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because receipts from a pastry shop around the corner from the office can look like this
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because my train station is soothingly empty at 4:50 in the morning
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because it's possible to go to a bar at 6 in the morning to watch the World Cup
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because after negligently abandoning my helmet and lights on my bike in an unsecured state at Union Station, they're still there when I return hours later
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because Mr. Churro exists, and because it opens at 8 a.m.
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because of buildings plastered in trichromatic posters
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because of the carpool lane on the 110, and for having a friend who enabled me to drive on it in morning rush hour
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because of the Beverly Hilton's old Hollywood photographs
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because of such Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang atmospheres at the Beverly Hilton pool
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because of phenomenal inventions being put to use (the flame inside the glass keeps you warm, but the metal cage stays cool)
hullam:
because money can buy you a house in Beverly Hills, but it cannot buy you taste
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because people sleep in tents, in the middle of a city, three days before a Twilight premiere
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because ESPN zone has teevees per table
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because of crowds like this at lunch during the 2010 World Cup
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because of the Kogi lunch truck, and the food that comes out of it
hullam:
because of appropriate cufflinks
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because of 24-hour donut shops
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because the release of a new piece of circuit board & plastic inspires lines like this before 7 a.m.
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because an Angelino friend's sister brought him a vuvuzela from South Africa
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because of fresh chocolate pastries from Milhama Bakery
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because there are downtown lofts with televisions
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because of the natural adoption of a "business as usual" mentality seconds after a 5.4 quake
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because the driver of the neighboring car may ask you for your number after you catch him singing to Smokey Robinson
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because of the view of downtown from the 101
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because I can still tune in for a little sound of my childhood
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because of dawns like this
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because of mustache, mobile, & pipe combinations
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because of the downtown farmers market
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because of enormous non-rubbish bins
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because lucky numbers happen here
