Los Angeles sits on the western corridor of North America, right on the edge of the Pacific. Her nickname is "The City of Angels.”

If you see dioramas of the area at the end of the 1800’s you will be mesmerized by the watery flatlands inhabited by the native Indians, full of birds and beautiful fauna.

Today, it is one of the world’s great megalopolises known for endless miles of freeways and home to the studios that began the film industry as we know, crowed by the Hollywood sign in the Hollywood Hills. It is also ground zero for the denim industry, street fashion and a plethora of cultural villages like Korea Town and Little Armenia. There’s The Getty for world class culture, two of them, and the Disney Hall for unreal acoustics with one of the finest symphonies in the world.

Beach? Malibu, Huntington and of course, Venice, draw visitors from all over the world as well as the natives.

If you’ve stayed in Los Angeles for a while, and you don’t have to drive to or from work in rush hour, the marriage of nature and urban flatland is pretty unbeatable. It’s all available within an hour’s drive. Oh, did I forget? LA has pretty much perfect weather, in the mid seventies, all year round. I don’t know, but this may be the reason why so many people from all over the world, and all around the U.S., call The City of Angels, Los Angeles, home.

Favorite stops:

The Getty Malibu, and try and go on a night so you can see a theatrical production in the replica of a Pomeian theatre. The grounds are closed to regular entry on theatre nights so as you wonder around an almost empty villa as the sun sets , the sense of time travel is very real.
Huntington Gardens
Malibu Beach
Griffith Park
Book Soup
G Jelina
The Grill on the Alley
Neue House - Bradbury
Spy Glass
Eataly
The Getty Villa

Hollywood Farmers Market on Sundays

Hollywood Ressevoir