LA LA Land vol. looking for LA/SoCal NTers

i'm new to the area..but i say go to the typical spots. venice, santa monica, hollywood, roscoe's, beverly center etc...

Silver Lake is LA's new "trendy" area but it is really nice, lots of places to eat and there's an Undefeated over there. As far as where togo:

Downtown/Little Tokyo/Chinatown
Hollywood (overrated personally but some people feel they have to see it)
Grove/Fairfax stores (Supreme, The Hundreds, Huf, etc.)
Santa Monica/3rd St. Promenade (If you go to Santa Monica and don't get a Godmother sandwich from Bay Cities something is wrong with you )
Venice Beach

that should keep you pretty busy. If you have specific questions hit me up with a PM

They'll be plenty of firework shows (I don't usually go to any so I can't help you there)

Amusement parks? Six Flags, Knotts, Universal Studios

Venice Beach, Santa Monica, Hollywood, Sunset, Melrose, Old Town Pasadena

Dodgers game

Beware of wild hipsters in Silver Lake and Echo Park.

Um................ lots to do! Coming summer time as well!

Day time - Melrose, Beverly Center Mall, The Grove, 3 Street Promenade, Americana Brand, Hollywood, Fox Hills Mall, Glendale Galleria, The Bridge, Of coursebeaches (Venice, Santa Monica, Hermosa, Manhattan, Redondo, Zuma), Beverly Hills, Marina Del Rey, Getty museum, Plenty of parks to check out etc....

Night Time- Sunset Strip, lots of bars/lounges. Far as clubs goes, Coco De Ville, Ivar, My House, Les Deux, Blvd 3, LAX, Element, Oprea, Highlands, Apple,Cabana, Area etc.....

drive down to OC. Newport Beach... Balboa Island and Corona Del Mar

Originally Posted by jpap348

Silver Lake is LA's new "trendy" area but it is really nice, lots of places to eat and there's an Undefeated over there. As far as where to go:

Downtown/Little Tokyo/Chinatown
Hollywood (overrated personally but some people feel they have to see it)
Grove/Fairfax stores (Supreme, The Hundreds, Huf, etc.)
Santa Monica/3rd St. Promenade (If you go to Santa Monica and don't get a Godmother sandwich from Bay Cities something is wrong with you

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Venice Beach

that should keep you pretty busy. If you have specific questions hit me up with a PM

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[frank lucas] MY MAN! [/frank lucas]

I've been lookin for a few shops to check out as well.
Thanks for the info.
I'll hit you up a little later

Originally Posted by realtalkjohnny

drive down to OC. Newport Beach... Balboa Island and Corona Del Mar

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Disneyland, Knotts, South Coast Plaza ( The best Mall in the world) Angel's game.

Originally Posted by Krazyrodzilla

Um................ lots to do! Coming summer time as well!

Day time - Melrose, Beverly Center Mall, The Grove, 3 Street Promenade, Americana Brand, Hollywood, Fox Hills Mall, Glendale Galleria, The Bridge, Of course beaches (Venice, Santa Monica, Hermosa, Manhattan, Redondo, Zuma), Beverly Hills, Marina Del Rey, Getty museum, Plenty of parks to check out etc....

Night Time- Sunset Strip, lots of bars/lounges. Far as clubs goes, Coco De Ville, Ivar, My House, Les Deux, Blvd 3, LAX, Element, Oprea, Highlands, Apple, Cabana, Area etc.....

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What kinda clubs are these?
because the ones I'm used to play a variety of everything from trance to hip-hop.
and then we have our hood clubs were they play a bunch of Gucci Man & Young Jeezy and all that other crap.

Originally Posted by kicksgetmehigh

Originally Posted by Krazyrodzilla

Um................ lots to do! Coming summer time as well!

Day time - Melrose, Beverly Center Mall, The Grove, 3 Street Promenade, Americana Brand, Hollywood, Fox Hills Mall, Glendale Galleria, The Bridge, Of course beaches (Venice, Santa Monica, Hermosa, Manhattan, Redondo, Zuma), Beverly Hills, Marina Del Rey, Getty museum, Plenty of parks to check out etc....

Night Time- Sunset Strip, lots of bars/lounges. Far as clubs goes, Coco De Ville, Ivar, My House, Les Deux, Blvd 3, LAX, Element, Oprea, Highlands, Apple, Cabana, Area etc.....

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What kinda clubs are these?
because the ones I'm used to play a variety of everything from trance to hip-hop.
and then we have our hood clubs were they play a bunch of Gucci Man & Young Jeezy and all that other crap.

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Yea, they play variety of music. Mostly top 40 and hip hop. It's not hood. We have hood clubs as well.

Come out to Little Temple in siverlake on a thursday for some cool reggae music. (I think it's on thursday) There are a lot of nice night places to hit upright around that area too, and you're really close to the Hollywood scene. That's worth a night or two while you're down here.


Nightlife:
Clubs are pretty much the same wherever you go, but there are some clubs in certain cities that are the best out of the bunch.

Pasadena: There's a place called old town that you must check out. It comes alive at night with people bar hopping the half mile or so strip with plenty ofgirls to hit on and attention to be had.

Santa Monica: There are a handful of clubs here, but only ones I've been to and had great times at are Zanzibar and Barcopa. Busby's is a cool placetoo for a bar setting. Definitely check that place out.


North Hollywood: Yes, there are a few local gems in the suburban bar scene. Check out Skinny's and Burbank Bar and Grill

Hollywood: Oodles and oodles of places. You're better off looking up hollywood on the net, but a few places I can point out are Happy Endings, Good Luckbar, Highland, Club Rise (right off hollywood and highland)



During the day though, you want to check out:


The Ghetty Center on the West Side just off the 405. Bring a camera, and set a day aside for this place. If you like art, and architecture, you'lldefinitely want to come here.

Santa Monica, third street promenade, and Main Street. Lots of trendy shopping places, bars, and a lot of overall culture here.

Museums: There are tons of museums you can check out while you're here. At least go to one to one, they're usually free.

http://www.museumspot.com/cities/losangeles.htm

Venice Beach and Long Beach for the Cali culture you've probably seen in movies.

Griffith Park, there's an observatory where you can see the stars, literal.

Go shopping (window?) at Melrose

Normally I'd avoid the Shopping malls, but if you must, the mall to see, and be seen is the Topanga Mall in the Valley. It's been the place to go toever since they completely remodeled it and added like 500 shops 2 years ago. Louie V, Burberry, Tiffany, Salvator Ferragamo, Coach, Apple. Seriously the mallhere is nuts.

Glendale Gallery is another mall you wanna go to, especially the Americana which is right around the corner.

Universal Citywalk/Universal studios. It's a cool place, even if you don't want to go into the amusement park. Shopping, bars, and saddle ranch (WhichI don't recommend btw)

Food:

While you're here, Eat In-N-Out

Nuff said.

I'm sure there's a butt-load of stuff I missed, but this is the stuff that comes from the top of my head.

Oh, and btw... I'm heading to NYC in June.

I'mma definitely need some NTers to return the favor in a little bit.

drive down to city of fullerton for the bars. downtown fullerton is nice. try heroes bar and grill. they give you peanuts for your beers and you just drop theshells on the floor. that cool.

Originally Posted by elgrenas

drive down to city of fullerton for the bars. downtown fullerton is nice. try heroes bar and grill. they give you peanuts for your beers and you just drop the shells on the floor. that cool.

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LOL, yep! It's like a real life Cheers. Afterwards, there's a handful of bars you can hop to if you're not feeling any particularscene. One of the more fun places to go... I just wish it wasn't so damned far.

Hmmm everybody pretty much cover everything. One thing is for sure, bring some summer clothes kid, it's gonna be HOT as hell.

Originally Posted by kicksgetmehigh

Originally Posted by Krazyrodzilla

Um................ lots to do! Coming summer time as well!

Day time - Melrose, Beverly Center Mall, The Grove, 3 Street Promenade, Americana Brand, Hollywood, Fox Hills Mall, Glendale Galleria, The Bridge, Of course beaches (Venice, Santa Monica, Hermosa, Manhattan, Redondo, Zuma), Beverly Hills, Marina Del Rey, Getty museum, Plenty of parks to check out etc....

Night Time- Sunset Strip, lots of bars/lounges. Far as clubs goes, Coco De Ville, Ivar, My House, Les Deux, Blvd 3, LAX, Element, Oprea, Highlands, Apple, Cabana, Area etc.....

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What kinda clubs are these?
because the ones I'm used to play a variety of everything from trance to hip-hop.
and then we have our hood clubs were they play a bunch of Gucci Man & Young Jeezy and all that other crap.

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There isn't any hood clubs per say, more like hood nights at clubs. Well, there is Club 740 and QC2020, those are pretty hood. Dude abovepretty much cover the cool ones. The Social, Vanguard, Green Door, AREA and Ritual are nice as hell too but there not hood, they play mostly hiphop and Top 40but ull find some of the baddest chicks there.

If you need to get in some places, holla @ me, I got hookups.

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Originally Posted by elgrenas

drive down to city of fullerton for the bars. downtown fullerton is nice. try heroes bar and grill. they give you peanuts for your beers and you just drop the shells on the floor. that cool.

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LOL, yep! It's like a real life Cheers. Afterwards, there's a handful of bars you can hop to if you're not feeling any particular scene. One of the more fun places to go... I just wish it wasn't so damned far.

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Fulleton is ayt.. but lots of po-pos lol

Hollywood's not that great

Disneyland FTW

visit COMPTON!

dont forget to visit san bernardino, sun city, hemet, temecula area

And what about the traffic?
I hear it takes up to 8 hours to get to San Diego which should take 4 hours on a good day?


Do you all suggest getting a rental car?

Originally Posted by kicksgetmehigh

And what about the traffic?
I hear it takes up to 8 hours to get to San Diego which should take 4 hours on a good day?


Do you all suggest getting a rental car?

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Nah fam, doesn't take 8 hours lol. From L.A. it's about a 2-3 hrs drive. Yea, you'll def need a car in L.A. no questions ask.

Thanks bro,
I'm just tryin hard not to spend any money unless I have to, considerin the fact that I gotta get a decent rental car to roll around in.

ya LA has NO public transportation. get a car