain frustrated when the light here is simply magical. Oh, L.A., this new city of mine! These are a few of my favorite things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Golden hour<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Blue skies, wispy clouds, and sun-kissed temperatures (even during 40-degree dips)<\/li>\n<li>Smoothies at every turn, non-dairy milk options in every cafe<\/li>\n<li>Sweet, chatty strangers (the willingness for conversation\u2014at a safe distance\u2014is something I\u2019m still getting used to)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rain, surprisingly; storms feel magical here<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reading Eve Babitz, which also feels more special now that I&#8217;m an official resident in her city<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Erewhon (yes, I said it)<\/li>\n<li>My proximity to LACMA, even though it&#8217;s closed<\/li>\n<li>A profusion of bird of paradise flowers<\/li>\n<li>Midday walks around the neighborhood (I&#8217;m getting use out of my sneakers, finally)<\/li>\n<li>Tall palm trees juxtaposed by snow-capped mountains in the distance<\/li>\n<li>The change of scenery (literally), an ease in pace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.\u00a0 \u00a0.\u00a0 \u00a0.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has it really been four months since my move to Los Angeles? I&#8217;m still (impatiently) awaiting furniture deliveries, but it&#8217;s impossible to remain frustrated when the light here is simply magical. Oh, L.A., this new city of mine! These are a few of my favorite things: Golden hour Blue skies, wispy clouds, and sun-kissed temperatures (even during 40-degree dips) Smoothies at every turn, non-dairy milk options in every cafe Sweet, chatty strangers (the willingness for conversation\u2014at a safe distance\u2014is something I\u2019m still getting used to) Rain, surprisingly; storms feel magical here Reading Eve Babitz, which also feels more special now that I&#8217;m an official resident in her city Erewhon (yes, I said it) My proximity to LACMA, even though it&#8217;s closed A profusion of bird of paradise flowers Midday walks around the neighborhood (I&#8217;m getting use out of my sneakers, finally) Tall palm trees juxtaposed by snow-capped mountains in the distance The change of scenery (literally), an ease in pace .\u00a0 \u00a0.\u00a0 \u00a0. xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"A few of my favorite things about #LosAngeles (as an East Coast transplant):","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,20],"tags":[366,1080],"class_list":{"0":"post-14840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kims-diary","7":"category-life","8":"tag-diary","9":"tag-los-angeles","10":"entry","11":"has-post-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Los Angeles, a Love Letter &#8226; Soft Sensibilities<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/los-angeles-a-love-letter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Los Angeles, a Love Letter &#8226; Soft Sensibilities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Has it really been four months since my move to Los Angeles? 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