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Traveling Vancouver -> LA, what to do?

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Taku
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada2036 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-11 06:11:40
February 11 2012 05:28 GMT
#1
As the title says, I'm heading down to the LA area for a few days to escape the Vancouver spring dullness. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions of good things to do down there? I'm looking for non tourist trap things(like (edit)not disneyland et al), more interested in food/shopping/other stuff to do. Thanks in advance, and will follow up with report if anyone is interested.

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dAPhREAk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Nauru12397 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-11 05:41:00
February 11 2012 05:40 GMT
#2
roscoes chicken and waffles

yamashiro restaurant

hermosa beach

edit: yelp.com for more restaurants
Tivu
Profile Joined February 2012
United States244 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-11 06:02:47
February 11 2012 06:00 GMT
#3
Go to Disneyland, Six Flags, or stop in San Francisco and visit Team ReIGN's house maybe. Probably should get a hold of someone in management first though if you decide to do that. Have a great trip whatever you do.

Edit: You could go visit djWheat in San Francisco too.
dAPhREAk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Nauru12397 Posts
February 11 2012 06:04 GMT
#4
On February 11 2012 15:00 Scrios wrote:
Go to Disneyland, Six Flags, or stop in San Francisco and visit Team ReIGN's house maybe. Probably should get a hold of someone in management first though if you decide to do that. Have a great trip whatever you do.

Edit: You could go visit djWheat in San Francisco too.

your suggestions for LA are "go to san francisco?" wtf?
phosphorylation
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2935 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-11 06:32:10
February 11 2012 06:24 GMT
#5
hit ktown restaurants in LA korea town.

Best korean food in the world (and yes, that includes korea itself)

they have huge korean malls too (yes, exclusively korean stores) with all sorts of korean/asian things you can buy if you are into that kind of thing.
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red4ce
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States7313 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-11 06:30:05
February 11 2012 06:29 GMT
#6
Food:
Daikokuya Ramen, The Boiling Crab. Lawry's. LA has the largest population of Koreans outside of Asia so there's probably some good Korean BBQ.

Shopping: The Grove, Glendale Galleria, South Coast Plaza, Rodeo Drive.

Stuff to do: Getty Museum, Griffith Observatory, beaches, santa monica pier, Six Flags Magic Mountain, see the view from Mulholland drive, watch a Laker game.
Deleted User 238668
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
344 Posts
February 11 2012 06:39 GMT
#7
Spring dullness? Can you expand on this point at all?
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Primadog
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4411 Posts
February 11 2012 06:45 GMT
#8
How about some BarCraft?
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PolskaGora
Profile Joined May 2011
United States547 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-11 08:58:28
February 11 2012 08:57 GMT
#9
In terms of Korean Food, I would highly recommend Tahoe Galbi KBBQ, found in LA's Korea Town. I go there all the time with friends, usually to celebrate the end of a semester of school, and it's really cheap, $16 for all you can eat KBBQ per person. Just make sure you go during the weekend since they only serve chapchae (a side dish) on weekends.

In terms of non-food entertainment, I would suggest going to the Santa Monica Pier, then head south along the beach-side bike path to Venice Beach. Also, be sure to hike the Santa Monica-Malibu mountains, probably the most beautiful chaparral mountains of their kind. They are seldom populated, so it's a great way to get away from it all and experience the true Southern Californian ecosystem at it's purest.
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Bayyne
Profile Joined January 2011
United States1967 Posts
February 11 2012 09:51 GMT
#10
Food:

Pinks (hotdog joint, some really good shit there), In-n-out (best burgers, fresh, #1), Filipe's (french style roast beef sandwiches with aj'ou dip), Kogi BBQ traveling food truck (just try it, find their website to see where they'll be).

Bonus high end restaurants: Roy's, Spago

Attractions

Try to catch either a Lakers or Clippers game if you can. The area outside the stadium has been really developed over the years and is a pretty cool place to find bars and restaurants to grab drinks and such after the game as well.

If you go to Six Flags (which is about 30 miles west-ish north-west-ish of LA), make sure you go during the week as weekends = 2hr lines.

Hollywood clubs scene/bars - overrated, pricy, and the area is a tourist attraction.

Beaches - Whatever you do, stay away from Venice and Santa Monica. They're dirty as fuck and have tons of bums. Malibu, Zuma, and the other beaches farther north are very nice.

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That's pretty much general stuff I can think of. Let me know if your looking for specific stuff though. Have fun!
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courtpanda
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
866 Posts
February 11 2012 09:54 GMT
#11
daikokuya is drastically overrated. shinsengumi is a better imo

if you go to K-Town, go for the all you can eat korean bbq. sanya is super cheap but decent quality, o dae san is a little more expensive but better quality, castle and road to seoul have good reputations but ive gotten shit service there.

Gulabi
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada52 Posts
February 11 2012 15:18 GMT
#12
I vouch for six flags, my the trip when I did it totally worth it.
Poo
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada536 Posts
February 11 2012 16:36 GMT
#13
im so jelly.. you get to escape the rain and cold. Have fun in LA =D
I personally really enjoyed universal studios last time I went to LA.
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Primadog
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4411 Posts
February 11 2012 17:15 GMT
#14
My favorite place to visit, years after years, is the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens. Really a place quite unlike another and a world's away from what people expect from a LA visit.
Thank God and gunrun.
Wafflelisk
Profile Joined October 2011
Canada1061 Posts
February 11 2012 17:37 GMT
#15
On February 11 2012 15:39 ohsea.toc wrote:
Spring dullness? Can you expand on this point at all?



rainrainrainrainrainrainrainrainrainrainrain

I personally like it, but a majority of people seem to hate how much it rains here, and even I like some sun once in awhile. Maybe I'm understating how much the rain sucks this time of year due to the fact I spent all of December in California? Who knows.
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Taku
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada2036 Posts
February 12 2012 01:59 GMT
#16
On February 11 2012 15:39 ohsea.toc wrote:
Spring dullness? Can you expand on this point at all?

Vancouver is an awesome place in the Summer and shortly before/after, but is a dark, depressing, and rainy place where the sun is seldom seen every other season. We also get trolled with slush/snow that quickly turns into ice as well during the winter. If you ever get seasonal depression Vancouver is not where you want to live.

Anyways thanks for the suggestions all, turns out I'm actually staying in the Orange County area right now. I'm planning on taking the train into town and relying on public transit hopefully for my explorations, although this is going to limit what I can do to in what seems like a city of cars. But, I'm pretty well covered on the beach front lol. Anyone have any more details on koreatown? In Vancouver we have plenty of good Chinese/Japanese food but the korean population tends to be more spread out.
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Primadog
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4411 Posts
February 12 2012 02:32 GMT
#17
Since you're in the OC, check out Laguna Niguel if you have a chance. My favor beach town/shore of the entire coast. For korean food, your best bets are Koreantown in west LA (recommends Road to Seoul), which has the best Korean in SoCal, a tad more expensive, but near some questionable areas. An worthly alternative is Hacienda Heights, which has excellent KBBQ in places like Miga Korean BBQ.

For food, check out yelp or http://biggestmenu.com/
Thank God and gunrun.
Taku
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada2036 Posts
February 13 2012 06:39 GMT
#18
Woah Koreatown is really spread out/scattered, I haven't found any good comprehensive guide on finding things there. Also Little Tokyo is pretty cool, Shinsengumi was a really good recommendation with some of the best ramen I've had outside of Japan. The employees are very, very enthusiastic with their greetings lol.
When SC2 came for BW, I cried. Now LoL/Dota2 comes for SC2, and I laugh. \o/
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