Americana Center
This one, built by the same guy who built the Grove (See, The Grove), and roughly the same idea. It’s got some notable chain shopping, but seems a bit more family oriented than the Grove. The odds of you seeing a trio of Playboy Playmates shopping in jeans and bikini tops (as I have at the Grove) are remarkably low.
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Amoeba Records
Greatest…Record Store…ever. And yes, they still sell (and buy) records.
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Arclight Cinemas
The best and now, the least inexpensive of L.A.’s First Class Multiplexes.
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Autry Museum of Western Heritage
A deceptively small Museum near Glendale (which could explain why I take it for granted). Built by the original singing cowboy Gene Autry, it has a mix of traditional western history along with Hollywood Western History. Interesting, but you should way be into Westerns before going there.
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Have not been here in a while, but in its day, it was second only to Rodeo Drive as far as shopping was concerned…only, you know, indoors. Its place in the “gotta be there to be seen there” food chain has been replaced by The Grove. (See, The Grove or Farmer’s Market)
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Bird & Pick
The kind of Tea Shop of the kind you might find in Beijing…only Americanized.
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E A T Z
A nice little Cooking School in West Hollywood, except you know…fun.
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Eames House and Pacific Standard Time…
Hip-Hop Artist, and former Architectural Drafting Student, Ice Cube talks a little about the history of the Eames House, and how its design worked with the world around it, rather than imposing its will on it.
I saw this in an Ezra Klein piece in the Washington Post, and it led me to Pacific Standard Time, which basically looks like a Zagat’s for the L.A. Art Scene. It requires registration, but its free to use.
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Getty Center
More view spot and gardens than museum, but it’s a museum as well. Bring your camera and skip the postcards.
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