Surrealist Tour of Historic L.A.:
El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula
Next turn left on Crescent Heights (Laurel Canyon), and an immediate right on Hollywood Blvd. See the Walk of Fame, then stop by the Hollywood Bowl (north on Highland Avenue, park behind the stage if there's no show going on). Then return to Hollywood, continue east, merge back into Sunset and head for Silver Lake, Echo Park, and Downtown L.A.
End your day with a meal in Chinatown or Little Tokyo. If you have any time left, go up to Elysian Park and see Dodger's Stadium. Of course, it would take you more than one day to really see all these places, but Sunset will get you to most of the world's favorite parts of the City.
Other great drives: Los Feliz Blvd., Griffith Park, Fountain or Santa Monica Blvd., at the beach, go north on Pacific Coast Highway to Malibu. Other canyons off the beach are Temescal and Topanga. Canyons of Sunset: Sepulveda, Benedict Canyon, Beverly Glen, Laurel Canyon. The Hindu temple is on the Valley side of Malibu Canyon. Also, check out Lakeshrine at PCH and Sunset. Recommended hotel: Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Blvd. - be right in the middle of it all
Visit Hollywood for your next family vacation - If you want to visit Hollywood, we recommend that you stay in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, a historic landmark across the street from the Chinese Theatre. Click here for the hotel. If you stay here, you can walk to many sites of interest along Hollywood Boulevard, including movie theaters, museums, restaurants and shopping. The Hollywood/Highland Kodak Theater and the subway to Universal Studios are also within walking distance. For a self-guided tour of the City, return to top.
Hollywood Links
Capitol Records the official website of the company
Capitol History interviews with Nori's relatives and related links.
Things to do: L.A. Times Calendar Section
Hollywood Affirmations affirm a positive relationship with our story capital.
Who Says Downtown has to be Confusing?
Street names: Here is an early 20th Century rhyme to help school children remember the streets in the City (from East to West): "From Main I Spring to Broadway, and over the Hill to Olive, and wouldn't it be Grand to Hope to pick a Flower on Figueroa."
Here's a modern version, provided by an L.A. Times reader:
"The Main thing I hate about driving in L.A. is the way other drivers seem to Spring out of nowhere. Broadway is filled with over-the-Hill drivers and those who have had a few too many Olive-topped martinis. A Grand idea would be to go to work with the Hope that none of those former Flower children in their BMWs will cut you off while trying to find Figueroa."
Here is the traditional West-to-East version that includes streets further East:
"Figueroa is the Flower of Hope on the Grand Olive Hill of Broadway where the Spring flows from the Main Los Angeles Wall to San Pedro Central near Alameda."
Who Reads What and Why?
1. The Wall Street Journal is read by people who run the country.
2. The New York Times is read by people who think they run the country.
3. The Washington Post is read by people who think they should run the country.
4. USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don't really understand the Washington Post. They do, however, like their smog statistics shown in pie charts.
5. The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn't mind running the country, if they could spare the time, and if they didn't have to leave L.A. to do it.
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