Week vacation in LA - need tips
 

Planing to visit LA for the first time with my gf, for a week or so, since I've never been and there are a lot of gfyers here, where the best area to stay? any special attractions? thanks

Porn Valley.
I'd leave your GF @ home though.

Porn isn't on my personal interest list so I'd rather not stumble upon any shenanigans.

Watts Towers.. Slauson and Crenshaw.. And Disneyland..

West Hollywood of course!

If this is your first visit, I would stay down in Santa Monica. It's right at the beach, it's centrally located and you can see a lot of LA driving a short distance.

+1 for Santa Monica.

Relax & Enjoy the holiday man! :D

Any place close to a dispensary would be the way to go.

When I visited with my gf last year, we stayed in Venice Beach. Rented an apartment near the beach and then drove to where we wanted to go. It was very nice :)

I always stay somewhere around the airport. It's convenient for me as the major highways are close by, it's near the car rental return and airport. Some of the better places are elsewhere, but I liked the W when I stayed there last. Not much of a view though.

As for the attractions:

Venice Beach Boardwalk
Disneyland/California Adventure
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Paramount Studio Tour
Sony Studio Tour
Warner Bros Studio Tour
Santa Monica Pier
Universal Studios Hollywood
Beverly Center
Rodeo Drive
Various Starline Tours
Griffith Observatory

I think I stayed in Korea Town when I went which was alright but:

-If you're a big music fan, make sure to go to amoeba music. I think it's the worlds largest record indie store?

-Eating at Jack In The Box and In & Out are obviously musts while you're over there.

-Go to Venice Beach, see some sideshow attractions & realize everyone is stoned there

-Again, not sure how into music you are, but I went to the only "punk" bar in Hollywood called The Burgundy Room. It's worth checking out if you like dive bars and are into counter culture.

Be prepared to spend a lot of time in traffic. A LOT of time.

take a gun with you

Part of the LA experience

you sound completely pussy whipped so why are you on here asking anything? just ask your girlfriend what she wants to do and follow along like a little puppy dog.

"best area to stay" i would suggest for you staying home. Americans are sick of you war mongering Israeli types and you are not welcome. Have fun loser.

How does he sound like that? He sounds pussy whipped because he is not interested in porn valley? :1orglaugh

this is oracle porn we are talking about, this is his first girlfriend his entire life. i guarantee the chick will have his account drained and be banging an american black guy before the following year is up.

which one welcomes tourists?

thanks everyone for the advice, did you rent the apt thru airbnb?

One of those sites. Send me a PM and I can find the place for you when I am near a computer again (tomorrow)

LA County - Los Angeles, Hollywood, Bevery Hills, Santa Monica, Venice, Burbank
Orange County - Newport Beach/Balboa, Anaheim (Disneyland), Laguna Beach
San Diego County - San Diego, La Jolla / Del Mar

Barefootsies did well with mentioning the studio tours, and watching live taping of some shows. Many are available free.

AirBnB (apartments and homes) Hotwire and TravelZoo (hotel accommodations)

Good luck and have fun. Haven't been home since January. :(

every year noted as the fastest growing slum in America :2 cents:

here ya go, rent a car and have fun
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https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1668703

Visit the multi-billion dollar Getty Museum. It's great & it's FREE.

http://www.getty.edu/museum/

+1 was going to mention the getty as well. if you're into art, definitely worth checking out. the view of downtown LA is amazing too

Chilli Burger
 

The original Tommy Burger at northeast corner of Beverly and Rampart boulevards west of downtown Los Angeles.

1st place I'm going next time I'm in LA

how far is it in traffic from the main spots?

thanks will do

agoura is about 5-8 miles outside porn valley BUT right over the hill from the beach... like 12 miles though the hills to Malibu

pull out on the map and see... much nicer than LA and close enough, over the hills to the beach and then drive down the 1 into Santa Monica, Venice etc.. plenty of nice places to eat around here and then maybe jump up to Santa Barbra and wine country for a day...


https://maps.google.com/maps?q=agour...ed=0CAoQ_AUoAg

Definitely Santa Monica near the promenade. You can walk many places. Good Food. Good Shopping. Nice people.

None of them. You have to be a California resident...without that and a valid presecrition you can't even get in the door much less buy...

I however have BOTH of those things so if you would like me to hook you up just PM me for private contact info. :thumbsup

Whatever you do, make sure you rent a car.

yes I looked at the map, but the map doesn't show traffic. I don't like driving so much, although we would rent a car for the entire stay I think I prefer to have somewhere to walk to rather then driving everywhere.

this sounds nice :) santa monica near the action sounds like a good choice for the first time.

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Hahahaha. Sorry dude you have to drive all over the place in LA it's impractical as hell getting around compared to somewhere like NYC

Go to the corner of La Cienega and Venice Blvd and flag down the blue pickup truck. Get in and the good times will begin.