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“To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.”
Sales tax of 12-16% are charged in Los Angeles hotels.
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Radar image of LA from the Space Shuttle Endeavor on
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Can't skate? Take a lesson from the Skate School to the stars
Westide
Shutters is on the beach at the end of Pico 310.458-0030
Bungalows at the
Fairmont Miramar up the street at 101 Wilshire have in-room jacuzzi tubs. 800-325-3535 or 310.576-7777
For a $200-$270 beach-front room at Loews Santa Monica, call Express Hotel Reservations at 800-356-1123 or 303-440-8481. They offer discounts of 20-50% off rack rates, and since they receive a commission from the hotels, there's no charge to you.
Creativity (208 N. Pier Avenue) is a performance
space with computers.
On Sunset Boulevard, after you pass UCLA from the beach, is a house
with life-sized figures on the front yard. They look like workmen, but
they're really statues. Only in LA.
The 26 Beach Cafe 26 Washington Blvd., Venice, 310 - 821 - 8129 Partisans claim this beach-adjacent Cal-Italian-Eclectic is home to the "best burgers in town" - "huge", "delicious" and "cheap" - along with good turkey chili and spaghetti, too; it's a "favorite" with those looking for reasonable beach eats; "more restaurants should take a clue from this place."
Cyberjava Cafe at Abbot Kenny Blvd.
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OCNow Review | Mall Name (website) | City | Location | # of shops | |
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 | The Block at Orange | Orange | 100 | ||
| Brea Mall | Brea | 300 | ||
| Buena Park Mall | Buena Park | one block east of Knott's Berry Farm on La Palma | 75 | |
| Downtown Disney | Anaheim | 30 | |||
| Fashion Island | Newport Beach | 200 | ||
| Irvine Spectrum Center | Irvine | 100 | ||
| The Lab | Costa Mesa | 15 | ||
| Laguna Hills Mall | Laguna Hills | 100 | ||
| Main Place Mall | Santa Ana | 200 | ||
| Mall of Orange | Orange | 100 | ||
| The Marketplace | Tustin and Irvine | 100 | ||
| Metro Pointe at South Coast | Costa Mesa | 25 | ||
| Shops at Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | 100 | ||
| South Coast Plaza | Costa Mesa | 400 | ||
| Westminster Mall | Westminster | 100 |
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Mapquest has an oversized printed map with codes to online maps 
$12 Road Atlas of North America Oct 2002
When I'm driving to Arizona, I like filling up near the CA-AZ border at the Flying J because they have the cheapest gas and a big market. You get an additional cent off gas if use their club card. |
Blockbuster Pavilion in Davore seats 65,000, making it the largest outdoor amphitheatre in the US.
Amtrak's
Pacific Surfliner train 
runs along the coast from Los Angeles Union Station up thru Santa Barbara and down to San Diego.
The
Coast Starlight goes Northbound from LA at 10am and goes all the way to Vancouver.
It arrives LA again 9:05pm to continue South to San Diego.
The
Southwest Chief leaves Union Station at 6:45pm inland all the way to Chicago thru NM, AZ, KS. Commuters from San Bernardino get on at 5:45am and 6:42am in Fullerton to arrive in LA 8:40am.
Palm Springs
Built by a manager of the local electric company in 1963, the Palm Springs Tram in Chino Canyon on Tramway Road off Hwy. 111 (north) takes 80 passengers at a time from the hot, dry desert floor 8,000 feet up to San Jacinto Mountains where it's 30-40 degrees cooler. It's the longest single span lift in the world, built using helicopter transport. 760.325-1391 At the top of Mt. San Jacinto, (800.444-7275) you can rent mules in the summer or cross-country ski in the Winter. Hike a mile to a camp at Tamarack or Round Valley. Reservations are only by mail using this form with a SASE to U.S.F.S. at Idlywild (909.659-2607).Anza-Borrego Desert State Park 760.767-5311 a one-hour drive south on Hwy. 86 from Palm Desert, has 600,000 acres which includes a real oasis.
The "hands-on" Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert on 71-701 Gerald Ford Dr. in Rancho Mirage. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun. 760.321-0602.
Palm Springs Desert Museum and Annenberg Theater at 101 Museum Dr. off Tues.-Sat. 11 a.m. 3 p.m., Sun. Noon-3 p.m. 760.325-7186 (Recording 325-0189)
Joshua Tree National Monument at Twentynine Palms where the low Colorado and the high Mojave come together to create a geological and floral fantasy land. 760.367-7511
THE LIVING DESERT 47-900 Portola Avenue Palm Desert, CA 760.346-5694
At -282 ft., Badwater is the lowest point in the western hemisphere. It's within the Death Valley National Park.
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Attend an Open-Air ConcertFor a free CD, use the American Express Blue Card for Will Call tickets |
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