Christina Pascucci Instagram – Dear Los Angeles, I love you.
Thank you for raising me. You’re a melting pot for virtually every nationality in the world, which also comes with vibrant culture, and neighborhoods like little Ethiopia, Lebanon row, and Olvera Street. That alone has taught me so much.
Thank you for being one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Many don’t realize how gorgeous you are, with Chumash caves, jagged peaks, roaming mountain lions, and sparkling ocean. I can’t count the times I’ve watched dolphins play or whales spout, from grey whales to orcas to blue whales to humpbacks. There’s an abundance of life that’s hard to find in any other urban city.
You are a hub of innovation. You played a key role in the creation of the space shuttle! Not to mention all the satellite technologies, the personal computer, the internet as we know it, the first freeway in the United States, and then perhaps more important things like sriracha and gangsta rap. And of course I must mention how you gave rise to global cinema, enabling billions of people around the world to dream big. How appropriate for the city of dreams.
You are the essence of resilience. By your very nature you shouldn’t even exist as a city, a desert by the sea. But you have persisted for 243 years, defying possibility and attracting dreamers, like my immigrant mom and actor dad who came here for a better life, and thanks to you, they created it!
You cradled me in my darkest times, and loved me when I was at my worst. And you were there for my happiest times, like my daughter being born. I will teach her to love you like I do.
And now we see how you get what you give. The love for you pouring in from all directions, the relentless push to ensure you’ll rise again through the ashes. While some may love to hate on Los Angeles, it’s cause they know we are the best. We will never give up on our city. We will rebuild and it will be better than we imagined.
I love you, Los Angeles. | Posted on 14/Jan/2025 10:32:43
