In the town of Oscar seeking waiters and people aspiring to be anything but themselves comes a new trend. No, it's not cosmetic surgery for dogs or jeans with gold cod pieces. This is a much less predictable trend. Something called "Nice".
That's right, on our recent 3 day business trip we were repeatedly confronted with warm smiling Los Angelenos. One incident that stood out was a women who stopped us while we were parking our car on La Brea and warned us that they start towing in five minutes. Crisis avoided. Next, a stop at the super hyped Opening Ceremony. I was startled at the friendly and sincere greeting we received from an Alex Ebert (Edward Sharpe) look-alike, then a smiling and chatty Asian gal with more ink than a Kinko's supply room chirped in "Sorry for the mess we are re-merchandising". As we wove our way through the store a cast of interesting and lovely people greeted us as we shopped.
Overall between amazing food and nice people things have changed in L.A., not that we could ignore the swerving oxidized Impala full of crack folk making their way down Fairfax. Still it's a kinder gentler town. Thanks recession.
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