L.A. in Paris

So there are some good things about L.A., like the art culture. And even here in Paris it's getting attention with the new exhibit at the Centre Pompidou titled "Los Angeles 1955-1985: Birth of an Artistic Capital." I haven't had a chance to view it yet, but it's been getting a lot of publicity and praise, and it's definitely on my must do list. Why do I bring this up? Well I was reading Christopher Knight's review of the exhibit on the L.A. Times website, and I just loved his opening paragraph. It is so on target:

"say the words 'L.A. art' and most people will give you one of two responses. A blank stare, which conveys the conventional wisdom lurking inside Woody Allen's stale joke about California culture being mostly found in yogurt. Or, a puzzled look, which telegraphs a common tendency to shrink Los Angeles into Hollywood, followed by a snotty refusal even to consider movies and TV as products of artists' sensibilities."

Well, I found it amusing. And I just realized another thing I miss... frozen yogurt, which is definitely an L.A./California phenomenon. In Europe they would never consider anything except the full-fat stuff: real ice cream or even better gelato, which I'm not going to lie is horribly fantastic.