10 Year Vet

Ten years ago, I landed in LA, started my job at Fox and moved in with Moneezi.  Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, I was a 23 year old Midwestern kid just excited to be out of the cold and going on an adventure.  It was February 6, 2006. 

It's hard to capture in a few sentences all the thoughts and emotions that come to mind when I think about 10 years in LA.  I'm still here and have now reached veteran status.  LA has become home.  And I'm already thinking about the next 10.

But for a moment, it's time to celebrate.

The Chateau Marmont has always been a bucket list hotel for me.  Zeppelin partied there.  Scott Weiland almost died there.  John Belushi did die there.  What better place to celebrate 10 years?

This year has already been a year of the bucket list for me.  Courtside Lakers is on my 20 year list, but a few weeks ago I sat in 2nd row.  Pretty close to checking that one off.

And a few weeks before that, it was the Globes afterparty scene.  Maybe Oscars is in the cards at some point.

I wonder what the next 10 will hold....Onward and upward!