Have you been to the beach, Jackal? There's Third Street Promenade and the Pier in Santa Monica. Or you could have lunch at the Sidewalk Cafe in Venice. You can get a table on the patio and people watch, which is always fun.
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[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kristen - Oct 23, 2006 12:22:56 pm PDT #1557 of 10001
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 23, 2006 12:25:18 pm PDT #1558 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Venice Beach is a lot of fun if you're into people-watching.
I would be remiss if I didn't pimp eating at Dar Maghreb on Sunset, though it is a bit pricey.
Jackal - Oct 23, 2006 12:26:15 pm PDT #1559 of 10001
It's not that I'm the only one, it's that I'm the honest one.
Could be beach bound tomorrow. I also have a nagging inner voice telling me to go to Torrance and do the Buffy thing. But everyone else's nagging voice tells me there's nothing else there.
Allyson - Oct 23, 2006 12:29:41 pm PDT #1560 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Oh wow. Hm. Farmer's Market is great. You could see a movie at the Arclight Cineramamadomathingy on Sunset. If you haven't been to Santa Monica yet, the Pier is lovely.
LAistas? Suggestions?
Tamara - Oct 23, 2006 12:30:47 pm PDT #1561 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Dare I say Disneyland?
Kristen - Oct 23, 2006 12:31:35 pm PDT #1562 of 10001
There's a Chick-fil-A in Torrance. Home of the world's best chicken sandwich.That's all I got on the Torrance front.
Though, I'm not sure where you're staying but, if you went to Torrance in the late morning, you could hit the Venice/SM area on your way back up.
Polgara - Oct 23, 2006 12:44:09 pm PDT #1563 of 10001
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
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Kristen - Oct 23, 2006 12:45:56 pm PDT #1564 of 10001
Spammer.
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DawnK - Oct 23, 2006 12:46:17 pm PDT #1565 of 10001
giraffe mode
if you went to Torrance in the late morning, you could hit the Venice/SM area on your way back up
Most def this is easy to do. Frankly, there's not much out toward where the house and High School are (except a big mall with the aforementioned Chick Fil A inside) so it's not much to see (classes are in session at the school so you can't get in and the house is a private residence so you'd only be able to drive by). Not that Torrance isn't a lovely place to visit (they have one of the last vernal marshes left in So Cal) but I'd say if it's between Santa Monica and Torrance? Choose Santa Monica, Go Santa Monica.
EtA: Ohhhh I love the Getty! Choose that!!!!
Jackal - Oct 23, 2006 12:46:48 pm PDT #1566 of 10001
It's not that I'm the only one, it's that I'm the honest one.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Though, I'm not sure where you're staying but, if you went to Torrance in the late morning, you could hit the Venice/SM area on your way back up.
I'm staying in the Wilshire Grand - which was a bitch for getting to and from the expo. Tomorrow looks like a public transport day if I go to Venice/SM/Torrance. Public transport seems to be the one thing I dislike internationally.