Downtown...I hardly knew ya

It was a short run, but not a bad one...Got to experience what it's like to live in a city's downtown which meant walking 0.8 miles to work (1.6 round trip), walking to get food, walking walking walking. Of course, it's nothing like what living in an east coast city's downtown might be like as it may include more public transportation thereby decreasing the driving I did on the weekends and increasing my exploring radius on the weekdays.

At any rate, Los Angeles in general is just a different beast with "LA" cities stretching out about 15 miles in most directions from downtown and about 30 miles in some, but I digress.

Downtown LA was pretty cool, got to walk to Lakers and Clippers games, walked to the Downtown Art Walk, tried a few new downtown restaurants (Drago Centro was the best), saw the growing number of bars/clubs, saw the ever growing LA Live... I don't know if or when it'll ever live up to the original vision of being the "Times Square of the West" but I think it'll be something of its own kind as with everything else in LA. I'll miss out on Farmer's Field (new football stadium), Hooters across from Staples Center (which is currently hiring if you're interested), a couple new hotels across from the Marriott/Ritz Carlton, and probably a lot more new restaurants.

Anyway, this doesn't just signal the end of my time in downtown LA, but also the end of my 9 year run in LA...

Now, it's hello Pasadena!