Working for the weekend

Marina Del Rey sunset

I’ve been in Los Angeles for business since the beginning of November. I have a nice apartment just five minutes from the famous Venice Beach. The weather is beautiful—there’s no better place to be in November than sunny California—but I spend pretty much all day every day in a recording studio. Even Saturdays. I only get Sunday off to enjoy the great outdoors.

And the outdoors are great. Check out some more photos.

I’ve only been in the US for two weeks at this point, so I’m still going through a little reverse culture shock. Of course there are good things, like the food. I’ve had some great Mexican, Greek, Indian, Thai, Italian, Chinese, etc. meals that either don’t exist in Japan, or would cost at least double. (The exchange rate is certainly in my favor right now.)

But one thing I can’t stand about LA is the traffic. If the roads are empty I can make it to work in about 7 minutes, but going home the other day took over 30 minutes. In absolute terms that’s not bad at all, but a 300% variation in transit time? If I had to deal with this every day I think I’d go nuts. I guess I’ve been spoiled by Japan’s public transportation.