We went to chateau marmont for dinner and we loved it. Is that cheesy? We're saving bar marmont for another night. Thanks for the suggestions!
― Virginia Plain, Thursday, 7 April 2011 04:02 (thirteen years ago) link
apparently it's not up the grapevine, it's just after castaic?
If it's what I think it is, it's the Honor Ranch Gas Storage Site "a repurposed oil field where wells are now injected with natural gas, coming via pipelines from the north, for storage before being distributed through the urban grid" (from the latest CLUI Lay Of The Land newsletter)
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 7 April 2011 04:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I witnessed the quickest pickup I've EVER seen on a Gold Line train the other day. I almost wanted to shake the dude's hand it was so impressive! He got on the train, sat down opposite this woman and was typing her number into his phone in, like, two minutes, I swear. So...go Gold Line.
― Pompoussin (admrl), Thursday, 7 April 2011 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Morbs you might want to check the Beverly Laurel hotel, might be a little bit too far south for you but the price is pretty good and it was pretty clean last time i stayed there
― Aerosol, Thursday, 7 April 2011 14:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Is it possible to get to Griffith observatory via public transportation? I think we should have rented a car after all...
― Virginia Plain, Thursday, 7 April 2011 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
will consider, Aerosol, but even w/ limits of transit I think I'd like to be closer to a train line.
Now I'm even thinking of starting earlier to spend 4th of July weekend in either LA or SF.
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 April 2011 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
there is a bus that goes up hillhurst to the observatory - i think you can catch it at the sunset/vermont metro stop
― buzza, Thursday, 7 April 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
looks like the shuttles only run on weekends right now:
http://golosangeles.about.com/od/thingstodoinlosangeles/ss/GriffithObserv_5.htm
― butterfield earth (get bent), Thursday, 7 April 2011 16:57 (thirteen years ago) link
It's a nice shuttle, I've used it before.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 7 April 2011 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link
not recommended: hiking up the mountain without using the designated walking path, especially while hungover
― Sittin' Fran (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 April 2011 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
(not that i'd know...)
― Sittin' Fran (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 April 2011 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Rolling down the hill, though...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 7 April 2011 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link
What happened to the sun? I think we'll wait till the weekend for Griffith park, and that way maybe it won't be overcast and we can hop the shuttle.
Gonna go to lacma and to look at historical downtown buildings...any good places to eat around there?
― Virginia Plain, Thursday, 7 April 2011 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Downtown, or near LACMA? Because those are two very different locations. Unless you're talking about MOCA?
― Doomsday Derelict (J3ff T.), Thursday, 7 April 2011 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, yeah, we were going to go to lacma and then downtown, but we've decided to just do downtown and moca.
― Virginia Plain, Thursday, 7 April 2011 19:12 (thirteen years ago) link
if you're going to moca, you can take the california plaza escalator down bunker hill afterward and get pupusas/tacos/etc at grand central market
― butterfield earth (get bent), Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Or even ride the Angel's Flight train if in operation. (Did it shut down again?)
― nickn, Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i was gonna say angel's flight but (a) dunno if it's open (b) i don't want to be responsible for anyone's early demise via ancient and rickety tourist attraction
― butterfield earth (get bent), Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Best to look at it from afar, I suppose. She could walk down the steps next to it, though.
― nickn, Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
watch yourself walking around town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKhGr3-KxZQ
― omar little, Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
We rode the angel's flight train and we ate papusas, so thanks for the suggestions. Saw a lot of awesome buildings, but missed the Ed ruscha mural--is that still there? Went to el Carmen finally. For tomorrow; is Hollywood forever cemetery a good place to go? Anything else interesting to do around there!
― Virginia Plain, Friday, 8 April 2011 05:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Re the mural: http://la.curbed.com/archives/2008/04/downtown_ed_rus.php
― jeff, Friday, 8 April 2011 05:30 (thirteen years ago) link
For tomorrow; is Hollywood forever cemetery a good place to go? Anything else interesting to do around there!
eh, it's okay. it's in a scuzzy neighborhood.
― butterfield earth (get bent), Friday, 8 April 2011 05:33 (thirteen years ago) link
when my friend and i drove through the cemetery we saw a peacock cage!
― Sittin' Fran (donna rouge), Friday, 8 April 2011 05:53 (thirteen years ago) link
it's also fun to play "spot the famous dead person" if you're into that sort of thing
will ponder trip to Forsrest Lawn to visit Buster Keaton & Stan Laurel
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 April 2011 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
The cemetery trip is on hold because my sister doesn't like dead people. Instead we are going to Schindler house, farmer's market, la brea tar pits, and lacma. Any interesting stuff we shouldn't miss around those places?
Also, is the polo club at the Beverly hills hotel a good place to go? Or is there a more laid back place to eat at that hotel?
― Virginia Plain, Friday, 8 April 2011 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
the new silver lake meadow is a nice little green space
― buzza, Sunday, 10 April 2011 01:20 (thirteen years ago) link
anyone else hitting up cicLAvia today?
― Sittin' Fran (donna rouge), Sunday, 10 April 2011 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Goodbye Los Angeles, everything I did was amazing, except for the Farmer's Market; why did no one tell me not to go there? Mad jealous of all of you.
― Virginia Plain, Monday, 11 April 2011 02:11 (thirteen years ago) link
aw i dig the farmer's market. :-( i always go into monsieur marcel hoping for a good sale.
― butterfield earth (get bent), Monday, 11 April 2011 02:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I was there. Sooo many people!
― naus, Monday, 11 April 2011 05:39 (thirteen years ago) link
it was awesome! already anticipating the next one
― Sittin' Fran (donna rouge), Monday, 11 April 2011 06:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah. Me and three friends rode from La Puente into Downtown. Met up with my old roommate who now lives on Spring, and spent the day on my bike pretty much. Everybody was so happy and polite, and for a crowd of 100k+, there was ZERO hostility.
― naus, Monday, 11 April 2011 08:23 (thirteen years ago) link
i didn't go, but i took a walk locally out of solidarity.
― butterfield earth (get bent), Monday, 11 April 2011 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I was hoping for more fresh produce from the Farmer's Market, and less chain restaurants. We ate at the counter at Phil's Deli--that was kind of cool. I immensely preferred the Grand Central Market though.
Why didn't anyone tell me that there was an Ed Ruscha exhibit at the Gagosian Beverly Hills? You expect me to do my own research?
We didn't see the cicLAvia . . . but we spent Sunday walking around our hotel neighborhood and peeking in open houses. We've got our eye on a 3 million number in the Hollywood Hills.
― Virginia Plain, Monday, 11 April 2011 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I was hoping for more fresh produce from the Farmer's Market
that's not really what this farmer's market is known for. it's known for the restaurant stands (and i'm sure the starbucks helps them pay the rent).
― butterfield earth (get bent), Monday, 11 April 2011 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I kind of got that impression. Oh, we ate at Pinches Tacos on our last day--that was really good. Thanks again for all of the help--I would have been lost without this thread. Carry on with your fascinating Angeleno lives. . . .
― Virginia Plain, Monday, 11 April 2011 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link
the citrus stands at the farmer's market are A+ - although the satsuma mandarins i bought from there went bad after three days >:(
― Sittin' Fran (donna rouge), Monday, 11 April 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
the 3rd street farmer's market isn't a "farmer's market" as such. it's a bunch permanent vendors and little restaurants, some of them selling produce yes but it's the same stuff you would get at the local ralph's tbh. it had and still does have i guess some throwback charm but that's hard to see because of the grove and other adjacent franchises.
― buzza, Monday, 11 April 2011 18:52 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah a lot of the charm that exists is muffled by caruso's monstrosity. if he becomes mayor i wonder how long it would take for sinatra to be piped out of speakers on every street corner in town?
― omar little, Monday, 11 April 2011 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link
The Gumbo Pot and the Singaporian food at the Banana Leaf in the Farmer's Market are both A+ stops (along with the already mentioned Monsieur Marcel)
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 11 April 2011 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh, yeah, I wanted to go to the Banana Leaf but my sis wasn't feeling it. We also walked into the monsieur Marcel but were a bit intimidated.
― Virginia Plain, Monday, 11 April 2011 21:44 (thirteen years ago) link
i hit up pampas grill (brazilian bbq) like once a week - early bird 25% off before 11:30 am is crucial
― tremendoid, Monday, 11 April 2011 22:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Still reeling from CycLAvia. IIRC the next one is in July. Great place for a meetup, if anybody's down.
― naus, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 10:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry, CicLAvia.
― naus, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 10:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I might be there in July.
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 11:48 (thirteen years ago) link
(but I don't bike)
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 11:49 (thirteen years ago) link
anyone going to
(a) prince's 4/23 show (next saturday night)?(b) hauschka at the hollywood forever masonic lodge?
i am definitely going to (a) and very possibly going to (b).
― pan loco y salsa loca (get bent), Saturday, 16 April 2011 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
a) probably notb) possibly!
― boehner und der club of gore (donna rouge), Saturday, 16 April 2011 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link