Things I have learnt in LA/Socal - Part three

Things I have learnt in the past few weeks:

• Much debris can be found on the freeway. Roadkill is obvious, but I have swerved to avoid a green wheelie bin. Today I was so fascinated by watching a women drive over a cone and it get stuck under her car, that I inadvertently took an exit on the freeway about 4 miles south of where I should have done...
• I have not met a radiator yet. Heat is piped through air vents high up on the walls. Strange place to put them - I always though heat rose...
• It can get chillier here than I thought. I have had to buy a hoodie (the shame)
• It rains here on occasion, but the upside is it clears all the smog and pollution out of the air, so it is clear and beautiful the next day.
• They have no way to differentiate between petrol 'gas' and cooking 'gas'.
• Cable/wireless and phone bundles are really expensive here - much more so than the UK.
• Most of the time the gnarly side of the freeway is the side I am not travelling on (of course by admitting this to you all I have jinxed it and will be in traffic jams from this point onwards).
• There are a plethora of small airports right in the heart of LA that serve wee planes, helicopters, and of course the odd Lear Jet.
• PF Changs has a wicked happy hour for food and cocktails and is all over California.
• Trader Joes is the most awesome supermarket in the world, and should be taken to the UK immediately.
• They have dine in cinemas, where you sit in an individual leather recliner, and order your food before or during your movie, and get it delivered to your table, with as much booze as you want. Tickets same price as normal, and over 21s only. Best Cinema experience EVER!!!
• Giving up on a movie is acceptable when Lars Von Trier directs it. 
• The 2nd season of Downtown Abbey was better than the 1st.
• All the signage here particularly for shops etc is really old fashioned, looks like it was created in the 60s, and probably all by the same firm, as vast swathes of it are in red.
• I am still capable of polishing off the best part of a bottle of gin at a Christmas Soiree...