CITY & ITS PEOPLE

Taipei Girl vs. LA Girl

Girls in two cities, two ways to live. In two parts.

Translated from Jasmine’s original Chinese. The illustrated slides are on the interactive reader.

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1. Two city girls

   One in Taipei, one in LA. Both work hard at taking care of themselves; they just go about it differently. It's a two-parter.

2. Part 1: mornings

   Taipei Girl: three layers of sunscreen and an umbrella. LA Girl: sunglasses on, iced matcha in hand, out the door.

3. Part 1: the outfit

   Taipei Girl dresses polished, bag matched; LA Girl does a yoga set and an oversized hoodie that looks effortless and took forty minutes.

4. Part 1: skincare

   Taipei Girl does sheet masks; LA Girl does electrolytes and a cold plunge. One works from the outside in, the other from the inside out.

5. Part 2: weekends

   Taipei Girl's weekend is cafés and shopping; LA Girl's is a hike, the farmers market and the ocean at sunset.

6. Part 2: dates

   Taipei dates over dinner; LA dates on a hike. Taipei meets at 7 p.m.; LA meets for brunch at 11.

7. Part 2: wellness

   Taipei Girl recharges with hot springs and a massage; LA Girl recharges with a sound bath, Pilates and a therapist.

8. Same girl, really

   Both girls want the same things: sleep, being taken care of, a little time to themselves. One just carries an umbrella and the other wears sunglasses.

In this series

• LA × Seoul: the same Korean flavors, K-town vs. Seoul
• Same little thing, two lives | Taipei vs. LA, up close
• Taipei vs. LA
• A day in Taipei × a day in LA
• Moving from Taiwan
• LA vs. OC
• NorCal vs. SoCal
• LA vs. NYC

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An original JSLALALAND field guide by Jasmine Chang (@jslalaland).