Things I have learnt in LA/Socal - Part one

Things I have learnt this week:

• Salad spinners are ace.
• I must not be despondent if I see grey clouds first thing in the morning. They always burn off by 10am at the latest to produce blue sky and no clouds.
• Air con can be a bit of a god send.
• I am not keen on air beds.
• $2 Charles Shaw wine is perfectly pleasant.
• You cannot change your iTunes account to America when you are in America - it keeps telling me I am a UK person. If that is the case, why can't I watch BBC iplayer on my iPad?!
• However Hulu will show you shows like Glee, Smash, Modern Family etc for free.
• It takes 3 days to watch Grey's Anatomy Season 8 online (24 episodes) if you really focus and put your mind to it.
• 'Ghetto birds' is a slang term for helicopters.
• Happy Hours are everywhere across the city, but of course you have to drive to them all so you are very limited on your alcohol consumption - not so happy!
• Space shuttles flying into the city on the back of 747s are not a weekly occurrence
  :-( 
• It is incredibly easy to fill up your days pottering, mooching and surfing (on the internet not in the ocean).