Guidebook for Los Angeles

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Guidebook for Los Angeles

Food Scene

Best chocolate cake desert ever! A great people watching spot in a structure that combines Dutch Colonial Revival architecture, Mission Revival, and Streamline Moderne style. Surreal!
Traxx Restaurant
800 N Alameda St
Best chocolate cake desert ever! A great people watching spot in a structure that combines Dutch Colonial Revival architecture, Mission Revival, and Streamline Moderne style. Surreal!
Great vegetarian/vegan sushi :)
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Shojin
12406 W Washington Blvd
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Great vegetarian/vegan sushi :)
In the middle of the Old Chinatown Central Plaza is where you want to chill in a late afternoon before you go and explore Chinatown by night.
Via Cafe
451 Gin Ling Way
In the middle of the Old Chinatown Central Plaza is where you want to chill in a late afternoon before you go and explore Chinatown by night.
Great mexican food. Bring cash - they do not take cards. Try the Jamaica drink only when you've had spicy meal, which you probably will if you are there
Mom's Tamales
Great mexican food. Bring cash - they do not take cards. Try the Jamaica drink only when you've had spicy meal, which you probably will if you are there
Being on a rooftop overlooking Perching square and the high-rises of downtown while drinking a glass of wine, snacking on Mélange de Noix or having a beer with Truffle French Fries during sunset!
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Perch
448 S Hill St
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Being on a rooftop overlooking Perching square and the high-rises of downtown while drinking a glass of wine, snacking on Mélange de Noix or having a beer with Truffle French Fries during sunset!
local coffe house with great brews on a daily basis
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Antigua
3400 N Figueroa St
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local coffe house with great brews on a daily basis
raw food paradise
Raw
609 Broadway
raw food paradise
“classic ’60s” coffee shop “with sassy flair” offering “diner food with a twist” - Zagat
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Swingers
8020 Beverly Blvd
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“classic ’60s” coffee shop “with sassy flair” offering “diner food with a twist” - Zagat
Macarons! Yes! And great place for breakfast/lunch and dinner. Be in Paris without moving from downtown LA.
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Bottega Louie
700 S Grand Ave
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Macarons! Yes! And great place for breakfast/lunch and dinner. Be in Paris without moving from downtown LA.
Grab a coffe, rent a bike and do some exercise while breathing fresh ocean air.
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Venice Boardwalk Bike Rental
517 Ocean Front Walk
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Grab a coffe, rent a bike and do some exercise while breathing fresh ocean air.

Arts & Culture

Art in LA! right in Little Tokyo, close to Artists district
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The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
152 N Central Ave
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Art in LA! right in Little Tokyo, close to Artists district
Improv Comedy! $5
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Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre LA
5919 Franklin Ave
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Improv Comedy! $5
Los Angeles County Museum - check website for current exhibits and events
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Museu de Arte do Condado de Los Angeles
5905 Wilshire Blvd
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Los Angeles County Museum - check website for current exhibits and events
A museum and more, with changing exhibitions, music, film, and literary programs, Zeidler's Café, and Audrey's Museum store
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Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N Sepulveda Blvd
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A museum and more, with changing exhibitions, music, film, and literary programs, Zeidler's Café, and Audrey's Museum store
http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/programs
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Museu Hammer
10899 Wilshire Blvd
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http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/programs
Andrew Bird will be performing there on the August 12th Check out the schedule http://www.greektheatrela.com/
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The Greek Theatre
2700 N Vermont Ave
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Andrew Bird will be performing there on the August 12th Check out the schedule http://www.greektheatrela.com/
http://www.laorpheum.com/calendar.html
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Orpheum Theater
842 S Broadway
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http://www.laorpheum.com/calendar.html
http://www.redcat.org/
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REDCAT ROY AND EDNA DISNEY/CALARTS THEATER
631 W 2nd St
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http://www.redcat.org/
Home of the LA Philharmonic http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/about-walt-disney-concert-hall
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Sala de Concertos Walt Disney
111 S Grand Ave
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Home of the LA Philharmonic http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/about-walt-disney-concert-hall
another museum
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Japanese American National Museum
100 N Central Ave
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another museum
Theatre - Performance and more http://www.centertheatregroup.org/
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Center Theatre Group
601 W Temple St
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Theatre - Performance and more http://www.centertheatregroup.org/
One of the best 'alternative' performing arts centerts http://www.electriclodge.org/
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The Electric Lodge
1416 Electric Ave
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One of the best 'alternative' performing arts centerts http://www.electriclodge.org/
Music venue in West Hollywood. Check the schedule http://www.troubadour.com/
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Troubadour
9081 N Santa Monica Blvd
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Music venue in West Hollywood. Check the schedule http://www.troubadour.com/

Everything Else

SCI-Arc in LA, is an independent, nonprofit school. It offers community design and outreach programs, and free public access to frequent exhibitions and lectures by leading thinkers in architecture
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Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)
960 E 3rd St
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SCI-Arc in LA, is an independent, nonprofit school. It offers community design and outreach programs, and free public access to frequent exhibitions and lectures by leading thinkers in architecture
Baseball is your thing? No? Yes? It doesn't matter. It's amazing experiencing sharing 'space' with 30.000 people :) and feeling the collective unconscious act up. Tickets are usually not expensive
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Dodger Stadium
1000 Vin Scully Ave
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Baseball is your thing? No? Yes? It doesn't matter. It's amazing experiencing sharing 'space' with 30.000 people :) and feeling the collective unconscious act up. Tickets are usually not expensive
You wake up early and want to meditate? This is the place to go. Amazing garden and beautiful silence.
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Self-Realization Fellowship International Headquarters
3880 San Rafael Ave
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You wake up early and want to meditate? This is the place to go. Amazing garden and beautiful silence.
Topanga has some amazing nature! Can be a special one day trip with a hike and some time at the beach.
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Topanga State Park
20828 Entrada Rd
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Topanga has some amazing nature! Can be a special one day trip with a hike and some time at the beach.
hidden beach along the PCH
El Matador Beach Rd
hidden beach along the PCH
Learn facts about our universe, gaze at the 'stars', look over LA and if you are ready for it take a hike up into the park. What the pin shows on the map is not the right location - make sure to check
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Observatório Griffith
2800 E Observatory Rd
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Learn facts about our universe, gaze at the 'stars', look over LA and if you are ready for it take a hike up into the park. What the pin shows on the map is not the right location - make sure to check
Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society
4300 Melrose Ave
you like to meditate?
Tones of shops, galeries and restaurants. All that a proper consumer needs. http://www.abbotkinneyonline.com/
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Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Abbot Kinney Boulevard
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Tones of shops, galeries and restaurants. All that a proper consumer needs. http://www.abbotkinneyonline.com/
It is the home of the LA Lakers and you know that already.
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Staples Center
1111 S Figueroa St
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It is the home of the LA Lakers and you know that already.
It's the House of Blues
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House of Blues Sunset Strip
8430 Sunset Boulevard
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It's the House of Blues

Drinks & Nightlife

From Zagat: “Sparks of genius” abound in this “inspired reimagining” of a “huge” subterranean power plant, a Downtown “fantasy” lounge that’s earned LA’s No. 1 Decor rating
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The Edison
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From Zagat: “Sparks of genius” abound in this “inspired reimagining” of a “huge” subterranean power plant, a Downtown “fantasy” lounge that’s earned LA’s No. 1 Decor rating
Just try it and let yourself be surprised
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La Cita
336 S Hill St
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Just try it and let yourself be surprised
Low End Theory every Wednesday!
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The Airliner
2419 N Broadway
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Low End Theory every Wednesday!
drinks, pool table, outdoor patio
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Footsies
2640 N Figueroa St
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drinks, pool table, outdoor patio
The place to hear some great jazz in LA!
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Blue Whale
123 Astronaut Ellison S Onizuka St
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The place to hear some great jazz in LA!
Best scotch selection ever!
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Seven Bar Lounge
515 W 7th St
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Best scotch selection ever!

Essentials

This is your international food Mecca! Go in the morning or midday as it gets intensely crowded past 4pm.
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Super King Market 02
2716 N San Fernando Rd
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This is your international food Mecca! Go in the morning or midday as it gets intensely crowded past 4pm.
Organic produce and everything else you might need
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Whole Foods Market
465 S Arroyo Pkwy
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Organic produce and everything else you might need
Shop for groceries and specialty foods - mainly asian. They have great fruits and veggies!
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Urth Caffé
459 S Hewitt St
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Shop for groceries and specialty foods - mainly asian. They have great fruits and veggies!
this is the closest Trader Joe's to our place, there is also one in Pasadena
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Trader Joe's
2738 Hyperion Ave
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this is the closest Trader Joe's to our place, there is also one in Pasadena

Sightseeing

El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic monument is where LA originally was born. Olvera street is colorful walk with some great authentic mexican food spots. Just across the street from Union Station.
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Olvera Street
Olvera Street
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El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic monument is where LA originally was born. Olvera street is colorful walk with some great authentic mexican food spots. Just across the street from Union Station.
This is a very unique park in LA - nature is rather untamed. It has amazing views from different parts of town and great places for an afternoon picnic.
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Elysian Park
835 Academy Rd
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This is a very unique park in LA - nature is rather untamed. It has amazing views from different parts of town and great places for an afternoon picnic.
In the opening decades of the 20th century, in the era of silent movies, Edendale was widely known as the home of most major movie studios on the West Coast. Good ground for exploring.
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Edendale
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In the opening decades of the 20th century, in the era of silent movies, Edendale was widely known as the home of most major movie studios on the West Coast. Good ground for exploring.

Shopping

Amazing bookstore! I love this place.
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A última livraria
453 South Spring Street
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Amazing bookstore! I love this place.