Los Angeles is the largest city in
California,
and the 2nd largest in the United States.
As of 2006, the population was estimated by the
state government as 10,245,672.
Some of the major companies headquartered in Los Angeles include Northrop Grumman, Occidental Petroleum and Paramount Pictures.
Professional sports teams in Los Angeles include the baseball team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the ice hockey team, the Los Angeles Kings, the NBA basketball team, the Los Angeles Clippers, and the NBA basketball team, the Los Angeles Lakers.
Important education institutions in Los Angeles include the University of California, Los Angeles ("UCLA") and the University of Southern California. The University of California, Los Angeles ("UCLA") is one of the University of California's ten campuses. The University of Southern California is the state's oldest private research university.
Airports for Los Angeles include LA/Ontario International Airport (which is actually in Ontario) and Los Angeles International Airport.
Los Angeles is one of only a handful of cities to have hosted the Summer Olympics more than once - in 1932 and 1984.
Here is the seven day weather forecast for Los Angeles:
Jennifer Brandt grew up in a family heavily involved in the fashion and movie industry. She embraced a culture that fostered extreme creativity, a wonderful fashion sense, and an obsession with everything Hollywood, everything vintage, and everything glamorous. Brandt knows every nook of L.A., from Echo Park to the San Fernando Valley–and everything in between. Vintage Los Angeles will be a colorful tour of this glittery town through original color photography, as well as charming vintage photos and relics.
Brandt showcases the best of vintage life, including famous Los Angeles hot spots such as:
•The Rose Bowl Flea Market–a great place to find antiques
•Sunset Hyatt House–dubbed the "Riott House" because of its sordid rock n' roll past
•Mashti Malone's–where else could you find Iranian rose water ice cream?
•Bob's Big Boy–where the Beatles ate on their first US tour
•Chateau Marmont–Hollywood's decadent vintage love nest
•and many more.
Brandt's unique old Hollywood voice will carry the reader through these spots, revealing historical information, juicy star–studded stories, and delightful anecdotes. Vintage Los Angeles is the dreambook for any stylish, secondhand soul with a vintage aesthetic, appreciation, and absolute love of "the hunt." Complete with interviews with famous vintage–collectors, indie bands, actors, and Hollywood connoisseurs, Vintage Los Angeles is a trip down memory lane with a modern and delightful edge.
Product Description: Discover Los Angeles & Southern California
Hang onto your Mickey hat while careening down Space Mountain Try on Pamela Anderson's tank top or designer shoes from Alias Dangle your sandy feet over a concrete wall and watch a surfer-skater-dog parade Swirl, sip, savor and spit your pinot on a sustainable wine tour
In This Guide:
Covers LA, Disneyland, Orange County, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Palm Springs and Joshua Tree! Three local authors; 1500 hours of on-the-ground research; 56 more pages; 65 detailed maps New Southern California for Kids chapter packed with tips for families Content updated daily - visit lonelyplanet.com for up-to-the-minute reviews, updates and traveler suggestions
Product Description: Streetwise Los Angeles Map - Laminated City Street Map of Los Angeles, California - Folding pocket size travel map with full metro system featuring red line tracks & stations
This map covers the following areas: Main Los Angeles City Map 1:40,000 Santa Monica / Venice Map 1:40,000 Downtown Los Angeles Map 1:32,000 Los Angeles Freeway System Map 1:400,000 LAX Access Map 1:88,000 Long Beach Inset Map 1:30,000
Book Description: Revised second edition of this popular travel and adventure guide for exploring, learning, and having fun with babies and toddlers in Southern California. More than a travel guide, Baby's Day Out is an educational activity book filled with creative ideas to introduce babies and toddlers to a world of new experiences, sights and sounds. More than 200 appropriate places to take babies and toddlers are featured with complete information, directions, hours, accommodations and "Good Things to See and Hear." Line art "Picture Guides" of objects, plants and living creatures toddlers may encounter are great learning aids. Websites, suggested reading and fun neighborhood activities are suggested as well. Whether the destination is a well-known museum, garden or zoo or an offbeat activity such as the schoolbus yard or a racetrack to picnic and see the horses' morning workout, each new experience is designed to enhance a child's later ability to learn and reason, while creating fun adventures for parents and child to experience together. For parents, grandparents, caregivers, and day care or nursery school teachers. And, it makes a great baby shower gift!
Jonathan Gold has eaten it all. Counter Intelligence collects over 200 of Gold's best restaurant discoveries--from inexpensive lunch counters you won't find on your own to the perfect undiscovered dish at a beaten-path establishment. He reveals the hidden kitchens where Los Angeles' ethnic communities feed their own, including the best of cuisine from: Argentina, Armenia, Brazil, Burma, Canton, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Middle East, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, Thailand, Vietnam and more. (set as bulletted list?) Not to mention the perfectly prepared hamburger and Los Angeles' quintessential hot dog.
Counter Intelligence is the richest and most complete guide to eating in Los Angeles. The listings include where to find it and how much you'll pay (in many cases, not very much) with appendices that cover food types and feeding by neighborhood.
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Product Description: Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer's Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider's perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You'll get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you. "Like being taken around by a savvy local," said the New York Times. "Hipper and savvier than other guides," concurred Diversion magazine. Never shy about confronting the issues, the Irreverents are guides to real travel in the real world.
Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Los Angeles, 4th Edition gives you the lowdown on:
How to survive a smog alert
Where to stay in Catalina and pretend you’re a 1920s millionaire
Why Tail O’ the Pup is the city’s most significant architectural statement
Beaming up to the Star Trek bridge at LAX
Where to catch the Groundlings–the improv group that launched the careers of Jon Lovitz, Lisa Kudrow, and Will Ferrell
Book Description: The Michelin Guide to Los Angeles 2008 is the latest title in a world-renowned series of hotel and restaurant guides. Each listing is recommended by Michelin's team of anonymous, independent inspectors based on a process that has stood the test of time.
Michelin awards select restaurants stars for culinary excellence. The guide is organized by neighborhood and detailed descriptions of each listing provide the reader with a picture of everything from the ambience to the cuisine. This guide celebrates the culinary diversity of Los Angeles and is perfect for locals and visitors alike.
With some of the most extensive and scenic road biking in the United States, Los Angeles County riders now have an expert guide to 40 of the best road rides in their own backyard. Researched and written by world-class road biker and Asphalt editor Patrick Brady, Bicycling Los Angeles combines first-hand road research with GPS map-making technology. From the descriptive narrative and crucial at-a-glance info to the cutting-edge ride maps and elevation profiles, Brady definitively shows riders how to get there, what to expect, and how to get the most out of each ride.
Product Description: The classic guide to who-did-what-where in Los Angeles, on- and off-screen, including:
Film & TV locations: the Hollywood Hills house where Barbara Stanwyck seduced Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity...the funky apartment building where William Holden lived in Sunset Boulevard...the exotic Frank Lloyd Wright mansion that's housed everyone from Harrison Ford in Blade Runner to David Boreanaz on TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer....the landmark Art Deco former department store that has doubled for a glamorous hotel in Topper (1936) and an elegant nightclub in The Aviator (2004)... the Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street houses... the Seinfeld and Alias apartment buildings... the Six Feet Under funeral home...The Brady Bunch and Happy Days houses...the Charlie's Angels office...the real Melrose Place...and many more
VIP tours: from legendary studios like Warner Bros., MGM (now Sony Pictures), and Universal to movie-star homes like Barbra Streisand's former Malibu compound…
Crime scenes and scandal spots: the driveway where Sal Mineo was murdered, the Nicole Brown Simpson condo, the Sharon Tate estate, Marilyn Monroe's last address, the Beverly Hills Mansion where Bugsy Siegal was rubbed out…the Hollywood hotel where Janice Joplin O.D.’d…
Plus: Remarkable new museums...Superstar cemeteries...Historic hotels...Hip clubs and restaurants....Fabulous restored movie palaces… Spectacular movie star mansions and château apartments…
Taking movie lovers behind the gates of the exclusive, often hidden world of Tinsel Town, Hollywood: The Movie Lover's Guide is the ultimate insider's guide to L.A.'s reel attractions.
Product Description: Wallpaper* City Guides are an exciting, stylish new concept in travel guides published by Phaidon Press and Wallpaper* magazine. Glamorous, global and affordable, the new travel guides can be acquired for only $8.95 and feature the world's greatest cities, from Barcelona to Buenos Aires, Istanbul to Sydney, London to Los Angeles. Aimed at the design conscious traveller, the guides offer just the right amount of insider knowledge on the world's most popular cities, from where to stay and what to visit, to where you should eat, shop and be seen. Ideal for a weekend break or business travel, their discreet, pocket sized format tells you everything you need to know, giving you the inside track on what can not be found anywhere else. The guides have been compiled by Wallpaper* magazine's international editors and travel writers who have lived in the featured cities. They provide up-to-the-minute information and authoritative advice on the hottest of venues in the coolest of cities. Each guide will be updated annually to ensure they remain the authoritative last word' on the city concerned. The guides are divided into sections on Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports and Spas, and Escapes. In addition, each one features a local resident recommending their own favourite places to visit in that city and sharing their insider knowledge. Maps and aerial photography are included for easy navigation and orientation and there is even a notebook to record personal discoveries and recommendations. Each section is subtly tabbed with a different color to make it easy for you to find the information you need. Wallpaper* City Guides are the result of a dynamic, joint publishing partnership between Wallpaper* magazine and Phaidon Press. Whether you are indulging in long weekend and want to know which room to book in which hotel, or have a free afternoon on a business trip and would love to escape and explore, the Wallpaper* City Guides offer a stylish and original alternative.The complete list of launch cities includes Amsterdam, Bangkok, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Istanbul, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney and Tokyo.
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