4 posts tagged “tourist”

The Getty Museum on Sepulveda

Can cross that off the list too! Went to the Getty museum on Sunday with my friend Muppet. It was beautiful. The grounds and the view were incredible.

So my job had the coolest field trip today to The Museum of Contemporary Art to see the Takashi Murakami exhibit. Super fun! They had buses to and from the museum along with a light dinner, beer and soda on board. Snazzy eh? And this guy's stuff is so interesting (and a touch bizarre). Look at some of this stuff.

And I killed another bird with this trip. I can cross MOCA off my tourist to do list. One thing I really liked about the exhibit was the way we could dial a number and listen to an audio tour of some of the pieces. I mean you waste cell phone minutes but you could do it anywhere. I liked it.

These two were my favorites even though they're a bit naughty. On the left is My Lonesome Cowboy (the one I saw had yellow hair) and on the right is Hiporon. They were two paintings with it called Milk and Cream. The Cream one is behind My Lonesome Cowboy.

The Grove
Farmer's Market

Ok not much of an update from my original Tourist post but an update nevertheless! I'd already crossed off the whole Hollywood and Highland, Chinese Grauman's theatre, Kodak theater off the list but now we can cross The Grove / Farmer's Market off of the list as well. I must say that I am a bit surprised at the Farmer's Market in The Grove. I was expecting this massive open air market with tons of fresh fruits and vegetables and homemade pies and fresh cheeses etc. There were one or two fruits and veg stands but mostly there were a bunch of food places and stores in established little buildings. The Grove was cool. The day was a bit gray and rainy towards the end so I'll have to go back when I have more time and stroll about. But just once more - parking and traffic was a BITCH!!!

I'll update with pictures as soon as I recharge the battery.

I totally have to act like a tourist while I'm living here in LA or I'll never see or do anything while I'm here. A friend of a friend gave me a whole list of things to do and places to eat etc and I'm going to try and do them all while I live here. Though some of them I've already done. Naturally I'll be adding more to the list as they come up!

Sight Seeing:
Universal City Walk
Japanese Garden (Encino, beautiful)
The Shrine near Malibu
Kodak Theatre (Hollywood & Highland)
Mann's Chinese Theater
Griffith Park / Observatory
Chinatown
The Shoreline Drive – Long Beach
Plaza Mexico – South
Walt Disney Concert Hall / MOCA (Downtown LA)
Fashion District (Downtown LA)
LACMA  (free night?)
Santa Monica pier (check out free event night)
Getty Center (Sepulveda)
Getty in Malibu
Union Station
San Diego Zoo
Aquarium (in Long Beach??)
Bergamot Station (Large community of Art Galleries)
Venice Beach
Farmers Market (throughout LA)
The Grove
Fisherman's Village (Marina del Rey)
Olevera St. (old Spanish town)
Santee St. (Cheap shopping, Downtown LA)
3rd St. Promenade (blocks from beach)
Malibu / Pacific Pallisades
Downtown Burbank (Food, Bars, Ikea, Movies)
Glendale (Brand St. Shopping/ Restaurants)
Ventura Blvd. (the Valley)
Flower District (Cheap flowers, Downtown LA) 
 
Activities:
Archery (Sat. morning – Free in Pasadena) (This sounds COOL!)
Balboa Park (Picnic, Bar-b-que, Walk)

Travel (1-3 hr driving distance):
Solvang
Big Bear
Hertz Castle
San Diego (Technically I was there for 2 days before leaving on Semester at Sea and I went to a Rugby Sevens tourny in March '06 but I want to go again)
Santa Barbara

Restaurants:
Lala's
Roscoes Chicken & Waffles (done! Several times!)
Kung Pao Kitty (don't know if I can try this. LA Chinese food is notoriously gross. I think I'll wait until I get home to NY for Chinese!)
Aunt Kizzy's Kitchen (Soul Food)
Elephant Bar & Grill        
Macaroni Grill
Moes (will be going again as it was a work birthday lunch)
PF Changs (eh they have this in NY and I've been)
Universal City Walk (tons of restaurants)
Mani's (healthy food & sugarless desert)