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1. Visit the getty museum and getty villa (you need reservations for the latter)

2. I second the suggestion for diddy reese.

3. See Bob Sagat perform at the Laugh Factory (I think he does Wednesdays). You have no idea how funny Bob Sagat is. It is NOT a clean show.

4. The best cinema in town is probably the Arclight Theater. Worth the 20 bucks or whatever for the ticket.

5. Bar Lubitch on Santa Monica Blvd. is pretty cool if you like Vodka. 100+ available.

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Alas, Stan's is no more. I started going there in 1969, too bad.

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YAY finally an LA thread! I'm at work so I can't really go in depth right now, but I'll post when I get home. This thread is already good. I have somewhere else to go for sushi besides Wokcano.

Oh yeah OP should check out 3rd st. Promenade LDO.

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I used to live at Princeton and Arizona, four blocks from you.

3rd Street Promenande in Santa Monica is fun on the weekend. Hennesey and Ingalls bookstore, around the corner on Wilshire, is the best art and architecture bookstore in the country. In Santa Monica, I like Sushi Roku (Ocean and Santa Monica and Boa Stekahouse (also Ocean and Santa Monica); although both are chains, they're pretty good; bring your banker. Melisse (Wilshire and 11th) is supposed to be the best restaurat in the citny, I didn't care for it.

When the weather cools a bit, drive out to Pasadena; walk on Colorado in Old Town, go into the Norton Simon Museum, drive to the Huntington Library.

The Getty is pretty impressive; the restaurant is good, and beautiful.

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Even after two years in LA, I have relatively little to offer (which is why I'm glad this thread was started).

Food spots on the that I fully endorse: Amelia's sandwhich shop on Main Street in SM makes some of the best sandwiches I've ever had.

Primitivo Wine Bar on Abbot Kinney is awesome, high-end "tapas." Next door, Joe's is a more formal, solid American restaurant with good food and service. We've been mostly undewhelmed by places like Melisse and Giraffe.

Both Mozza osteria and pizzeria, on Melrose and Highland, are great. Had some good late-night grub at the diner on the Standard on Sunset after day one of the Bike tournament.

The Landmark in Westwood (?) is a decent movie theater, and sadly I have not been to the Arclight yet.

I haven't explored too much of the area, but I do enjoy riding my bike on the path down by the beach up to the Pacific Palisades, and I drive up to the State Beach at El Matador once in a while.

Definitely feels like I'm still missing out on a lot of things in Los Angeles, it doesn't really seem to come together as a unified city experience, but I like living here (and maybe for that reason).

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Shaniac, if you go up that way stop at Moon Shadows in Malibu. It's a really chill lounge. Awesome place to sit outside (under heat lamps) on big fluffy cushions and watch the sunset or the waves at night.

Also Taverna Tony in Malibu is a really good Greek restaurant.

Whenever I have friends in town who are new to LA I generally take them up that way and drive through Malibu Canyon, sometimes Topanga Canyon as well. I love the scenery up there. Maybe go hiking a bit in Topanga Canyon or in Will Rogers State Park.

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Sushi Roku on the promenade is really good. Santa Monica Pier is a lot of fun if you have any kids with you (and can tolerate being in the minority if you're white).

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Yeah, we've been in the house for three days, but we've already been down there a bunch. Ate at Barney's Beanery, which has like 30 beers on tap and probably a thousand food items on the menu, a few times.

Thanks for the suggestions so far guys, keep it coming.

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Where can you find a good breakfast in LA? I was there for the first time this summer and always got stuck eating turkey bacon and fruit. This was a huge disappointment as I am a big fan of greasy spoon breakfast joints.

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Los Angeles Sushi Lovers:

A week before I left Los Angeles to wander the country aimlessly I discovered Yoshi's Sushi in West Hollywood. Low key atmosphere, great fish, reasonable price. I ate at Yoshi's three times in three days before I left the city. Probably not the best Sushi I've had in Los Angeles but way way cheaper and the quality of the fish was in fact best.

Beat: Discovering an amazing Sushi joint walking distance from your home right before you leave a place for good.