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  • chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    The Getty, and the Griffith Park Observatory are both worth a look.

  • Continental_OpContinental_Op Registered User regular
    LA County Museum of Art is always fun and right next to the La Brea Tar pits where you can see actual excavations and where a bunch of pre-historic animals died. You can go into the museum and see the bones and stuff too, but it is geared more towards kids. Amoeba Music is a great record store with everything you could possibly want or imagine and they have live shows there sometimes too. You'll have to check, but on a couple Fridays a month in Santa Monica they used to close down parts of Venice Blvd at night for the food trucks, but I'm not sure if that is still going on.

    There's lots of historic places to eat around the city and if you are in to craft brews there are some great gastropubs and stuff around.

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  • Idx86Idx86 Long days and pleasant nights.Registered User regular
    I thought Venice Beach was fun, and the boardwalk interesting. I'd also recommend taking Mulholland Drive.

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  • GafotoGafoto Registered User regular
    I second the LACMA. Very cool complex there. The Getty is busy, try to hit it on an off day/off hour. Drive up the coast to Santa Barbara and see the mission there. Wander around that city, it's a nice change of pace.

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  • StraygatsbyStraygatsby Registered User regular
    edited January 2013
    The Getty is a must since you have a car. Also, drive up the PCH through Malibu as far as you like (Santa Cruz and the above mentioned Santa Barbara are both fantastic). For a challenge, get on the 405 at 5pm and see how long it takes for you to develop road rage and or kill yourself [don't do this]. The whole Hollywood and Tar pits schtick can be really cool the first time. Mulholland is indeed a fun drive (go at twilight/sunset and hit one of the vista overlooking town). Chinatown is pretty shabby, but I always liked it (mmm Hop Louie) and it's nearish Dodger stadium if you're into that kind of thing.

    All I can think of right now, which is really just echoing the above. Spent 5 years in town and honestly had the most fun living there road tripping elsewhere: San Diego, Palm Springs, Laguna Niguel, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, and of course, Vegas. =0

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  • kaliyamakaliyama Left to find less-moderated fora Registered User regular
    1) Why hate valet parking? It's a lot easier than spending time trying to find parking, esp. in weho + west LA around 3rd and la brea.

    2) Musems: The museum of Jurassic Technology is a lot of fun. As is LACMA. However, I have no idea what people mean by "The Getty", as there is both the Getty villa off of PCH and the Getty museum off the 405. While the Getty museum's views are nice, the collection is almost always subpar especially compared to what you can see at LACMA or the Hammer. If you haven't done Italy ever, the Getty villa is an absolutely lovely recreation of a roman villa with period art on display. It's also convenient to the beach and canyon hiking, so you can make a day of it in Malibu.

    3) Plenty of good food indoors, from most expensive to cheapest: urasawa, melisse, drago, father's office (or the hudson), huckleberry, urth cafe, in-n-out.

    4) Where are you from? What other big cities have you been to? What did you enjoy doing?

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  • Muse Among MenMuse Among Men Suburban Bunny Princess? Its time for a new shtick Registered User regular
    The Getty Museum plus the Getty Villa (different things), LA County Museum of Art, the Hammer, Universal Studios, Placita Olvera. We also have a cute zoo, right next to a museum about cowboys.

  • NotYouNotYou Registered User regular
    Ok, this is the food truck you need to find: http://kogibbq.com/
    Probably the most famous/popular in LA. I love them dearly.

    If you're here till Saturday night, then check out an Art Gallery opening in culver city. It's like a party with art and free booze. http://thinkspacegallery.com/

    Wanna see something really weird? Check out this on friday: http://luchavavoom.com/

    Want an amazing cocktail? Where the bartenders are fancy as all hell and call what they do "mixology"? Where the ice cubes are chipped from a giant block with an ice pick right in front of you? Go to The Varnish. It's a hidden bar in the back of Cole's.

    Want an amazing view in Downtown LA? Go to the bar on the roof of The Standard Downtown.

    Go for a hike to the hollywood sign.

    Venice Beach Boardwalk.

    etc....

  • MuddBuddMuddBudd Registered User regular
    Improv or UCB Theater, see if they're doing anything interesting. Lot of good comedy in LA.

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  • KPCKPC Registered User regular
    Go eat at In-N-Out?

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