Lala Land

I've always wanted to go to LA..  When I finally got around to getting there, I really loved it! I guess it would be a totally different ball game if I was there alone staying in some shitty hotel downtown, but I was staying with friends so that kicked ass. I LOVEDloved LA, especially West Hollywood and Santa Monica and Melrose and 3rd Avenue.  Sadly I did not get to experience Beverly Hills the way I would have liked (think the Prince of Bel Air) (Ha!) but it was still really cool.

Shopping in Beverly Hills

Melrose Avenue

The only place I was kind of disappointed about in LA was Muscle Beach, Venice.  I've seen it in the movies so many times and heard about it so much so when I saw some sad, ageing bodybuilders working out on rusty machines by the beach and the boardwalk was really dirty, grotty and touristy... I wasn't exactly impressed. The only thing it really had going for it were the medical marijuana shops.  Now where am I going to get a medical marijuana card??? Anyone? Anyone?

The food is LA is amazing too and I discovered Peruvian food.  Oh my god, it is delicious especially saltada and the ceviche is amazing.... Not exactly diet food but really freaking good.

Universal Studios was fun,  I felt I needed to do at least one American amusement park, I mean I always saw that stuff on TV so it had to be done.

All in all I was pretty stoked with my first leg of LA... x x