Salon des Fees

YES. Exactly. NY may live down to its reputation of being grey and unfriendly, but it also lives *up* to its reputation of being colorful and alive and full of wonder - and the funny thing is, those reputations can overlap and occupy the same space at times. NY gives back to you what you put into it. LA, on the other hand ... LA is more what-you-see-is-what-you-get, so you really have to find a bit where you like what you see. And that can be ... tough. Bah, LA.