the surprise of los angeles is the wide variety of trees. when i arrived here, i smelled eucalyptus for the first time. i picked the brittle, green/blue leaves and put them in jars. i was confused by the bark, shedding from the tree like snake skin. i'd never seen a tree that molted. why the hell does it do that, anyway? there are pine trees and palm trees and citrus trees. i do wish for more broadleaf trees, but i'll take what i can get in this arid, impossibly unforgiving climate.
the surprise of los angeles is that, though it qualifies as a "megacity" - the 14th largest urban area on the planet - it offers an embarrassingly minuscule metro system. moscow is the 17th largest urban area and has an expansive, beautifully designed public transportation system. go on, see below.
trees, trains, what's my point? maybe i don't have one. in fact, let's rely on that. what i DO know is that i spend a fair amount of time fantasizing about trees and wishing i were in one and not in my car.
below are my au naturel dreams. in order: moscow in the clouds, melbourne in the woods, and tokyo with flowers.
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