I know the title of my blog itself is corny at best and like that of a phone sex site, with a little stretch of the imagination (Are you lonely in Los Angeles? Call me). But then, if there can be a Tom Hanks film called Sleepless in Seattle, guess I could call my blog what I’m calling it since it is about being totally, utterly lonely in the city of angels and trying to combat the loneliness and surviving as best as one can. That said, this blog is not a pity party for poor, little ole’ me. I do hope to share stories about my own experience navigating this vast city, especially on a shoestring budget. But I hope this blog will also be a bit of a DIY guide in terms of how to ‘do’ LA as an outsider. Yes, I have been here almost two years, stretching a certificate program to its limits on a student visa. But I’m still very far from being that unique animal called an Angeleno. And I doubt that I’ll ever be.
In each post, I’ll try to share some personal experience that is unique to LA and also talk about practical ways and means to deal with a similar experience if it happened to you – right from mastering one of the city’s worst features, its public transit system, to living on a budget in a state that has a 9.5 per cent tax on most things.
Read on.