The New Kids
If you don't know what CAA is, just think about the kind of people who put together deals worth $200 million for David Beckham and you get the idea. For those of you who know CAA, yeah, the new neighbors.
Now, I'm genuinely happy that they've moved shop to Century City. I've talked about it before and its very cool. Watching my immediate area as well as the mall take a whole new persona has been really cool to witness. However, every good thing comes with a price:
"Look, here are our new neighbors. Aren't they precious?"
This being said in a sing-song sort of voice I use when talking about Lauren and how cute she looks in her new hat. Ok, if I were 9 months old, this would be appropriate. However, I don't care who designed your pants or how much you paid for them at Neimans, you're in Century City now, not Beverly Hills. Deal with it. You can be condescending to us all you want but you need to know that you're now one of us.
I mean, that's the thing most people don't realise about L.A....every little pocket of the city is totally different. Venice & Santa Monica are right next door to each other but the personalities and the people in the neighborhoods are completely different. The same goes for Beverly Hills and Century City. And that's weird 'cause many people who work in Century City live in Beverly Hills but the affect of the areas only split by zip code are completely different.
Example: Working in Century City no one knows or cares about what the labels are in my clothes or handbag. Working in Beverly Hills everyone knows and cares about the labels in your clothes and hanbag and will make an judgement about you in that instant based on the above two. And I'm not saying that Century City is better than Beverly Hills 'cause its not...its just...they're different.
But yeah, we're "precious" because for the most part, Century City isn't the land of large Hermes handbags and hand-tailored suits. But, I wouldn't be surprised if that changed in the next few years.
Now, I'm genuinely happy that they've moved shop to Century City. I've talked about it before and its very cool. Watching my immediate area as well as the mall take a whole new persona has been really cool to witness. However, every good thing comes with a price:
"Look, here are our new neighbors. Aren't they precious?"
This being said in a sing-song sort of voice I use when talking about Lauren and how cute she looks in her new hat. Ok, if I were 9 months old, this would be appropriate. However, I don't care who designed your pants or how much you paid for them at Neimans, you're in Century City now, not Beverly Hills. Deal with it. You can be condescending to us all you want but you need to know that you're now one of us.
I mean, that's the thing most people don't realise about L.A....every little pocket of the city is totally different. Venice & Santa Monica are right next door to each other but the personalities and the people in the neighborhoods are completely different. The same goes for Beverly Hills and Century City. And that's weird 'cause many people who work in Century City live in Beverly Hills but the affect of the areas only split by zip code are completely different.
Example: Working in Century City no one knows or cares about what the labels are in my clothes or handbag. Working in Beverly Hills everyone knows and cares about the labels in your clothes and hanbag and will make an judgement about you in that instant based on the above two. And I'm not saying that Century City is better than Beverly Hills 'cause its not...its just...they're different.
But yeah, we're "precious" because for the most part, Century City isn't the land of large Hermes handbags and hand-tailored suits. But, I wouldn't be surprised if that changed in the next few years.
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