What advice would you give-

[Alex]

So what kind of advice are you looking for? Until you know where the work is and exactly what area you'll be in there isn't much advice that will be of much use.

Buy sunscreen.

If you live in LA you must be indifferent to the San Francisco area.

If you live in the San Francisco area you must hate LA.

Every thing is 20 minutes away from where you are but takes you an hour to get there.

Don't watch the morning news shows in LA, they'll crush your soul.

Watch uphill for the mudslides and grass fires. Watch downhill for the tsunamis and vapid beach people. And watch the feet under your feet so you can glare at it when it betrays you by not holding still.

Wear the sunscreen you bought.

Vons and Safeway are the same thing.


Carls Jr. and In 'n' Out aren't as good as people tell you they are, but they're local inventions so civic pride is at stake.

The weather quickly becomes boring and slowly sucks the will to live out of you (though maybe that is just me).

When you talk about freeways refer to them as "the X" where X is the freeway number. But only if you're southern California. If you're in northern California drop the "the." If you stray into Oregon or Washington use just the number unless it is an interstate then you say I-x. So, if you drive from Seattle to Los Angeles you'll start out on I-5 eventually just be on 5 and then reach LA on the 5 all without changing lanes. If you keep driving you'll be on el cinco (not really).