re-nest: L.A. Derby Dolls

Why?

After 14 years of LA, the things we didn't like about living here finally wore us down and we decided to move away. Our first choice was Portland, Oregon. After months of interviewing, neither of us could secure a job. We turned our sights to the next city on the list, New York. We lined up jobs and moved at the end of March 2008.

Apparently this was a bad idea. Things were not as they seemed and New York was not a good fit. We learned some good, hard lessons about life. We moved back to LA (four months later!) because the most important things were:

- be with our friends and close to our sisters

- advance our careers in a market we understand

- enjoy a low cost of living so we can save & travel

This is what makes us happy and apparently we had to move away to get our priorities straight. We still LOVE NEW YORK! We just enjoy it more as tourists...

Saturday, September 13, 2008

L.A. Derby Dolls

Tonight we went to watch the LA Derby Dolls kick each other's asses in a wooden rink in downtown. We got there at 7:30 and grabbed a corn-dog-on-a-stick and check out the scene; mostly a bunch of punk-rock girls in plaid minis wearing fishnets, fun makeup, pigtails, and skates. The guys had some fun hair and hats, wigs, etc. Super fun people watching. The match between the Sirens and The Fight Crew began at 8pm and was more brutal than I would have imagined. These girls are animals! Fight Crew got their buns kicked and several of them were thrown out of the match altogether. One of them nearly threw one of the Sirens clean out of the ring! It was quite a show and we'll be back again for sure.