MrsB is heading off to New York tomorrow, and to LA next week, as she pursues career opportunities (and eventually decides where we live next).
Anyone got any fun things for her to do? She’ll only be free in NY possibly Fri night, Saturday, and Sunday morning. Same deal in LA.
Thanks!
Well, I hope you’re not too ugly for L.A., 'cause you’re too stupid to post this in the right forum.
(My apologies for the above, old man, and thank you for the excuse to use the bumpersticker cliche…)
Moving to IMHO.
The Los Angeles Times has an online “Calendar Live” for events, restaurants, etc.:
Depends on her interests. Music? Museums? Hiking? Venice Beach is fun.
Stupid? :dubious:
Thank you; moved THAT one, too. Your dollar is in the mail.
Lived in NY and in LA.
In NY all you need are good walking shoes and halfway decent weather. There is SO much to do - just start walking up or down Broadway and watch the time fly. Plus the restaurants, theater, museums…and did I mention restaurants?
In LA is gets a little tricky. You need a car. Period. However, if you get to West Hollywood, you can walk down Santa Monica Boulevard - or go to Beverly Hills and walk along Rodeo Drive - or go to Santa Monica and walk along the prominade, and then go down to the beach/pier. Venice Beach (by day only) is also fun.
In NY you need pots of money just to live cheap, but the city is 24/7 excitement and adventure. In LA, rents have gone sky high and forget about real estate - but it is still far cheaper than NYC. The LA weather makes up for lack of NY neighborhood walks. If you like sunny days and walks on the beach at Thanksgiving, you will have a great time in LA! If you like the four seasons and ethnic foods on every corner, you’ll love NY.
I love both cities, but it really is comparing big apples to orange groves. As far as choosing where to live? Hard choice. Good luck though. But no matter where you finally chose, you win.
Barbarian there are no shortage of things to do in LA. Something for every taste and interest. I’ll list a few of the links but will also ask you what is Mrs Barberian interested in?
LA has the best food, beaches, mountains within 1 hr drive, dessert also within 1 hr drive… movies, theater, arts, museums, history, botanical exhibits, sports, etc . etc. etc…can’t think of anything anyone could want you can’t find here…
oh, and another question… what part of LA will she be in? It’s really big here.
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[li]Yahoo - Los Angeles http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/California/Metropolitan_Areas/Los_Angeles_Metro[/li][li]Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour http://www.usc.edu/dept/geography/losangeles/lawalk/index.html[/li][li]The Guide to Sites Relating to Southern California and Greater Los Angeles http://www.at-la.com[/li][li]Welcome to Los Angeles http://www.losangeles.thelinks.com[/li][li]About Los Angeles For Visitors http://www.caprica.com/~aot/aboutla.htm[/li][li]Los Angeles County Museum of Art http://www.lacma.org/[/li][li]Natural History Museum http://www.nhm.org/[/li][li]Los Angeles Philharmonic http://www.laphil.org/index.cfm[/li][li]Los Angeles Zoo http://www.lazoo.org/main.html[/li][li]Official Los Angeles Nightclub Directory http://ugotitexpress.com/niteguide/[/li][li]Your Guide to Los Angeles losangeles.org - This website is for sale! - losangeles Resources and Information. Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/ [/li][/ul]
Let me know if there is something specic she’s interested in seeing doing. Possibly Rico and I could get together with her.
Thanks for the offer cado. I don’t remember where she’s going, to be brutally honest. U of C somewhere, I think. Right now she’s at Rockefeller Centre in NY, so I’ve been more concerned with that.
And checking out the university researchers is her main priority. I know she does have one person in LA that she knew here, that she will do stuff with. She was just looking for *stuff *to do.
the getty museum is the place. don’t miss it. you can stroll down melrose too and gawk at the el lay freaks.
The Getty usually requires reservations for parking unless you take a bus or pay for a cab to take you up the hill where it is located. However, it is likely not too busy this time of year.