GET OUT THE MAP!

Revamping this blog with a more defined purpose -- documenting my new experiences in LA!

If Bear Grills (of man vs wild…get it?) were, you know, a young woman with a back problem – bear with me (OH! PUN!) -and the “wild” for this woman was…say, a city like Los Angeles…

THIS would be said person’s blog!! (hence the amazing logo below and to the left)

Think of this post as your road map of sorts to provide some basic understanding of my future trains of thought and 2011 escapade planning.  The ultimate goal of this mapping initiative (besides totally playing on my blog background/travel theme – AMAZING!) is, of course, to make it easier for me to navigate my documented clever witticisms and sharp insights when I inevitably look back on this site to relive my WeHo shenanigans in my postgrad years.  And if it helps you make some sense of my ramblings as well…you’re welcome.

Starting this month I’m trying a new thing called work/life balance (*testing... testing…. 123…*) and challenging myself to do something cultural that I couldn’t do ANYWHERE else in the world every week.  Shouldn’t be too hard as I’m living in the entertainment capital of the world, right?  With this initiative, expect a new post every Sunday night with the previous week’s event. What with Big Love ending this week, this should help fill the void I’ll feel every Sunday night at 6pm EST (note: expect this Sunday’s post to be a rollercoaster ride of emotions… you’ve been warned).

EXAMPLE A: for the record last week's event would have been the complimentary advanced screening of Jane Eyre I attended with Eric courtesy of Los Angeles magazine.  

Best part of the evening was that we then went to this hole in the wall restaurant which I instantly recognized from my favorite film of 2011 - The Kids are Alright. What are the odds?!? I absolutely DIED!!

Otherwise, there may be the occasional sporadic blog post here and there but I DO have a 24-7 job you know so cut me some slack!  I also have the following “11 Things To-Do in 2011” list to keep me occupied between misadventures:

11 Things To-Do in 2011 (in no particular order)

1. Attend a concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall
2. Visit an amusement park – thinking Six Flags or Disney
3. Sit at Tom’s bench at Angel’s Knoll (from 500 Days of Summer)
4. A Roadtrip (Napa or Vegas?)
5.  Crash a Golden Globes party…again…
6. Read a novel based in Los Angeles
7.  Go to the Getty & Getty Villa
8.  Attend a Griffith Park Observatory Public Star Party
9.  Brisquely walk at Runyon Canyon
10. Something “The Dude” would do
11. Go to the Farmer’s Market at the Grove

(keep track of my progress throughout the year in the "2011 To-Do" Tab)

Anything you think every Los Anglican HAS to do that’s not on that list?  Newsflash: there’s always next year dummy!   

Ha hmm but no seriously let me know and I’ll make it my weekly activity unless your suggestion is lame so think about it.  What would Bear do?  Or better yet…in the spirit of my previous LA-themed random posts that I hate now…”What would Mario Lopez do?”

*** CTOWN OUT! ***