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It Started In LA

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    A retrospective: six months in LA

    Well I’ve made it.  We’ve made it.  I’ve been in LA six months and live to tell the tale.  Time has flown by (although not the first six weeks).  Sometimes I feel…

    February 16, 2014 by ItStartedInLA
  • Rod Stewart
    Fact or Fiction, Posts

    Friday Funny, Fact or Fiction: Rod Stewart

    Fact or Fiction????? Welcome to this week’s Fact or Fiction: Rod Stewart Rod Stewart’s son is in my kids’ swim team.   Thanks to the people who responded to last week’s Fact…

    February 13, 2014 by ItStartedInLA
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    Sensa Diet Week 5

    How is it that you can go off the rails with the easiest diet in the world?  That’s a really good question and I wish I had the answer. Actually I do…

    February 12, 2014 by ItStartedInLA
  • Travel
    Posts, Soapbox

    A small world with incredible opportunities

    I got a call from a really good friend of ours to tell me that he & his family are moving to London for 2-3 years.  Evidently his recent visit over here…

    February 11, 2014 by ItStartedInLA
  • Posts, Reviews

    Loving Trina Turk designs

    That’s right, I’m loving Trina Turk.  And we’re not talking in a sexual way. Founded in 1995 by Trina and her husband, photographer Jonathan Skow, as a women’s contemporary clothing line, Trina…

    February 10, 2014 by ItStartedInLA
  • RKOBH
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    Parties 90210 style

    I started watching “Rich Kids of Beverly Hills” the other day.  Seriously?  I don’t know what to think.  Apart from being hooked I don’t why on earth these kids would subject themselves…

    February 7, 2014 by ItStartedInLA
  • KK
    Fact or Fiction

    Fact or Fiction: Kim Kardashian

    Fact or Fiction??? updated February 6, 2014 LA time Kim Kardashian lived just up the road from us (and a few doors down from a friend of mine). She moved out just…

    February 5, 2014 by ItStartedInLA
  • Posts

    Sensa Diet Week 4

    Today marks four weeks since I’ve been sprinkling Sensa on everything I eat.  Overall I’m feeling lighter and my tummy is not as bloated and has most definitely shrunk.  It’s a bit…

    February 5, 2014 by ItStartedInLA
  • Hollywood
    Fact or Fiction

    Fact or Fiction

    Each week I post a story and you have to decide if it’s fact or fiction.  Answers will be revealed the following week. Play along … it should be fun! xx It…

    February 1, 2014 by ItStartedInLA
  • Posts

    Two degrees of separation to Hollywood

    Last week my son had some mates over to celebrate Australia Day so I invited their families to join us.  It was a great day; I made meat pies, sausage rolls and…

    February 1, 2014 by ItStartedInLA
  • Posts

    Week three of the shake-shake-shake

    Places to go, people to see … I’ve got a friend in town so we’re off to Beverly Hills and Santa Monica today.  Then he’s taking a break from hanging with me…

    January 29, 2014 by ItStartedInLA
  • Posts, Soapbox

    Allowances: do we or don’t we & how much?

    Every year around the beginning of the year we go through a similar scenario–rather scenarios, plural.  It’s the start of a brand new year and you have the best intentions to improve…

    January 27, 2014 by ItStartedInLA
  • Posts

    My BMW is messing with me

    It’s Friday and it’s my favourite day of the week: it starts with tennis, turns into lunch and ends with drinks. What could be better?  Friday just keeps on giving because then…

    January 25, 2014 by ItStartedInLA
  • Palm Springs
    Posts, Travelog, Visiting LA

    Palm Springs Heaven

    If you’re visiting LA and have a couple of days up your sleeve, seriously consider a trip to Palm Springs, a couple of hours out of LA. How gorgeous and stylish can…

    January 24, 2014 by ItStartedInLA
  • Posts

    The “shake, shake, shake” diet

    updated Jan 22, 2014 @ 12.20 LA Time So I said I’d poke some fun at myself.  Let’s face it a diet where you “sprinkle” a powder onto your food to help…

    January 21, 2014 by ItStartedInLA
  • BHH
    Posts

    Pinch me. Now. Before I wake up.

    Never in my wildest dreams did I expect to be living here. In Beverly Hills.  This time a year ago I was blissfully happy living life in Sydney (Australia) with the most…

    January 19, 2014 by ItStartedInLA
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Living in LA: moving to LA or visiting? This is a collection of my real-life stories about life in LA as a normal girl thrust in the middle of 90210. If you're looking to move to LA and looking for help I'm also a Destinations Consultant so I can help you navigate the big world that is LA and help you find your own very comfortable corner.

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