artist dates | getting out the house, exploring LA's huntington library and garden museum

[@moodybord5992]

As a plant parent, I loved seeing them in the wild.

[@toastycheese9925]

Wowowo I would’ve never imagined a library to be that beautiful, def going to check it out

[@Summmersigh]

I haven't been since I was a kid. I gotta go again!

[@olainamillion]

it's so cool that you visited this place as a kid!

[@xcmcjx]

Not me waiting for the spider reveal 💀

[@olainamillion]

💀lmaoo i'm not making that spider a celebrity after it traumatized me like that

[@hereforit2347]

The Huntington Library is *not* in L.A. It’s in San Marino south of Pasadena. And, like Pasadena, San Marino is its own incorporated city. You can tell when people are not from here. They call every place in Los Angeles County “L.A.” Natives don’t do that. Transplants also refer to the Valley as “L.A.” Although certain named places in the Valley (and the City) like Reseda and Woodland Hills are technically just neighborhoods, if asked where they live or are from, natives will say, “Reseda” or “Woodland Hills” and *never* “L.A.” The only exception to this is if they are traveling abroad or out of state but only to give context because they know most people have never heard of those places. Part of the problem is that newer arrivals and even younger natives don’t think about how newly developed the West really is. The Valley, until recently, was largely agricultural. There was a huge dichotomy between it and the city, both culturally and demographically. Now, they have almost morphed into one. But the vastness of Los Angeles necessitated that people strongly identify themselves with their areas and neighborhoods. When asked where they grew up, most natives will not say “L.A.” unless they’re talking to a “foreigner”, so to speak. It’ll be “Baldwin Hills”, “Altadena”, “Hancock Park”, “Venice”, “Boyle Heights”, “Encino”, “Watts”, “Silverlake”, etc.