Los Angeles: Things To Do And Places To Go

[CIncyHR]

So after four years of school in Washington, DC, I finally moved to the west coast. Just signed the lease and moved into a place in Santa Monica at 23rd and Arizona, for those familiar with the area. Since I'm totally new to this city, I thought that would be a good excuse for a resource thread.

New York Version
SF Bay Area Version

Like the other two versions, please include any and all reccomendations for great places to hang out, shop, eat, drink, excercise, etc. Please include at least a brief description of the places you list. Hopefully this will give me, and all the other LA area 2+2ers a good list of stuff to do.