Tell us: Do you have an ‘only in L.A.’ story?

Tell us: Do you have an ‘only in L.A.’ story?

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Tell us: Do you have an ‘only in L.A.’ story?

LA Times

There’s no place in the world quite like L.A. If you’ve spent any time living in this diverse, vibrant city, chances are you have a few stories under your belt that only could have happened here. Here are two favorites from my own life: Several years ago my husband and his parents took my 8-year-old son to a magic shop. My first dog’s foster mom asked me to go with her to the Bodhi Tree to hear a lecture from a chiropractor who claimed he was given healing powers after an encounter with an alien. The chiropractor transmitted his power to my dog’s foster mom and she transmitted it to me so I could provide healing to my aging dog.

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L.A. Affairs: First came love, then the dog. Now we’re a family

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