I was born in Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles. When I was six weeks old, I moved to New York City. There begins my long, complicated bi-coastal journey. Eight homes, seven schools, and countless airplane rides. The life of a bicoastal kid is definitely not boring. We call home the two capital cities in the country, met tons of people at each new address and entered college with way too many stories.
Looking back, there's definitely a lot of cool stuff we can reflect on. Late night drives down PCH, grad night at Disneyland, the holiday windows on 5th and going to see the Thanksgiving Day balloons blown up before the big parade the next day. A bicoastal kid is both a native New Yorker and a Cali bro/girl for life.
But in the midst of all the fun, there is something we can all agree on. As we walk into orientation at the (newest) school and it is revealed that we are bicoastal, we are always bombarded with a series of the same, predictable questions. And we are sick and tired of hearing them.
1. Oh my god, you've lived there? Have you met any celebrities?
2. Is everyone in Malibu blonde?
3. Isn't it true that everyone in New York folds their pizza?
4. Oh my god, you've moved ___ times? How can you handle that?
5. But it's always hot in LA! How come people own UGGS?
6. Oh my god, you're from LA? You're totally a valley girl. Like, totallyyyyy.
7. Is the guacamole in LA just... amazing?
8. What do your parents do?!
9. Do people trick or treat in New York?
10. Why are the bagels soooo good?
11. So, do you just say hella, like, all the time?
12. Why are people from New York always so angry?
13. You used to live by the beach? Why did you come here?
14. You could wear anything you wanted to school? We could only do that on dress down days!
15. Your school has a real football team? Like... you guys actually played games outside on a field?
