The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums here.
The Guiding Principles and New Rules document is now in effect.
Goin' back to Cali (Cali, Cali). Actually, I'm going to LA for the first time.
Skoal Cat
Registered User regular
Registered User regular
I'm going to be in Los Angeles for the first time in my life. I'll be there for a little more than a week and even though I'll be busy with work stuff, I will have some time every day to do stuff. I'm going to be in and around Koreatown and Hollywood, and possibly Beverly Hills. I'll be staying with friends who will have time to show me around, but I need stuff to do on my own (or with a random traveling partner).
What are some neat fucking things to do? I already have plans to visit the la Brea Tar Pits but I need more. MOAR.
edit: I won't have my own car. How is the public transportation system? Should I rent a bicycle?
What are some neat fucking things to do? I already have plans to visit the la Brea Tar Pits but I need more. MOAR.
edit: I won't have my own car. How is the public transportation system? Should I rent a bicycle?
Skoal Cat on
0
Posts
Edit: the buses work. I know plenty of people who take them. Just be sure to pick up a route map and plan your trip.
As far as bus-able stuff from Koreatown, there's plenty. You can check out the classic strip on Sunset and Mann's Chinese/The Kodak. You can bus down to Santa Monica for the pier (and walk south along the beach from their to and through Venice, a highly rec'd walking tour).
Koreatown and Hollywood are, by themselves, not the nicest places in LA, but you should be able to bus it a fair amount. Or you can be one of the 7 people who catch the subway (yes, really), which will get you around as well (though far less locations).
And yeah, if you're into Hollywood proper, check out the various studios. You can very often get passes/tours and whatnot from all that stuff. They're a little dry, but if you've always been interested in the business and never lived in NYC/LA, it can be pretty cool stuff.
Edit: Don't bother renting a bike anywhere but the beach unless you want to die horribly.
edit: I don't know what traffic is like, but I'm pretty comfortable taking the road on a bike.
You are going to be hit by a car and killed.
It's true. I am in no way exaggerating or doubting your skills. Do not ride a bike in Los Angeles.
It's brilliant.
Buses can get you around okay, or the trains if you're going far (they stop near Universal, which is nice). It may be too late to get into a good taping if you're coming out here in the next few weeks but if you're more than a month out you could probably get into a nightly (Conan, Leno), or maybe something cooler like Big Bang Theory or How I Met Your Mother, if they're filming. Tosh.0 films in Burbank as well.
The valley is pretty boring. Malibu is worth seeing but it's mostly just your garden-variety big city suburbs up here.
it's the thinking on this thread that has retarded biking's progress in LA. check out: http://www.midnightridazz.com/.
MJT is great. Not hard to get to from koreatown, either. aim to do all your fun things when you're in k-town because the valley is impossible todeal with w/o a car. how is it that you're out there for work and they won't give you a rental car?
The subway is great from k-town, super easy to use. it gets you to downtown or hollywood, both of which you should be seeing. the hollywood bowl would be nice if a show overlaps with yourvisit.
for downtown i'd recommend going to mas malo, seven grand, bottega louie, sugarfish in central downtown. further east by little tokyo i'd recommend lazy ox, weilland brewery, wurstkuche (maybe stopping off first at angel city brewery). MOCA downtown can be neat, too if you're feeling museumy.
i'm not as much of an expert about hollywood, but doing mann's and the immediate environs isn't a bad idea.
where are you coming from?
Short answer: Self-employed, and the other side of the country. Unfortunately, it won't be until I'm in the Valley that I'll actually have the most time to do stuff. I guess I should plan to be out for the entire day while there. I will also have mild access to a car, as I will be staying with friends who can probably drop me off somewhere in the morning.
You should check out the Getty, it's free and even if you end up not liking the only art worth looking at in Los Angeles you get some amazing views of the city.
The Getty is indeed amazing. I'm pretty sure there's a bus that goes right to the entrance.
I bike 16 miles everyday in Burbank during rush hour and have never had any close calls, and there are far more bikers in downtown LA (which equates to people more likely to be looking for you).
I also wear a bright orange construction vest when I bike though.
I think you'd be fine.
And yes, a bus does go to the Getty - they have directions on how to get there by bus on their website.
also, if you love food, you HAVE TO go to Porto's Bakery in Glendale or Burbank. they're pretty much the local celebrity when it comes to good food in LA. bomb ass cuban sandwiches and pastries and appetizers (potato ball is godly). pretty damn cheap for what you get, too.
wow dude, way to sound pretentious
the Getty has a great collection of the classics, and if you're really into the history of art and older stuff, it's a great place to visit (has a nice outdoor garden also)
but don't dismiss the MOCA or the LACMA. sure, you can choose to be one of those narrow minded bags of air who completely dismiss all modern art, or you can see what's going on in the art world today and how art has evolved and not be forever locked in stale nostalgia for the old.
I disagree, if you have the time you can get around the valley pretty decently. The orange line takes you to the subway, so you can further explore Hollywood/LA. A bit time consuming I suppose, but it works. I advise abusing the crap out of it.