Let me just start off by saying that I am a country mouse through and through. I went to Los Angeles for my girlfriends bachelorette party over the Labor Day weekend. Now I am VERY comfortable in big cities. Stick me in a fancy restaurant in San Francisco and I will completely blend, but boy did I stick out like a sore thumb in LA! I felt like I had a sign above my head flashing "COUNTRY BUMPKIN!!!" I cannot stand that city, I don't like anything about it: The traffic, the attitudes, the snotty salespeople, the airports, blah blah blah! In fact when we went out to dinner in Malibu, the restaurant charged us $24.00 for our WATER!!! It was unbelievable! Enter the country bumpkin mentality "Now how do they get off chargin' us that kinda dough for that there water?" Well the weekend was not about me or my cheapness. We did our best to get Tara sloshed and our mission was accomplished as of 8am on Sunday morning. But we knew that was coming after Tara did her best impression of a frustrated Homemaker (see above picture). Now don't get me wrong, we went to some really beautiful "fancy" places, but hell....all I wanted to do was go home and go to the little Mexican Cantina down the street, at least the water is free!
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Hey now I think people are really nice here in LA. The traffic YES sucks-thank god I do not commute. Any city has bad traffic, limited space is a problem with any city.
People may look shallow in LA, but they are really nice. Don't judge a book by its cover even if the book looks extra expensive or fake.
As for the water was a large glass bottle of Voss sparkling and still water-a total of four bottles. Just for FYI for anyone that cares, if the waiter asks "would you like sparkling or still water" cha-ching should ring in your ears and at that time you should ask the waiter "is it bottled water and what the cost is per bottle". Lesson learned. I had this happen to me in London. London is another city I love!!! Don’t blame the city blame the restaurant. The water is free at all other restaurants I have been to in LA since living here for over two years.
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