As part of this challenge. Mine's the L.A. edition, as the 22nd was the first full day of my trip there! (Most of these were seen from inside a car, but nonetheless.)

  • The Santa Monica Pier!
  • The Pacific Ocean!
  • The 3rd Street Promenade!
  • The 101 and 405 freeways, with traffic of course
  • Culver City, and some of FLB's mentioned places, including:
    • The Culver Hotel and its lion fountain
    • The Hare Krishna temple
    • The town square, bordered by Trader Joe's, yoga studios, etc.
    • Cute Craftsman houses covered in vines and flowers
  • The Sheraton Delfina hotel in Santa Monica
  • Vidiots (yay FLB!)
  • The mountains in the distance
  • North Hollywood
    • The Lonny Chapman Theatre, where I auditioned
    • A cheap Indian restaurant
    • Sketchy liquor store/mini mart with a giant neon clown sign
  • Sunset Boulevard and the various things on it
  • Hollywood Boulevard
  • Graumann's Egyptiand and Chinese Theatres
  • L.A. Hotels
    • Chateau Marmont
    • The Roosevelt
    • The Standard
    • Sunset Towers
  • Lots of big flashy bilboards, including ads for Showtime shows such as Nurse Jackie, The Borgias, and The United States of Tara
  • The Beverly Center
  • The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (first time there, and I love it!)
  • WeHo
  • Scientology Center :P
  • Lots of bodegas and Mexican restaurants
  • Lots of Asian places
  • Medicinal pot shops
  • Vegan restaurants and health food stores
  • Palm trees and beautiful L.A. foliage
mar 28 2011 ∞
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