the ground is shaking!

It's taking me some time to get used to the ground continually shaking - not because of any random earthquake, but because of all the cars. It happened to me twice today: once on campus at lunch in the Bruin Cafe and again in the Borders after dinner. I had to doublecheck with the folks around me to ensure that 1) we weren't having an earthquake and 2) I wasn't going crazy.

Also, more evidence that LA could be bulldozed and rebuilt without any really noticing:

1) The cemetary just off Wellsworth and Westwood where Marilyn Monroe was buried has been completely torn up and razed.

2) A new public library in Westwood appeared sometime in the last month, while my prof was away in Vancouver.

3) It appears that most of the Persian restaurants in Westwood have been replaced by French restaurants (or other shops), despite Persian Jews having developed most of the Westside. Maybe the restaurant-owning generation has retired and moved on, while their kids have gone on to other things?

Of course, that last point might be incorrect, since we realized afterwards that we'd blown right by a Persian restaurant on the opposite side of the street. Guess that's what you get for trying to find dinner on an empty stomach.