You know you live in Los Angeles if…

1. Your mother-in-law tells you , “I’m on 405 driving south” and it sounds weird to you that she didn’t say the 405.

2. You eat avocados two meals a day.

3. Three of your neighbors have had cats eaten by coyotes.

4. Your six-year-old leaves a note on your bed saying “PLEEEAAASE buy me a Chihuahua”.

5. Your four-year-old keeps asking for surfing lessons.

6. Your start convincing yourself that smog is a good thing (protects from UV rays, better sunsets…)

7. You see three celebrities and thirty different types of fruit at the farmer’s market.

8. The checkout guys at the grocery store (and by grocery store, you mean Trader Joe’s) are talking about yesterday’s film shoot as they bag your food.

9. You stop reading the weather report and put your raincoat in storage.

10. You are eating lunch and notice that the chandelier is shaking and the water is sloshing around in your glasses.
(Yes, we survived our first L.A. earthquake! And yes, CNN, in its usual style, over-hyped it completely.)