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In addition to our My Morning Jacket contest (which ends Friday), we are giving away a pair of tickets to The Raconteurs' concert on Tuesday, September 23 at The Greek Theatre (tickets). The band also plays on Monday, September 22 (tickets). This concert tour is in support of their "Consolers Of The Lonely" album.
The Raconteurs describe themselves as “a new band made up of old friends.” So let's say an old friend of yours is visiting Los Angeles for the first time for a one day layover before heading to Hawaii, what itinerary would you make for them? Is it a morning hike in Griffith Park followed by lunch at Trails Cafe? Then shopping in Los Feliz proceeded by some dinner at Tangier before heading off to The Greek for a show? Whatever you would do, write it in the comments below to enter this contest to win a pair of tickets to the Tuesday night show.
Here's how the contest works:
- Enter the contest by making a comment on this post. Comments must fit the criteria, stated below.
- The criteria of the comment is that you write a sample itinerary for a friend visiting Los Angeles for the first time during a daylong layover while heading to Hawaii.
- You may only enter once.
- The contest closes at 11:59:59 p.m. on Sunday, September 21, 2008.
- One qualifying entry will be randomly selected to receive a pair of tickets and will be notified via the e-mail connected to their LAist.com login. They must confirm the receipt of the e-mail by 12:00 p.m., Monday, September 22, 2008 or the tickets will be released to another winner.
- Tickets will be held at the will-call pick up at the event
Good luck!
Photo by Stephen Berkman via the band's MySpace
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8 am pitstop at Urth.
9 am - 10:30 pm trip to the Getty Museum (brunch there too, baby)
1 pm dim sum run
2:30 pm post-lunch trip to Pinkberry
3:30 pm lay around at Zuma and watch for some fricken dolphins
6 pm In-N-Out
First we hop onto a FlyAway and head to Union Station. After checking out the last great railway station we'll walk across the street to Olvera Street and have some Mexican hot chocolate w/espresso at Casa De Sousa. Then quick walk to Main St./Cesar Chavez to wait for a 76 bus to take us to The Brewery in Lincoln Heights. I'll show off my workplace and then we'll have lunch at either Barbara's at The Brewery or have some awesome sandwiches at Lanza Brothers Market across the street. After that we'll hop back on the 76 bus and get off at the Chinatown Gold Line Station. We'll hop on the Gold Line and ride to the Del Mar Station in Pasadena, enjoying the views of the Downtown skyline and the San Gabriel Mountains along the way. In Pasadena we will walk to Distant Lands travel store where my friend will pick up last minute travel items for Hawaii. After a short stroll around pedestrian-friendly Old Town we will get on the Gold Line at Memorial Park and travel back to Union Station where we will make transfer to LA's one and only subway. We will disembark at the Hollywood/Highland Station and venture out to the madness that is Hollywood/Highland. From there we will walk north on Highland and hook a left on Camrose to check out the Hollywood Heights neighborhood and climb up the winding streets made of steps and and check out the elevator on High Tower Drive. Even though we are both quite exhausted, the tour is not yet done, and the reservation I made at http://www.yamashirorestaurant.com/">Yamashiro is impending, which is fine since we are just steps away. Well, steps and a steep hill. After climbing up the driveway to Yamashiro, it's all worth it for dining with the stunning view of the vast metropolis at dusk. At dinner my guest asks, "I thought everyone drives in LA?" to which my response will be "I dunno." And then my guest will ask, "Where's the beach" to which I'll respond, "I dunno."
i vote for Fred...
9 am: breakfast at Roscoe's
11 am: short hike in the Santa Monica mountains to an overview of the Pacific (good for working off the Roscoe's)
2 pm: pick up some sandwiches at Bay Cities in Santa Monica, lunch on the beach or perhaps the pier
3:30: Diddy Riese
4 pm: stroll amongst the craziness of Hollywood & Highland, shop for used CDs at Amoeba
8 pm: garlic chicken at Versailles
10 pm: rooftop bar at the Downtown Standard
first thing after picking up friend at LAX will be to head to malibu to go surfing.
after returning to the eastside and showering/changing, we'll drive over to thai town and eat northern thai food at thai bbq.
then, we'll get back into the car and make our way downtown to see the show at MOCA. after the museum, we'll wander around japantown, sampling various snacks, including mochi ice cream and red bean cake...maybe we'll wander outside of japantown and see the sights out in the hinterlands of downtown.
around late afternoon, we'll go to pho siam and get thai massages.
after this, we'll hang out at my place for a while, just relaxing.
then, around 7, we'll head out to Ike sushi for dinner.
and to finish the evening, we'll end up at mashti malone's ice cream for dessert.
start the day with a walk around huntington gardens in pasadena, eat at green street restaurant, shop at oldtown, end the night at griffith park observatory and see the hollywood sign
Brunch on Abbott Kinney
Shopping on Melrose
Getty Museum
Dinner/drinks in WeHo
1. Swing by NY's own Joe's Pizza in Santa Monica for a quick slice...
2. Quick hike at Tree People near Coldwater
3. Afternoon massage (Thai massage) at Wat Po in WLA
4. Sneak in to the roof (easy to do!) at Toy Factory Lofts (downtown) for a quick roof-top swim.
5. Dinner at Animal
6. Late-night drinks on the roof of the London Hotel in West Hollywood
drive about an hour from LAX to pinks
wait another hour in line for pinks hotdog
eat said hotdog and then head over to BCAM @ LACMA
pitstop at Il Cono for passion-fruit gelato
head out to runyun canyon for a hike while people/dog watching
dinner at malo making sure you get chewy chips
catch a show at the echo
then head off to LAX and wish you had more time
-pick up and head over to roscoes for lunch.
--spend a few hours at amoeba music.
-cruise over to hollywood blvd for a round of pictures.
-head out to malibu for the scenic drive.
-round of drinks at paradise cove.
-stop at the promenade for some shopping
-cruise over to the south bay and watch the sunset from the cove at palos verdes.
Dear ..., I'll pick you up at LAX and then we'll get on the PCH towards Leo Carillo State Beach and pick up a couple of beers at a liquor store, because at that beach it's actually legal to drink... When hungry we'll just head to Neptune's Net and grab a bite to eat and enjoy more (cheap) beer there. It gets a little chilly up there after 3 P.M., so we take Mullholland Drive back to Hollywood and stop at Runyon Canyon, where you almost have a better view than from Griffith Park and less hassle. The view from up there is pretty awesome. Then we'll have some dinner at (There's no place like) Home on Hillhurst in Los Feliz. After dinner we'll go and see a show at Spaceland and then it's almost time again to get you to Union Station where you'll take the Fly Away Bus back to LAX and catch your plane to Hawaii. Can't wait to see you!
1) Since we're already on the Westside, it starts with a trip up the coast to enjoy the morning at the oft-overlooked Matador Beach in Malibu.
2) Drive a little further up to enjoy bikers, beer, and fried fish at Neptune's Net.
3) Drive through the scenery on Malibu Canyon/Las Virgenes on our way back to Hollywood and go to Amoeba.
4) Head to Griffith Park for a late-afternoon hike to the top of Mt. Hollywood, with a stop at the Observatory on the way down.
5) Cool down with ice cream at Scoops.
6) Go sip some margaritas and eat chips with lukewarm tomato sauce at El Coyote.
7) Dinner at In 'n Out!
8) See a show at the Troubador - maybe not the best room, but certainly one of the most hallowed.
9) After-show drinks at the Mandrake with a bunch of jaded hipsters.
10) Stay up until sunrise in Santa Monica by the pier and then back to the airport. I'm beat!
Brunch at Little Doms in Los Feliz.
Walk it off with a hike in Griffith Park.
Take a drive on Sunset all the way to Santa Monica.
Get a baby cupcake and some delicious confections at Vanilla Bakeshop.
Drive up PCH and go into any of the canyons for a scenic, relaxing ride.
Get dinner and drinks at Primativo.
hike up to hollywood sign
eat at Brids
go to arclight
drive by amoeba with the middle finger up for killing Aaron's and Virgin weho
go to carneys
see jon brion at new largo
Sample itinerary for this Saturday / most weekends:
-Breakfast at Headlines in Westwood
-Head to Ye Olde King's Head for Premier League Game
-UCLA Football @ Parlor (I know, we stink)
-Dinner at Tender Greens (Culver City)
-Stock up on spirits at Wally's Wine for Bowl performance
-Watch concert around town / at Bowl (Beck,MGMT,Spoon)
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9am- breakfast @ URTH in santa monica
1030am- quick drive on PCH and head toward malibu for a little time at Zuma Beach (and maybe even paradise cove)
1pm- go to hollywood&highland, see the stars etc. (errthanggggg tourists need to see, maybe even catch a premiere.
230p,- lunch @ in n out... a necessity for any cali visitor
3pm- melrose .hit up some stores,and hunt out vintage ones (although good ones are hard to come by)
6pm- stroll on sunset
8pm- dinner at Andre's (in front of the grove)
10pm- catch a show GIANT
first stop at KC's on Lincoln for boba and a breakfast crepe
then hit the 405 to the 10 to sunset junction and go to Secret Headquarters and Pull My Daisy and the army surplus store
Drive down to vermont, go in Skylight books and Squaresville
Lunch and dessert at Fred 62's
Walk to hillhurst and go to American Vintage
drive to griffith park for the sunset
head back to silverlake blvd for a show at spaceland
eat at the thai place next door first
drive back to the westside in time for the flight!
Ok, we're going old Hollywood. First stop Hollywood Forever cemetery. Check out Douglas Fairbanks sprawling rest stop among others. Drive down to Mann's Chinese theater and compare our hands and feet with the stars. Take pictures with some of the "characters" at Hollywood & Highland (if they haven't been arrested!). Get a bacon wrapped hot dog from one of the vendors outside (if they haven't been arrested either!) Stroll up the stairs to the Kodak Theater, where the Oscars take place, back down to Hollywood Blvd. to the Roosevelt, where the Oscars first originated, relax and have a quick drink by the pool. Take a quick walk to Sunset & Highland and check out Eloy Torres' mural of Hollywood stars at Hollywood High, back to Hollywood Blvd to Musso & Franks for dinner. If there is still time left, maybe catch a show at King King.
i've taken guests on the one day layover tour many times.
if they've taken the red-eye, take them home get them showered, get breakfast. Grand Casino bakery on Main street in Culver city is walking distance for me.
no matter what time of year, go to the beach, dockweiler is a quiet stretch of sand, but santa monica has more going on.
take the convertible up PCH for a bit, head east on Sunset for a curvy drive through the Palisades. getty museum is great.
cruise sunset some more, jump up to mulholland at any point for the views, drop back into hollywood, stop at amoeba, world class.
walk sunset junction, food at pure luck and ice cream at scoops.
head back to culver city, walk the downtown, catch a movie for a breather. rustic canyon in santa monica for dinner before heading back to LAX.
heres the plan. i pack up the surfboards, pick him up at lax and cruise over to el porto for some barrels. lunch at tito's taco's, than head back over to the eastside (yo fuck the westside)to pick up some medicinal. than we cruise back to my pad, put on some turbonegro, smoke some bowls, and drink an 18-pack of tecate. now that we got a good buzz on, i grab the keys and roll the convertible skylark down to footsies for some stiff drinks, a hot bartender, and a few rounds of pool. i hook my buddy up with two chicks for a threesome (i'm not into that because I'm married and a gentlemen) and we roll back to my pad so he can get his groove on. than, when the sun comes up, i call him a cab and kick all their asses out the door til next time. i can't have my kids seeing any of that shit......yah heard?
Tito's Tacos for lunch
Melrose for babe watching
Dinner at Roscoe's (Sunset and Gower location)
Up to Griffith Park to watch the sun set
Music at the Greek or Hollywood Bowl