
01/18/2025
I can’t resume business as usual before taking a moment of love and gratitude for my adopted home, Los Angeles.
I moved here in 2008 with a single suitcase and a head full of dreams. The city of angels! So much promise and adventure around every corner. The beaches, the mountains, the glamorous hills, the delicious street tacos. The thrill of living and working among giants. In so many ways I am still the naive dreamer I was when I arrived, but I also feel like I grew into a woman here.
I’ve lived in Hollywood, Pacific Palisades, downtown, and now in east Los Angeles with my husband, children, and cats. We said our wedding vows under gnarled oak trees in Agoura Hills. I told my husband we were expecting our first baby while camping in Eaton Canyon. A week before the fires, we stayed with friends in Topanga Canyon in a beautiful house with breathtaking views.
While my family is safe, we still feel so much heartbreak for the places we’ve loved, and for our neighbors who have been so deeply impacted by the fires. The neighborhoods of Los Angeles are so rich and I do not mean with money. The food, the landmarks, the history, the memories made by these eclectic and wonderful communities.
Los Angeles, I love you. 🤍