- Hey, y'all, I'm Swasti Shukla,
and for this video,
I'm gonna be inviting a tomboy from Texas
to come check out my life in LA.
- Hi, my name is Shanelle Gaddis.
I live in Austin, Texas, and I am a videographer.
For this video, I'm headed to Los Angeles, California,
to live life like my friend Swasti Shukla.
Swasti is definitely a girly girl
and I'm really a tomboy in heart.
I'm really looking forward
to doing whatever she has planned for me.
I'm really nervous,
but I'm excited 'cause I've never been to California.
♪ If you like to party like they do in California ♪
- Man, I'm so excited.
I just touched down in LA, whoo, whoo.
Hi, guys.
I'm in my Airbnb,
and I'm about to get ready to make me some coffee.
Getting ready to go get my nails done, yay.
- First off, you can't live a day in my life
without a fresh manicure.
I love going to Guru Nail Bar,
and my girl Ella hooks it up.
You don't have to go long like me,
but definitely try something colorful for a true LA vibe.
- Have you had a manicure before?
- No, I haven't had a manicure before.
First time.
I'm not really a girly girl, usually more of a tomboy,
but this is something I can get used to.
I might start getting my nails done more often.
So yeah, I just got my nails done, whoo, whoo.
Thank you, Swasti, my girl.
Yeah.
- Next, head on over to Woodland Hills
and check out some bomb Indian burritos
at the Bombay Frankie Company.
- I'm about to try a bunch of food.
I got like some chaat and chicken tikka masala.
Yeah, it looks yummy.
What is that, a cucumber?
What is this?
This is good, tasty.
I'm gonna see what this chaat looking like.
I never had Indian food like this before.
Yeah, that's good.
That's the bomb. Bombay.
- After you're done eating,
head over to Artesia, aka Little India.
Be sure to check out Frontier Heritage.
They have so many beautiful South Asian pieces of clothing.
You can't go wrong with anything there either,
and it's so fun to just even window-shop.
- Man, this stuff is beautiful.
Sparkly, shiny.
Man, I would love to get my grandma this.
She could rock this in the kitchen.
You know what I'm talking about?
I have not seen South Asian clothing like this.
This is extremely different.
So I just left Artesia.
It was really awesome.
I enjoyed seeing the different clothing.
I've never seen clothing like that before.
I'm glad my girl Swasti told me to go check that spot out.
- Next, try doing some yoga at Everybody Gym.
That is one of my favorite ways to exercise.
I feel like I really get to
connect with my culture that way.
- Hey, welcome to class.
- How are you? How are you doing?
My name's Shanelle.
- Just start to do a body scan,
notice any tension, any tightness.
The next time you inhale, take your time filling up.
Fill up as much as you can
and then open your mouth and sigh it out.
Beautiful.
Thank you so much, Shanelle.
- Thank you, Puja.
- Lovely to have you.
- It's different.
I feel good, though.
- Good.
- Yay, I survived! - Yay!
- That was, like, my first time trying out yoga
but I feel like I can do it more often going forward.
Definitely.
I'm glad she told me about it so thank you, Swasti.
- After yoga,
I want you to try one of my favorite hobbies, painting.
I'll set everything up for you.
Just let the paint guide you
and have so much fun with this one.
- I never paint at home.
It's not my thing.
My daughter is the artist in the family.
I like to capture her moments.
First of all, it was very soothing, very calming.
And I'm feeling all the vibes out here.
Yes, Lord.
I'm just going with the flow
because I already know I can't paint.
I chose a sunflower because it reminds me of the sunshine.
I believe in life, you have to live your best life
and shine as bright as you can.
I mean,
I feel like I could sell this in a museum or something.
You know, I'm feeling it.
So now that I swapped lives with Swasti,
I feel like when I go back home,
I'll be able to do more things,
such as getting my nails done on the regular.
I probably won't be as colorful
but I might get something solid.
You know, whatever fits my mood.
I'm ready and I'm excited to get back home.
- Thank you so much for visiting, Shanelle.
You really take to the LA lifestyle.
I hope you had fun trying out new things
and you are welcome back in Cali anytime.
- So for this episode of "Bring Me!"
I decided to invite one of my friends from Texas
to experience LA through my lens.
- Take a look.