Big Bowie remembrance gig at HM157 on Saturday night. Should be fun!https://www.facebook.com/events/177258945965503/
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 16 January 2016 09:12 (eight years ago) link
Saw that, and am thinking of going.
― nickn, Saturday, 16 January 2016 22:47 (eight years ago) link
Me and my family will be in town Feb. 3-10. We've got a lot of places to visit and touristy things to do on our list, but any recommendations for specific events or happenings, family-friendly or otherwise, during that time period would be appreciated.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 18:47 (eight years ago) link
if your kids like trains, check out the train rides at Griffith Park. I don't know how old your kids are obv but:
http://www.griffithparktrainrides.com
Also, the California Science Center down by USC is cheap and they have the Space Shuttle Endeavour there. I recommend Super Bowl Sunday (assuming you're not watching the game); we just went this past Sunday and it wasn't a big crowd, I suspect bc of the playoff games.
http://californiasciencecenter.org
I can recommend a few family friend joints to eat at too, finding places that are good with kids can be hit or miss. This ain't Chicago or Portland.
― nomar, Wednesday, 27 January 2016 18:52 (eight years ago) link
The kids are 5 and 1. The little one won't know what's going on for the most part.
We're doing Disney Land one day while we're there, I wonder if there will be fewer people there on Super Bowl Sunday or if a weekday would still be better.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 18:57 (eight years ago) link
what area are you staying in?
― nomar, Wednesday, 27 January 2016 19:00 (eight years ago) link
Echo Park
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 20:01 (eight years ago) link
Well goddamn. The Smell in downtown is being demolished...http://laist.com/2016/05/28/legendary_downtown_all-ages_club_th.php
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 29 May 2016 22:30 (eight years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/10/travel/what-to-do-36-hours-los-angeles.html
gotta say la is pretty happening or maybe it's just growing on me
there are so many other places that weren't mentioned but worth it
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 10 June 2016 19:16 (eight years ago) link
i'm dying
― schlump, Monday, 20 June 2016 14:17 (eight years ago) link
It's only gonna be 120 today relax
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 20 June 2016 14:34 (eight years ago) link
it's that breezy 120just recirculating boiled air around my apt that's killing me
― schlump, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 02:37 (eight years ago) link
Last night in the San Gabriels.
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13501847_602746799892453_37465385372245212_n.jpg?oh=049bf43e46506c2c11742ca718904a62&oe=57FB77C2
― nickn, Friday, 24 June 2016 06:49 (eight years ago) link
Noise fest next weekend at The Box Gallery in the Arts District. No word of it on The Box's site though.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/lafms/
― nickn, Sunday, 10 July 2016 20:21 (eight years ago) link
Hi Los Angeles people. I'll be there on vacation all next week. Would love to meet people if feasible. Would also love any recommendations on food or shopping or other fun, easy activities. I've been out there various times, but feel like I've only ever scratched the surface. I suspect there's a lot that I'm missing I'm staying in Long Beach, so things convenient to that area would be great, but I'll have a car and am willing to drive around too.
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Thursday, 11 August 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
imo the most beautiful place in la and surrounding areas is the point vicente lighthouse in palos verdes. if you go this saturday, you can get a tour but i'm not sure how good it is: http://www.palosverdes.com/pvlight/
i just love walking around there to relax and get away from all the madness. the times i've been there it's been quite peaceful
there's a couple caves if you do a bit of walking past terranea resort
for another pretty mellow walk check out the lake shrine gardens in pacific palisades -- more of a eastern religion/buddhist place but lots of different people walk in the gardens
what type of food do you like?
i can recommend some easy hiking trails if you want, but i wouldn't recommend it unless you don't mind scorching hot weather (next week is going to be really hot)
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 11 August 2016 16:36 (eight years ago) link
i'm assuming you've done all the popular stuff like the getty in brentwood and the newest museum the broad downtown, which you need really advanced tickets for
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 11 August 2016 16:39 (eight years ago) link
Nope, I think I'm going to the broad this time. But a lot of the typical stuff I haven't done and don't necessarily have on my radar.
As far as food, I'd be interested in trying out good Asian options in particular, but would really be open to anything good and fairly affordable. Not planning on doing fine dining.
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Thursday, 11 August 2016 16:45 (eight years ago) link
korean food:
seongbukdong (my personal fave -- been here plenty of times but not recently)beverly soon tofu restaurant (fave place to get soondubu)ahgassi gopchang (best intestines in ktown/la i've heard, i quite like it)kang ho dong (super popular kbbq place owned by this famous korean dude)
annnd if you like bingsoo, i highly recommend sul and beans
in terms of japanese...nothing of note (spoiled by eating in japan)
best ramen:
daikokuya in downtown la (not sawtelle)followed closely by tsujita ANNEX (on sawtelle)
honestly i don't eat sushi in la, but if you really want to, try sushi gen but see if you're willing to put up with the prices
a lot of the better japanese places in la are fine dining. you can find a couple decent ramen places in torrance. been to a few but i don't recall their names right now.
if you're in torrance i would hit up kula, which is conveyor belt sushi. they're a small chain, but i'm told this location is the better one
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 11 August 2016 17:31 (eight years ago) link
and if you're into craft beer, sunset beer co in echo park!
the echo has free shows every monday night. i don't recall if it's after a specific time, but i would get there around 10pm
tonnes of mexican restaurants as i'm sure you know already
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 11 August 2016 17:45 (eight years ago) link
You might try la.eater.com for ideas, though it doesn't seem to be searchable for food type. There are "neighborhood" links but when I looked at Long Beach it took a bit of scrolling find any "best of" articles.
― nickn, Thursday, 11 August 2016 17:49 (eight years ago) link
Awesome recs, thanks!
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Thursday, 11 August 2016 18:49 (eight years ago) link
try Beachwood BBQ and Brewing in Long Beach.
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/25959/
― nomar, Thursday, 11 August 2016 19:03 (eight years ago) link
if you do get up to Echo Park i would recommend Guisados and Mexicali for tacos. the former is located close to Vin Scully Way near Dodger Stadium, the latter on Figueroa just north of Sunset Blvd, near the 110 freeway.
― nomar, Thursday, 11 August 2016 19:05 (eight years ago) link
been meaning to go there myself
do you happen to know if they sell bottles of their melrose ipa?
xp
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 11 August 2016 19:07 (eight years ago) link
i know they have it in bottles, not sure if they sell them there though? maybe at the aforementioned sunset beer co.
they do have growlers, natch.
― nomar, Thursday, 11 August 2016 19:18 (eight years ago) link
i sometimes go to sunset beer co and haven't found it yet
never tried buying growlers, intrigued though
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 11 August 2016 19:30 (eight years ago) link
anyone rep for t'aix? i freakin' LOVE that place. think it's the oldest resto in LA (?). the bar is a beauty, had some smoked rum last time i was there and some snails (first time) were actually great. pricey though
― Bandol soleil for the St. Tropez tan (outdoor_miner), Thursday, 11 August 2016 20:54 (eight years ago) link
speaking of echo park area xxposts
― Bandol soleil for the St. Tropez tan (outdoor_miner), Thursday, 11 August 2016 20:55 (eight years ago) link
never tried it but had read good stuff on yelp
i'm aways hesistant to go in because it looks so weird
like it's trying to be a bunch of different things that don't mesh well together
i used to go to masa in that area a lot tho
also been to a handful of vegetarian restaurants there and was kind of underwhelmed
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 11 August 2016 21:00 (eight years ago) link
i think moby owns a vegan joint around there (maybe silver lake, not sure) that my friend went to and said was underwhelming, too. i guess taix are doing more than just classic French country cuisine, but i've tried the mussels, endive salad, snails and i can vouch for the French fare being excellently prepared fwiw
― Bandol soleil for the St. Tropez tan (outdoor_miner), Thursday, 11 August 2016 21:08 (eight years ago) link
i fucking love taix. so romantic.
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 11 August 2016 21:10 (eight years ago) link
moby's got his vegan place little pine in silver lake, not to be confused with pine and crane, which is taiwanese iirc. the latter is really good, the former i hear the same mixed things.
taix is a good place to hang out, it's a bit more chill than you'd imagine and the bar area is nice too. tam o'shanter is a similarly old school and fun spot. there's a newish british-style pub in echo park called the lost knight, which is sort of the medieval times of british pubs imo. like a lot of newer spots around these parts it feels pretty transitory.
― nomar, Thursday, 11 August 2016 21:19 (eight years ago) link
xxp
sweet dude
ya i'll definitely give it a try because i'm definitely interested in going
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 11 August 2016 21:21 (eight years ago) link
in terms of LB-adjacent stuff: i went to point fermin park in san pedro last weekend, which is beautiful - the lighthouse tour was fun and free (they do it three times a day, in the afternoons). a really cool thing near there is the sunken city, which is the ruins of an evacuated beachside city that was decimated in a landslide in the 1920s (you have to sneak around a gate to get there since it's technically not open to the public but it's totally worth it). you can also check out the korean friendship bell while you're there. angels gate cultural center is around there too, a former military barracks converted into arts studios (similar to the headlands up in marin) - they have art shows and the like. we ate at a *great* lebanese joint in SP called nazelie's. lots of v. old-school dive bars around there but couldn't tell you anything about any of them. LB's got tons of gay bars clustered around one strip if that's something yr into. i've only been to LB a few times but i really dig it, it's a lot cooler (temp-wise) and relaxed compared to LA.
i love taix but don't really go there very often. i really like masa and guisados (the latter is now essentially a chain - they started in boyle heights and now have branches in echo park, DTLA and west hollywood). prado wine bar in echo park is nice if you go there during non-peak hours - i don't really like going out drinking there. also be warned that with dodgers games happening that parking in echo park is sometimes next to impossible.
― donna rouge, Thursday, 11 August 2016 22:04 (eight years ago) link
whoops, "i don't really like going out drinking there" = i meant in echo park, generally. but i like prado.
― donna rouge, Thursday, 11 August 2016 22:05 (eight years ago) link
food-wise: will second pine & crane (i was underwhelmed by it the first time i went there but liked it a lot more on my second visit many months later). there's an upscale-ish thai street food place near there called night + market song that's great, and a newish burmese place called daw yee just opened a little further east on sunset - the tea leaf salad is crazy good
― donna rouge, Thursday, 11 August 2016 22:14 (eight years ago) link
as far as mexican food in that area, i think el condor is the only sit-down joint i really like. mexico city on hillhurst isn't really that bad, i guess. just went there for the first time. better than i anticipated.
― nomar, Thursday, 11 August 2016 22:26 (eight years ago) link
Oh yeah, Elvis Telecom to thread!
― nickn, Thursday, 11 August 2016 23:50 (eight years ago) link
Couple of important food areas near Long Beach... Going to Westminster/Garden Grove for Vietnamese food is pretty much mandatory. Brodard on Westminster Ave. and Thanh Mai on Bolsa Ave. are my faves, Quan Long Hoa and Pho Quang Trung would be my next choice. Thanh Mai is open until 1:30am - I've become a regular.
Long Beach has a small Cambodian community with some great restaurants - Phnom Penh Noodle Shack on Cherry is the first place to go. Hak Heang on Anaheim is also very good and occasionally has a live band playing Cambodian pop classics.
There's at least a dozen or so Indian restaurants along Pioneer Blvd. in Artesia. I haven't kept up as the scene is always changing there but I usually go with whichever place has the most polarizing Yelp/Chowhound reviews.
Gardena has a couple of great ramen places. My go-to is Shin-Sen-Gumi Hakata on Redondo Beach Blvd. May just be my favorite ramen place in the Sprawl.
Jonathan Gold's essential 101 is a good place to start: http://ballots.latimes.com/lists/101-best-restaurants-jonathan-gold/
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 12 August 2016 20:20 (eight years ago) link
http://la.eater.com/2016/9/22/13020766/employee-suicide-los-angeles-buzz-wine-shop
a very trimeric experience
https://www.yelp.com/biz/buzz-los-angeles-3?sort_by=date_desc
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 23 September 2016 19:48 (eight years ago) link
just wanted to say thank you for all the great recommendations, they were very helpful. The biggest hit was Kang Ho Dong which I went to with my brother and then later talked my cousins into checking out as well.
On the first day out there, we had a bunch of time to kill so I took my family to Point Fermin, lots of nice views including a bunch of sea lions chilling on some rocks, plus my son found a gold mine of pokemon out there.
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 23 September 2016 21:19 (eight years ago) link
awesome dude!
was at beverly soon tofu restaurant last week
still delicious!
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 23 September 2016 22:36 (eight years ago) link
Exile in OC has finally finished. As of today, I'm a resident of Sierra Madre... SGV represent!
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 05:09 (seven years ago) link
SGV!
― nickn, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 06:13 (seven years ago) link
Welcome!
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:11 (seven years ago) link
So are we all out of OC now?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:12 (seven years ago) link
yep seal the door
http://www.jarrodspillers.com/images/norman_conical/seal_the_door.png
― nomar, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:17 (seven years ago) link
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3c4_1487772934
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
it made the latimes
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-anaheim-video-20170223-story.html
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 23 February 2017 17:11 (seven years ago) link