My friend does music cues/announcing for them! I'm told it's fun. One of these days I will go to it, but Sun Valley.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Friday, 3 February 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
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!
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 3 February 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
The Shield did.
― wq (admrl), Friday, 3 February 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
I should say any lifestyle show...
― Spencer Chow, Saturday, 4 February 2012 01:32 (twelve years ago) link
i would like to spend more time in east LA
i went to leimert park last night for the first time!
― Prince Rebus (donna rouge), Saturday, 4 February 2012 01:42 (twelve years ago) link
me too. my last trip out there was for gamelan music at cal state l.a. and tacos at guisados in boyle heights.
― textile in thighville (get bent), Saturday, 4 February 2012 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
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?
― textile in thighville (get bent), Saturday, 4 February 2012 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
l.a. zine week:
http://lazineweek.wordpress.com/
― textile in thighville (get bent), Sunday, 5 February 2012 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
I would like to spend more time in west LA. I had a surprisingly nice time in Culver City the other week.
― wq (admrl), Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
rancho park > echo park
― buzza, Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
this place in CC is yum: http://www.grandcasinobakery.com/
― Prince Rebus (donna rouge), Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
West LA is rad! Why were you surprised that you had a nice time over here?
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― wq (admrl), Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― wq (admrl), Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
and maybe...guilt
and a kind of jealousy
― wq (admrl), Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― buzza, Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
what's west la
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
it's a good question
― wq (admrl), Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
Also it's quiet, which I appreciate.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
"i don't go west of fairfax" is the "i don't go above 14th street" of LA
― Prince Rebus (donna rouge), Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― wq (admrl), Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
honestly tho the expo line extension means i am several times more likely to head over to west LA
― Prince Rebus (donna rouge), Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
Plus we have less hipsters. I guess the pest control is better over here.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
those quieter parts are nice. beverly hills makes my skin crawl tho.
― Prince Rebus (donna rouge), Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
like I used to work in westchester, lived in lawndale and redondo for a bit, but like, what's west la
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
Beverly Hills is the worst, I will grant you.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― buzza, Sunday, 5 February 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
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".
― wq (admrl), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
I liked going to the Landmark in Culver City. It was cool to see so many teenagers at a movie about Pina Bausch.
― wq (admrl), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
my roommate used to live in palms, she was mostly eh about it
― Prince Rebus (donna rouge), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― wq (admrl), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
palms is p horrible but this place is alright
http://eatchego.com/wp-content/themes/chego/images/logo.png
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
chillax
A friend of mine lives in Manhattan Beach and surfs every day, he loves it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EazY2R6HHoo
― buzza, Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
ok see I thought I was confused but if you're including manhattan beach in west la then you are insane
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― wq (admrl), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
Also I was thinking about the ocean
― wq (admrl), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
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
― wq (admrl), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
there's a new roscoes around culver city btw
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
my one friend described my neighborhood as "the kind of place where i bet they shoot a lot of gay porn"
― Prince Rebus (donna rouge), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
haha
― wq (admrl), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
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
― wq (admrl), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
my one AND ONLY friend
j/k i was talking to myself :(
― Prince Rebus (donna rouge), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link