1 week in...

...and still loving it.  I am here on sabbatical, as a Getty Conservation Scholar at the Getty Center in LA.  California gets a bit of a bad press in the UK, especially LA, but I have been 100% impressed so far.  Apart from the great weather, the people are very friendly, there are even some footpaths (or sidewalks as I need to learn to call them) and you CAN walk without being arrested. On the negative side, traffic is as bad as everyone says - the 405 near us is packed day and night with bumper to bumper SUVs, BMWs and Maseratis.