Los Angeles Thread #8: Strong and Prouty

Did you see Anthony Bourdain Layover Los Angeles? sort of interesting, even if he didn't go much East of Atwater or South of Koreatown.

I'm surprised when any show about LA goes that far east or south!

The Shield did.

I should say any lifestyle show...

i would like to spend more time in east LA

i went to leimert park last night for the first time!

i would like to spend more time in east LA

me too. my last trip out there was for gamelan music at cal state l.a. and tacos at guisados in boyle heights.

ansel adams photos from 1940 l.a.:

http://www.drkrm.com/ansel_adams.html

opening reception 2/18 (a saturday). anyone up for this + a drink at the golden gopher?

l.a. zine week:

http://lazineweek.wordpress.com/

I would like to spend more time in west LA. I had a surprisingly nice time in Culver City the other week.

rancho park > echo park

this place in CC is yum: http://www.grandcasinobakery.com/

West LA is rad! Why were you surprised that you had a nice time over here?

It's so strange and different over there. There are no trees but the streets are very clean. And very mediocre things are incredibly popular. I feel like I am on some weird vacation when I am there.

I don't know, man, it's just a different world. I'm pretty mystified by it, tbh.

I like visiting but I don't see how I could live there and not feel a great angst.

and maybe...guilt

and a kind of jealousy

and a sort of quiet, unresolved anger

the non wealthy parts of west la (including the neighborhood "west la") are very interesting to me in that the are so anonymous. if i wanted to disappear/run away that's where i'd move.

what's west la

it's a good question

I don't know man. I love living here. It's a little more spread out than East LA, but you've got some really good restaurants (especially Italian), easy access to lots of shopping and some really good movie theaters, a record store that I love (Record Surplus), plus closer to the ocean.

Also it's quiet, which I appreciate.

"i don't go west of fairfax" is the "i don't go above 14th street" of LA

There are some good movie theaters. The ocean, I don't know, how great is it really?

My neighborhood is damn quiet. Sitting by the screen door right now and all I hear is birdsong.

honestly tho the expo line extension means i am several times more likely to head over to west LA

Plus we have less hipsters. I guess the pest control is better over here.

those quieter parts are nice. beverly hills makes my skin crawl tho.

like I used to work in westchester, lived in lawndale and redondo for a bit, but like, what's west la

Beverly Hills is the worst, I will grant you.

Since the mid 1990s, Palms has seen an upturn in its fortunes, with the revival of Culver City's adjacent downtown adding new life to the area. The district's diversity, affordability, and central location have made it an appealing center for young professionals seeking alternatives to traffic-choked Westwood and Santa Monica, but still wanting to live in a diverse urban setting in a neighborhood relatively close to the beach.

West LA seems like all "hipsters" to me whenever I go, just that weird dayglo classically "LA" kind of hipster. But I don't go there enough to have much opinion. I go for movie theater or beach or to buy clothes. I would go more if I could ride metro, for sure.

I think of "I don't go west of Fairfax" as "I don't go South of Embankment".

I liked going to the Landmark in Culver City. It was cool to see so many teenagers at a movie about Pina Bausch.

my roommate used to live in palms, she was mostly eh about it

Remy used to live in Palms. jeff lower case jeff used to live in Culver City. I'd move West if I got a job over that way.

palms is p horrible but this place is alright

http://eatchego.com/wp-content/themes/chego/images/logo.png

chillax

A friend of mine lives in Manhattan Beach and surfs every day, he loves it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EazY2R6HHoo

ok see I thought I was confused but if you're including manhattan beach in west la then you are insane

I'm not calling it West LA but I do think of it is west, yes. I think of it as its own thing, really. It's not really near anywhere.

Also I was thinking about the ocean

I showed Google Earth of my street to a friend who lives in an East Coast city and she said "do you live in the suburbs?". I said "I'm about a 5-minute drive from downtown LA!". This is a funny place

there's a new roscoes around culver city btw

my one friend described my neighborhood as "the kind of place where i bet they shoot a lot of gay porn"

haha

aww you only have one friend =(

roscoes is so great

so glad I started eating meat again. I'm eating a sausage as I type this

my one AND ONLY friend

j/k i was talking to myself :(

roscoe's <333