Los Angeles Thread #4: Victory Boulevard (We Love It!)

this saturday. something. somewhere. my last day in l.a.

Yes indeed.

Wehoohahh... It's going to be a busy Saturday.

FYI, Saturday night is the closing of the Bruce Licher/IPR retrospective at Dangerous Curve. Reportedly, the Urinals are going to be playing w/Bruce guesting on guitar.

I'm in for FAP, most likely.

I will be in Hawaii, celebrating the end of my bar exam experience, so no FAP for me.

BTW - MotherFUCK a Cali Bar Exam.

"13. Teriyaki Boyz - Tokyo Drift"

A GREAT song from a GREAT movie, but more night driving...

more for...

(produced by The Neptunes actually)

more night driving...

Too right, Spencer. The night commute is Miracle Mile, through the neon jungle.

Neptunes, really? They really did a good job with that. There is one mix of "Speed" by Atari Teenage Riot from F&F:TD that I like, too.

I never saw this thread. Fare thee well, Remy. We didn't hang out enough but I wish you the very best at your next stop.

Goodbye Los Angeles,

It has been awfully nice living in you. Nearly four years, in Koreatown, Los Feliz, Palms/Mar vista, and a number of shady streets and neighborhoods during a one-month between-apartment squat in the fall of '06.

I will miss my little house near Venice Blvd, ten minutes from the beach and three from Café Brazil, I will miss my roommate J., and his wonderful golden retriever Riley, who has been my constant companion for the past fourteen months. I will miss my work at the W.S., in spite of how things turned out ... I will miss all of my students, especially M, the greatest ten-year-old on the planet, and I hope he will remember me a friend for life. I will miss his family, too, who have been my primary employers, greatest support, and provisional 'home' since June.

I will miss running in Griffith Park, running on Franklin Blvd at nightfall, I will miss hikes at Topanga Canyon. I look forward to the next time I can eat at any of a million favorite Jonathan Gold recommended-restaurants. I will miss the over-full farmers markets (plural), Amoeba runs, sneak-parking at the Getty, caffeinated writing at Stir Crazy, Psychobabble, Alcove, Insomnia, etc., I will miss getting high on the roof of the USC parking center, trolling the pool at the Standard, impromptu parties thrown by house-sitters in the hills of Hollywood and Malibu. I will miss my writing group, the surly bastards at rocket video, I will ...

I'm not gonna bother to list any more.

I will miss my friends B*n, J*a, S*a, W*e, and R*é especially. And my LA ILX friends Ned, Arthur, Keith, Jody, Matt, Adam, Lisa, Vic, Jeff, Nick, Chris, Max, Spencer, and Laura. (And whoever I thoughtlessly neglected to include on this list.) I hope to see you all somewhere in the future, sometime soon.

And now:

Radio Silence. A few days in Big Sur. Decompression, Decontamination. Much love, big city.

Get away and do nothing, sir. Seeya in a few weeks up north!

best of luck remy, and im sorry i couldnt come out yesterday

see ya in the bay, dude. listen to the beach boys big sur from landlocked.

NorCal take good care of our guy.

Bye Remy! Good luck!

Hey how do I go the pool at the Standard? That sounds fun.

take the elevator

Adam, there are parties coming up at the pool this summer.

Take me with u?

maybe you all saw this. I thought it was funny:

http://laist.com/attachments/la_christine/laangst.jpg

Take me with u?

You don't care where he goes, do u.

i saw spencer DJ at the standard once, i had an amazing time, but i was really drunk

how did u get home

my roommate drove me

Different Standard actually. Hope to be doing some downtown this summer too.

I'll be playing at PYT on Friday, details to follow.

Remy, sorry I've been lax on FAP-ing. Good luck with your regrouping!

Another classic bookstore closing it's doors...

This time it's Dutton’s (in Brentwood)
http://www.duttonsbrentwood.com/

Goodbye and good luck up North, Remy. I'm sure you'll be back eventually.

Car crash pile up of shows tonight... The Raveonettes, Mountain Goats, and Working For A Nuclear Free City. If only all three were on the same bill

I might hit the Troubadour tonight.

New Silversun Pickups video shot by Joaquin Phoeniz in downtown LA

I'm going to Six Flags tonight!

But it's to shoot a film.

New Silversun Pickups video shot by Joaquin Phoeniz in downtown LA

It's weird how he makes them all look like Joaquin Phoenix.

PS Remy I <3 you but I've been knocked out by this goofy flu but will see in you SF...

Yeah! Except these ones don't cry, like Joaquin does in every movie he's in.

plz photoshop NEVARFORGET.JPG with crying joaquin phoenix

HEY REMY I HAVE YOUR MUG WITH THE INSCRIPTION FROM "OLIVIA" -- PLS TO GIVE ME YR NU-ADDRESS AND I WILL PUT IT IN THE POST ANON

plz photoshop mug, Sony water tower, and crying remy

nevar forget

There was a remy(r.i.p.)-shaped hole over by Ford's Filling Station the other night.

hi guys.

yo

tim is going slow. i want it to be daylights savings now. it's 2:50, no?

i think tony valdez must be editing the saturday edition of fox evening news. There was a feature on the tuskegee airmen getting honored, extensive coverage of the women's antiwar march downtown, a random piece about a mom who lost her son last year due to treachery from one of his so-called friends(they don't know who) and tony himself pleading for someone to step forward, it was very moving. He's kind of a blowhard but Tony Valdez' heart is in the right place, more than i can say from pretty much any other broadcaster on locals. I miss Jess Marlow too.

I miss Jerry Dunphy too although much of the time it seemed he had but a vague handle on what he was reading. Was he really the model for Ted Baxter? I think I heard that.

Paul Moyers is feckless.

That's putting it kindly.

he's a soulless boob; am i getting warmer?

Now we're talking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hW2dPg9WDE

From the desert to the sea to all of Southern California
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOHlBz9ps3A

John Schubeck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVmSzTZqqwI

Taking a taxi in Los Angeles is a good way to go broke really fast.

caek, if you're needing to get around in that area, you're in luck. It's the one place in the city of the angels that has a decent public transport system. do not take a taxi as AoF says you'll be broke in no time. let me see if there is a decent link I can give you. standby

Hi Caek,

Don't know exactly when you'll be here in LA, but look to this thread and see if you can rally a FAP if there is time. In general this is a pretty helpful site for all things Angeleno: http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/visitors/transportation/public-transit#bus

Special Thanks to the large gay population in LA, so organized! (I am jealous.)
it links you to restaurants and lodging and things to do and see, in addition to being a great source of transport info for visitors.

Best wishes on your visit and I hope all your experiences are 100% positive.

Here is some info about public transport for your info:

Metro Rail System
Six fast, easy-to-use and environmentally friendly color-coded subway, light-rail and rapid bus transit lines offer visitors an affordable way of getting from one destination to the next.

* The Metro Blue Line (light rail) runs north and south between Long Beach and LA.
* The Metro Green Line (light rail) runs east and west between Norwalk and Redondo Beach.
* The Metro Red Line (subway) meets the Blue Line in LA and provides service through Downtown, the Mid-Wilshire area, Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley, where it meets the Metro Orange Line (rapid bus transit), which runs from North Hollywood to the Warner Center in Woodland Hills.
* The Metro Purple Line (subway) runs between Union Station, Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue.
* The Metro Gold Line (light rail) connects with the Red Line at Union Station and runs to Pasadena.

For detailed schedules, fares, interactive maps, multi-language pocket guides and more info, visit www.metro.net.

Metro Bus System
Three types of bus service are available throughout the Greater Los Angeles area. With 200 different lines, buses travel all over the city to every major destination including state parks, area attractions and shopping districts.

* Metro Local (painted orange) makes frequent stops along major streets throughout the city.
* Metro Rapid (painted red) offers fewer stops and expedited travel times on the city’s major streets, with the use of special transponders that cause traffic signals to favor the bus.
* Metro Express (painted blue) offers reduced stop service along the city’s freeway systems. DASH
The City of Los Angeles Transportation (LADOT) currently operates the second largest fleet in Los Angeles County. LADOT’s transit fleet serves approximately 30 million passenger boardings per year.

DASH Downtown
Six quick bus routes through Downtown depart every five to 10 minutes between 6:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays, and every 15 minutes between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

* Route A – Little Tokyo to City West
* Route B – Chinatown to Financial District
* Route C – Financial District to South Park
* Route D – Union Station to South Park
* Route E – City West to Fashion District
* Route F – Financial District to Exposition Park/USC

DASH also Serves:

* Beachwood Canyon
* Boyle Heights/East LA
* Chesterfield Square
* Crenshaw
* Downtown Los Angeles
* El Sereno/City Terrace
* Fairfax
* Highland Park/Eagle Rock
* Hollywood
* Hollywood/West Hollywood
* Hollywood/Wilshire
* King-East
* Leimert/Slauson
* Lincoln Heights/Chinatown
* Los Feliz
* Midtown
* Northridge
* Panorama City/Van Nuys
* Pico Union/Echo Park
* San Pedro
* Southeast Los Angeles
* Van Nuys/Studio City
* Vermont/Main
* Warner Center
* Watts
* Wilmington
* Wilshire Center/Koreatown

Commuter Express
LADOT offers stress-free, reliable bus service to Downtown Los Angeles in the morning and back in the afternoon from communities reaching from the beach cities to the San Fernando Valley.

For more information, visit www.ladottransit.com/dash.

FlyAway
A fast, affordable ride ($4 each way) between Downtown and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) or between Van Nuys Airport (VNY) and LAX. Tickets can be purchased from the FlyAway kiosk in the Patsaouras terminal or the Van Nuys FlyAway. Remote baggage check-in and boarding passes are available.

Union Station to LAX Schedule
Monday–Friday, early morning bus departures from Union Station to LAX are at: 5 a.m., 5:30 a.m., 5:50 a.m., 6:30 a.m., 6:45 a.m., 7:10 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 7:50 a.m., 8:10 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 8:50 a.m., 9:10 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Between 10 a.m. and 1 a.m., buses will depart every 30 minutes. Between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. service is every hour on the hour.

Saturday–Sunday, buses depart every 30 minutes on the hour and half hour from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. Between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. service is every hour on the hour.

LAX to Union Station Schedule
Buses depart daily between 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. from LAX Terminal 1 on the hour and half hour. Early morning buses between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. depart LAX on the hour. Passenger pick-up time starts at Terminal 1. Allow extra time for pick-ups at Terminals 2–7.

Van Nuys Airport (VNY) to LAX Schedule
The FlyAway service runs between the VNY and LAX 24 hours a day, with 30-minute departures between 4:45 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. and hourly service from midnight to 4:30 a.m.

LAX to Westwood Schedule
FlyAway service from LAX to Westwood runs from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. every 30 minutes and passengers have access to free Wi-Fi Internet on the smaller CNG clean fuel buses.

For more information, visit www.lawa.org/flyaway.

Caek -

Fastest and most cost effective way to get from LAX to Downtown is to take the Flyaway bus to Union Station. Downtown is just a Red Line subway stop away. To get to Silver Lake you can take the Sunset Blvd. bus or the 92 bus (runs up Glendale Blvd)

ha dr. fishbeck! i think elmer dills is still kicking around too

yep - both the old geezers are still kickin around thank goodness, we would be lost without them, and of course Huell.

the group ride vans are usually like $20-$30 and will drop you off at your destination

supershuttle is the name of one and i dont remember the other

Prime Time is the other big one.

Also, if you're going to use the bus/train when you're here, get a day pass ($5 last time I bought one) and you can use the busses, Metro rail trains (not Metro Link, which go farther), and the DASH busses.

yah, supershuttle to my housesit in silverlake is not a problem and I I won't be going far from silverlake for the first few days. Just hitting a couple of bars and getting something to eat, which will be easier with a couple of cab numbers in my pocket. I will also be getting the blue line down to long beach, but i need to get to 7th St/Metro Center at like 5am to pick this up, so figured I would get a cab there. once i have been in town for a few days I may feel happier driving.

thanks for all the bus info, btw everyone. very useful!

if anyone has a tip for somewhere good to eat that is close (walkable?) from mohawk st, silverlake for our first meal then shoot.

how "walkable" do you mean (Nobody Walks in LA) is a mile out of the question? Also, what time approx will you be at the residence?

a mile is totally fine, i should make it from lax by around 5pm

most stuff is open on new year's day, right?

Hmmm. not absolutely sure about the open on NY day thing - I would suggesting calling before you go, but I in general I would say yep, dining/drinking spots will be open.

about 1/2 mile = "Masa"

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/5/70783/restaurant/Echo-Park/Masa-of-Echo-Park-LA

http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=1800+W+Sunset+Blvd+Los+Angeles+CA+90026&saddr=mowhawk+street

about 1 mile the other way = "Alegria" & "Cliffs Edge"

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/5/60286/restaurant/Silver-Lake/Alegria-on-Sunset-LA

http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=3510+W+Sunset+Blvd+Los+Angeles+CA+90026&saddr=mowhawk+street+90026

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/5/63623/restaurant/Silver-Lake/Cliffs-Edge-LA

http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=3626+W+Sunset+Blvd+Los+Angeles+CA+90026&saddr=mohawk+st+la+ca+90026

a handy guide to good eats/drinks of all kinds in the area(s) near you:

http://www.urbanspoon.com/n/5/418/LA/Echo-Park-restaurants

http://www.urbanspoon.com/n/5/464/LA/Silver-Lake-restaurants

Independent Cab (NOT to be confused with UNITED INDEPENDENT TAXI or should I say "UNDEPENDENT") yes I know that's a nonsense word but you get my drift. (800) 521-8294

may a thousand virgins shower you with lotus blossoms

alegria is one of my favorite mexican places in the city

Alegria is good and worth a stop, but I also highly recommend the amazing El Cochinito Cuban restaurant in the same strip mall.

http://losangeles.citysearch.com/profile/50976/los_angeles_ca/el_cochinito_restaurant.html
http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/5/64804/restaurant/Silver-Lake/El-Cochinito-LA

i will have sex with all this restaurants

i am free the weekend of january 9-11 and want to go to a stay in a nice little beach community outside la. what are options other than santa barbara? (I will have a car for this bit.)

Brite Spot on Sunset at Glendale is good but a little expensive

Well, define 'nice little beach community.' (For OC I could sorta suggest Seal Beach, Laguna Beach or San Clemente but none of them are perfect.)

Dana Point is beautiful, not sure what the availability of accommodations there is.

I'm already booked in at Santa Barbara so that's settled. Was hoping it would be warmer than this though!

Has anyone been to El Prado on W Sunset? http://elpradobar.com/ looks like it could be awesome or horrible.

I like it--I'd put it closer to "awesome" than "horrible"--but more in the category of pop in for a drink rather than a destination unto itself. It's good to see an LA bar with some varied beers on tap. Also, it's way smaller than the pictures on the website suggest, but when I've gone it hasn't been too cramped or anything.

is there only one table? can you sit at the bar without being in the way?

there is seating at the bar, which is probably preferable, and then a few tables against the wall opposite the bar. though when i've gone i don't think i managed to get a seat at either bar or table - still didn't ruin it or anything.

I'm going on my own, so I would like to sit at the bar. I will be there early whichever night I go on. I will give it a shot. Good times.

I'm keen on it not because it looks particularly good or whatever, but because it is a ten minute walk from where I am staying in Echo Park. I don't see a lot else in the area apart from maybe the Red Lion and Cha Cha Lounge to the north and some weird sounding places further east on Sunset.

Alegria is good but not if you're too drunk from before and wind up throwing up outside leading to the company you're with never talking to you again

"Brite Spot on Sunset at Glendale is good but a little expensive"

IMHO it's the single worst place to eat in LA. And it's my local!

"some weird sounding places further east on Sunset."

Little Joy (probably one of these) is actually really great no matter what people on this thread or anywhere else will tell you. I drink solo there all the time! Short Stop is just ok. I don't like The Gold Room. El Prado is ok but very narrow and loud and full of horrible people. I quite like the lounge at Taix on off nights and when there isn't a band playing. Go there!

Maybe I got lucky. My food was fine. Service was a little eccentric, but obv. much better than I'm used to in the UK. Main complaint was the price. xp

Ah yes, the UK.

Is Little Joy the big black place with "COCKTAILS" written outside?

Maybe I will start at Little Joy and Short Stop and jump on a bus down to El Prado and Taix.

yes - COCKTAILS

"Maybe I will start at Little Joy and Short Stop and jump on a bus down to El Prado and Taix."

No need, this is totally walkable. You could eat or get a beer at Masa (across from Prado) too!

Also there is Echo Park's tiny but ok Farmer's Market at (I think) Logan just South on Sunset which will be going on tonight (I assume).

South OF Sunset

ok, this sounds like an adventure. if I finish my work before 8pm then i will do this tonight. do you know if any of these places charge cover on fridays?

I don't think so but sometimes there is a line outside of Prado (or am I imagining things)

Also there is Stories, a new bookstore on Sunset but it is rubbish

thanks! i leave this part of town for the time being tomorrow morning at 6am, so I will not have a chance to hit most of these places, but i will make a note of them. might be back here in a couple of weeks.

this is what you should do next time you're in silverlake, closer to the other side by sunset junction - all walking distance. note: some of these places may not be heterosexual:

The Eagle (do not feed the bears)
Akbar
Malo
Tiki Ti
Nadpob
4100
Cheetah
Good Luck Bar

then walk up Hillhurst to Ye Rustic Inn, which will make you stop drinking. you can get arrested in their little strip mall since the cops are always around

what is that tiki place like? I wonder

Is Little Joy the big black place with "COCKTAILS" written outside?

No, that's the Short Stop. Little Joy is blue, or white, I think. No sign outside that I've ever seen.

yes you're right. but the phrase "Little Joy" is painted on the wall that leads off of sunset

lol angeles

"new year, new thread."

gang gang dance @ smell tonite