I’M NOT “ADDICTED TO BEAUTYâ€
Photo Credit: Oxygen Network
Guest Bag Lady Jessica Schiffman
As a San Diegan, I was eager to see how Oxygen’s newest reality T.V. series, Addicted to Beauty, portrayed La Jolla, a tiny upscale community in northern San Diego. But, like almost every aspect of the show itself, artificiality is in play. The spa’s location is reworked and enhanced to falsely appear as though it is in the heart of charming downtown La Jolla, when, in reality, it is less than ten minutes from my mundane, suburban, family-centered neighborhood of Carmel Valley.
Diane York-Goldman, a La Jolla socialite whose many enhancements have caused her to bear strong resemblance to Ursula from â€