East Meets West

How does one say goodbye to a city they have loved and lived in for seven years? It's not easy I'll tell you that much. I left LA for New York on a whim a long time ago because it was a place I always dreamed of experiencing. Although I had a passport filled with stamps I had never even set foot in The Big Apple. With two suitcases in hand, I flew to Europe for a month, landed in New York and simply didn't take my return flight home. It was a risk, but also the greatest adventure of my life. Over those seven years I found my career, fell in love, got my heart broken, moved four times, played a lot, cried a lot, met some crazy people, and also met some amazing people who I know I will call friends forever. Most importantly I finally met the love of my life. I got engaged, decided I was tired of the noise, and convinced my New York born Brooklyn boy it was time to move back to the West Coast.

WHAT WERE WE THINKING??! I'm kidding. Sort of:) It has definitely been an adjustment, and has taken the last three months to get used to the pace, or lack thereof in sunny LA. Anytime I watch a movie with an NYC skyline my stomach hurts a little. You are always going to wonder whether or not you made the right decision especially because at this point (15 thousand dollars later) it's not like you can really take it back. Luckily with the help of some amazing long time friends here, we have gotten into the LA groove just fine. Living six blocks from the beach has helped a little. I think about my friends and my city all the time but know in my heart this is where we need to be right now. I also don't particularly miss mutant rats, people peeing on subway seats next to me, or the often exhausting energy it takes to fight your way through the jungle, also known as Manhattan.

So why start a blog now? The time to do it was obviously when I lived in the most exciting city in the world right?? Or at least during my crazy adventures skinny dipping in St. Sebastian (yes that happened). Well I'm bored people!!! What the heck else are you going to do in LA besides take shots of wheat grass, run on the beach, and weigh yourself??:) My plan is a lot. I plan to do a lot and this is my way of being held accountable for that. Also, if there is anyway I can help people who have just moved here navigate what can seem like a slightly vapid place at times, I want to do that. The truth is LA is pretty awesome, you just have to know how to live here. So I'm finally starting a blog. About where to go, how to live, and what it feels like starting over in a career you thought you had a handle on because Frank said, "If I can make it there I can make it anywhere," and he did NOT mean LA. Le Sigh. I'm also going to include posts about what it's like to audition out here (It. Is. Weird.) and how to keep your spirits up when you're chasing an extremely difficult dream. Stupid dream, I hate that I love you.

Well I'm going to go drink a green smoothie now, run on the beach, and sit by the phone hoping E! Entertainment calls me. Yes, I am sooooo LA.