RESOURCES:
MOVIE THEATERS:
BEACHES: South to North
- Swim holes
- Newport / Corona Del Mar / Crystal Cove / Dana Point
- Rosie's Dog Beach
- Abalone Cove Beach (4pm closes)
- Royal Beach State Park (San Pedro) - White Point Beach (drive down, cars close to water, bathrooms, lifeguards)
- Point Vicente, Rancho Palos Verdes
- Bluff Top Trail - Palos Verdes
- Manhattan Beach
- Mother's Beach
- Marina Del Rey
- Dockweiler Beach
- Venice / Santa Monica
- Castle Rock
- Malibu Lagoon / Zuma Beach
- Paradise Cove
- Point Dume
- El Matador - rocks/coves
- Leo Carrillo State Beach
- DO:
- Arroyo Seco Trail
- Audubon Center
- Bob Baker Marionettes, Highland Park
- Highland Park Bowling
- Ernest Deb Regional Park Trails
- Heritage Square Museum
- Highland Park Movie Theater
- Los Angeles River Center and Gardens
- Mosaic Park on Marisol (sound scapes on saturdays)
- Moryork Gallery Space
- Second Saturday art walk on York
- Self Realization Fellowship
LA TO DO:
- Abalone Cove
- Arboretum + Botanical Garden
- ARCADES: 82 arcade bar, Video West Arcade (Pasadena), Barcade (Highland Park), Two Bit Circus, Royce's Arcade Warehouse
- Arroyo Seco hike in Pasadena
- Balboa Island Boat Rental
- Barnsdale Center for the Arts
- BARS
- Batting Cages
- Bike Routes
- BIKES: venice, santa monica
- BOWLING: Highland Park Bowling Alley
- Cake Mix --group cake making
- Catalina Island (embarks from long beach)
- Channel Islands
- Descano Gardens
- Disney Concert Hall
- Drag Show in basement at Casita Del Campo
- Drive-In Movies: Vineland + Mission Tiki
- Echo Park Lake (25 min walk around lake or paddle boats)
- El Capitain State Park, Glamping
- El Cid Flemenco performances
- FARMS: Farm Sanctuary, Apricot Lanes, Greenstone Farm Mt Washington
- Flip Flop Ranch
- FLEA MARKETS
- Flower District, LA
- Frank Lloyd Wright Houses
- Garment District
- Gentle Barn
- Grand Central Market --food downtown
- Griffith Observatory
- Harlow Gold Burlesque show Thursdays
- Heritage Square (Highland Park)
- HIKING
- Hollywood:
- Horse Riding
- Hsi Lai Temple --vegan buffet
- Huntington Library Gardens
- Indoor Sky Dive
- Japanese Gardens
- KIDS
- Kindred Spirits Farm Sanctuary
- Korean Jimjilbangs Spas
- LA Live / Nokia Entertainment area
- LA River Bike Path
- LA Smorgasbord every Sunday
- Los Angeles River Center and Gardens
- Magic Castle
- Magic Theater
- MALLS
- Marina Del Rey Bay
- Massage & Spa
- Medieval Times, Buena Park
- Miniature Golf & Arcade
- Mitsuwa Japanese Marketplace
- Moskatel's Craft Store
- Murder Mystery Theater
- MUSEUMS:
- Olivera Street: union station
- Pacific Blue Air Flyer tour
- Paddle Boarding, Long Beach
- Paragliding in Malibu
- Poolhalls
- Rock Climb: Hangar 18 or Stronghold
- Rustic Canyon Hike
- Santa Anita 626 Night Market Food Fest
- Take a scenic drive around the Palos Verdes Peninsula
- Self Realization Shrine
- Silver Lake reservoir 40 minute walk
- SKATE: Roller or Ice
- Trampolines
- Spend time with your dog at the South Coast Botanic Garden
- Sweat Spot Classes
- Time Travel Shop
- Trapeze School
- TV Show tapings
- TWO BIT CIRCUS Virtual Arcade
- Underwood Family Farms
- Venice Canals
- Venice Tiled Mosaic House
- VENUES: hollywood bowl, staples center, palladium, fonda,
- Video Dude Warehouse (old school warehouse selling old console videogames)
- Watts Towers
- Wolf Connection + Wolf Mountain Sanctuary
- Yamashiro Gardens
- Ziplines
LA AREAS FOR WALKING:
- Atwater village (Glendale & Revere)
- Burbank: magnolia blvd, bearded lady (between Victory and Clybourn)
- Chinatown
- Culver City
- Eagle Rock: colorado blvd
- Echo Park (lake area)
- Highland Park: york blvd + figueroa
- Hollywood Blvd
- Larchmont Village
- Laurel Canyon/Mulholland Drive parks
- Leimert Park Village
- Little Tokyo
- Los Feliz Village
- Marina Del Rey Bay
- Malibu Mall on PCH
- Melrose & La Brea shops LA
- Montecito Heights: heritage square, ernest debs regional park, audubon center
- Old Pasadena
- Olympic & Santee (little mexico shop district)
- Robertson blvd shops
- Rodeo drive
- Santa Monica Place & Montana ave, 3rd st. promenade and pier
- Secret Staircases of LA walk
- SilverLake
- Studio City (Ventura blvd whitsett down)
- Sunset Blvd
- Venice Beach and Abbott Kinney
AMUSEMENT PARKS:
--DOWNTOWN TOUR:--
- Angel’s Flight (351 S. Hill Street) Billed as “the shortest railway in the world”
- Bradbury Building (304 S. Broadway) A Victorian gem, and the oldest still-in-use office building in the city
- Central Library (630 W. 5th Street) A 1920s icon in the city, this astonishing building contains an amazing rare books section and a beautiful art gallery
- Chinatown (centered along N. Broadway and N. Hill Street) Re-created in the 1930s by Hollywood set designers
- Clifton’s Cafeteria (648 S. Broadway) Around since 1931, a fun place to get a cheap, hearty, non-fussy meal surrounded by a kitschy Tiki/woodsy/waterfall fantasy
- Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (152 N. Central Avenue)
- Grand Central Market (317 S. Broadway) Geared towards the local Latino community, you’ll find foods from Mexico, El Salvador, Cuba and more, in addition to fresh produce
- Little Tokyo/Japanese Village Plaza (350 E. 1st Street) America’s first Japanese neighborhood fans out from a bustling plaza between E. 1st and 2nd Streets
- Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) (250 S. Grand Avenue)
- Museum of Neon Art (136 W. 4th Street)
- Olvera Street (845 North Alameda Street) Originally created as a tourist attraction, this pedestrian lane still offers a mini-trip to Mexico, replete with paper flowers and street food
- Santee Alley (Olympic btw LA st & Santee St)
- St Vincent's Court
- Union Station (800 N. Alameda Street) The city’s finest (and still humming) train station, this soaring Art Deco space features a unique, romantic restaurant/bar called Traxx
SEASONAL:
- APRIL / OCTOBER: LA Brewery Art Walk
- APRIL: lancaster poppies, Ren Faire, World of Dance Comp, Netflix Comedy Special
- CicLAvia
- HALLOWEEN: Haunted Hay Ride, Day of the Dead @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Long Beach dog parade
- HOLIDAYS: Torrance Sleepy Hollow lights (park at 4651 sharynne lane), Candy Cane Lane xmas lights, LA Zoo lights, Christmas Tree Lane Alta Dena, Unique LA, Echo Park Craft Fair
- JAN-FEB: Vibe Dance Comp, African Dance Comp, Butterfly migration in Goleto
- JUNE-?: Chinatown Summer Nights Parties
- MARCH: capistrano swallows, Monsterpalooza
- MAY: Zine Fest
- SUMMER: roaring zoo lights parties
COMEDY
oct 23 2010 ∞
oct 2 2023 +