Northern European. In the Los Angeles area since 1990. I do writing, music, painting/drawing, and photography. Proud parent of a teenage daughter. Music geek, film buff, foodie...but not a snob.

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Hollywood Forever

L.A. is famous for many things, but an abundance of large green spaces isn't the first thing that comes to mind. I grew up in a large Northern European city where grass, flowers, trees and bushes in public parks provide instant stress relief for the human species known as Rat Race Contestant. Benches and birds complete the picture in these urban versions of Eden. Bonus: there are no snakes and you don't get kicked out for eating an apple.

It wasn't so long ago that Los Angeles was green. In black/white photos taken less than a century ago the city is almost unre...

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