Baby Gaga, The Idiot’s older-and-wiser 1.91-year-old trilingual granddaughter who turns two on September 21, has been doing a lot of thinking about being born in Pasadena, California, and raised in multicultural Los Angeles.
Here are some random thoughts about why she likes LA.

“I like LA,” says 1.91-year-old Baby Gaga, “because everyone keeps giving me cool baseball caps and the Dodgers are going to win the World Series.”

“I like LA,” says 1.91-year-old Baby Gaga, “because I’m a fashionista and anything goes here.”

“I like LA,” says 1.91-year-old Baby Gaga, “because visits to the Natural History Museum remind me that I’m still a little kid.”

“I like LA,” says 1.91-year-old Baby Gaga, “because the swings in Highland Park are just my size.”

“I like LA,” says 1.91-year-old Baby Gaga, “because there are lots of stairs, like these in Eagle Rock that I climb after a swim, and I don’t have to join a gym to get exercise.”

“I like LA,” says 1.91-year-old Baby Gaga, “because there are wide sidewalks where I can walk my doggie.”

“I like LA,” says 1.91-year-old Baby Gaga, “because I have a virtual buffet of healthy food, like fruit and yoghurt and oat milk and eggs and cereal, for breakfast.”

“I like LA,” says 1.91-year-old Baby Gaga, “because I can find tennis balls everywhere.”

“I like LA,” says 1.91-year-old Baby Gaga, “because there are lots of big lawns and swimming pools.”

“I like LA,” says 1.91-year-old Baby Gaga, “because I can play with The Idiot’s iPad when he’s in town.”

“I like LA,” says 1.91-year-old Baby Gaga, “because I can talk non-stop to the pendulum on my way to classes at Occidental College.”

“I like LA,” says 1.91-year-old Baby Gaga, “because I can take my doggie anywhere, even into restaurants, if he’s in my stroller.”