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Los Angeles & San Diego?????
- Thread starter tamara
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Kimmifunn
Funnkalicious
tamara said:
LA-
Shopping
Fred Segal on Melrose
Tracey Ross on Sunset
Kitson
Dining-
Koi
The Ivy..for people watching
Newsroom (across from the Ivy)
Traverna Tony's in Malibu
Nobu Malibu
La Conversation on Doheny- Macadamia hearts are to freaking die for
Must see-
Got to the pier in Santa Monica
Drive down the PCH through Malibu
Walk around Melrose
Go down to Santa Monica and walk around the shops...
I love LA. I could go on for days. I almost moved there.
peapod1980
percy
Oh, it really is. I'd heard it too and thought it was probably exaggerrated...! But it was all true; it's such a beautiful drive. If you have the time, drive it from L.A. and go as far north as you can!tamara said:
Ocean Lover
bean
I've only been once and we went to an area in San Diego called Old Town. They had shopping and lots of nice restaurants. Good mexican food. We took a trolley tour and it stopped at 8 different places. You could stay as long as you wanted then pick the trolly up when you were ready to go again. I think it stopped every half hour. We went to Coronado island, the pier and somewhere else. We didn't have enough time to see the zoo. It was a lot of fun. It's so pretty there. Have fun!
tamara said:
Yeah you are not missing anything in LA IMO. Maybe Venice Beach but you do need to try and hit all the places that Kimmifunn suggested including the Santa Monica pier park area.
The drive down I-5 to San Diego is awesome. Oceanside is a great town on the ocean and La Jolla is big $$ and beautiful too. If you think sowal is an expensive real estate market just check out the real estate on cable TV or in the newspaper WOW WEE big money with small, outdated, 1000 sq ft houses 2 miles from the coast or further for $2M+.
Go to the Hotel Del Coronado over the bridge from San Diego. It is an old ocean front hotel, where Presidents, foreign dignitaries and movie stars have stayed. I think one or more movies was filmed there. Neat place to visit. Sounds like a great trip. Have fun.
Beach Runner
beats on hood
Oh, goodness. You'll love La Jolla. It's so upscale. We liked it so much that we actually considered moving there, and I'm 100% Southerner. I felt as though I were in a higher level of existence there, culturally and intellectually.tamara said:
I'm having a brain freeze right now. We went to some restaurants whose names escape me right now. If I find my trip diary, I'll get back to you.
whitesands
Beach Lover
Ohhh and if you go as far as the Hotel del Coronado, check out the Crown Room and do try to eat at Peohe's at the Coronado Ferry Landing...wonderful, wonderful food. I believe it was "Some Like it Hot" that was filmed at the Hotel del Coronado...Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. In Los Angeles, we ate lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel outside under the Brazilian Pepper Tree in July of this year. We only saw Arianna Huffington's sister 
but were told that Leonardo DiCaprio and Arnold the "Governator" had been in to eat earlier in the week. Oh well... 
Have fun!
but were told that Leonardo DiCaprio and Arnold the "Governator" had been in to eat earlier in the week. Oh well... Have fun!