If I lived in Southern California…

Part of an ongoing series.

• …I would wear sunscreen. I promise. Especially if I was planning on going to an opening night wearing a strapless dress in a few days. Ahem.


• …I just might invest in a Vita-mix and convert to the green drink lifestyle. Much as I hate to admit it, I'm feeling pretty healthy after a week of daily green drinks.


• …I would feel more connected to my family. 1 grandmother, 2 uncles, 2 aunts, and 6 cousins (1 removed) all nearby would ensure that.


• …I would go on a hike every day, because I would have no excuse not to.


• …I would feel like a square, what with all the talk of Burning Man, etc.


• …I would need to earn a lot more money than I do now in order to have a roof over my head.


• …I would probably give into peer pressure and end up more enlightened. Everyone's doing it.


• …you would have to tear me away from the beach. Where I would be wearing sunscreen. Did I mention that?


• …I would take pictures of the landscape all the time, juggling my camera in one hand while I pinched myself with the other to make myself believe that I lived in this gorgeous place.


• …I wouldn't be quite so excited to go back to Houston as I am right now.

Goodbye, California. I'm heading home.