Head over to the Culver City gallery openings, and be sure and stop into this gem of a bar before or after. It's got a charming patio, space for dancing, and every time I go I meet at least one of the artists showing in the neighborhood...

Go on... indulge yourself. Theirs are the best cakes in town. My personal favorite... three-berry cake.

8360 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90069

The Getty Villa is a cliff-top beauty of a building overlooking the Pacific. There are collections of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities.
The villa itself [more...]

CalArts is a breeding ground for artists just north of L.A. in Valencia. It's a commune of sorts, on a hill in the middle of an otherwise conservative suburban [more...]

Zuma Beach is one of the loveliest stretches of sand in a state filled with lovely stretches.

Popular with Valley-fleeing teens and [more...]

The Vineland has been showing movies—and providing an opportunity to get to second base, for decades.
443 N. Vineland Ave.
City of Industry, 91746
(626) 961-9262

Animal Acres is a 26-acre animal sanctuary dedicated to providing homes to animals saved from factory farms, stockyards and slaughterhouses.

There are over [more...]

Brennan's Pub Turtle Races are great fun. Turtle Races start about 9:30 pm every Thursday night. There are 7 divisions (from midgets to Monsters), and there are 2 [more...]

1001 Rose Bowl Dr Pasadena, CA 91103
The second Sunday of every month - one of the largest and most interesting flea markets around.

Rev. (and recognized Sufi teacher) Tasnim H. Fernandez conducts bi-weekly classes on the Sufi teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan, meditation and prayer. These classes alternate with the study of Sufi master Ibn al-'Arabi conducted by Tony [more...]

Dearly Departed Tours lead some of the strangest tours in the city. If you are an entertainment buff and love scandal/sleaze/Hollywood [more...]

The oldest building in old town Pasadena is haunted. When the earliest settlers arrived in this area, they found an old abandoned Spanish mission on this site, and [more...]

You may not have realized, but please allow me to enlighten you. Pasadena has the world's one and only museum focused entirely on bunnies -- rooms and rooms of [more...]

Filled with cool exhibits, and endless array of searchable historical material, and some of the coolest kats in the city of Los Angeles. ONE

There are several Dia de Los Muertos events in L.A. - some rich with culture, some campy, some more like traditional Halloween celebrations. All worth participating in. Aside from being in Mexico, Los Angeles is one of the best places [more...]

If you love Laurel and Hardy, the golden era of Hollywood, or movie trivia generally, I've got a little tour for you two:
FIRST - The 133 Steps of the "Music Box" Stairway. There is a commemorative plaque at the base of the Laurel [more...]

I wasn't trying to be clever. This place is actually called Pets with Fez Weaving Studio. The website says it's like going back in time to a craftsman's shop in Persia - and that is exactly right. Plus, they'll put a fez on any of [more...]

Explores the past & present cultures of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. We made the mistake of going during the middle of the morning, and this museum is smack in the middle of campus, so parking was rough. But once we finally got [more...]

This museum introduces a lot of work from previously underrepresented artists, so youre sure to see works here that youve never seen before.

10899 Wilshire Blvd in LA, about half a mile east of the 405 at Wilshire.
310-443-7000

This is always a beautiful museum to visit, but if you two go wait for the Ansel Adams at Manzanar exhibit Nov-Feb

369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California 90012
phone: (213) 625-0414

Hours
Tuesday, [more...]