Los Angeles Travel Blogs - Page 6

Last night, a small group of us travbuddies (sybil, mel, tracy and me) had a delightful time trying out a new restaurant - Bar Hayama.  Bar Hayama is a trendy sushi joint located in what used to be Sushi Sasabune (a highly respected, traditional sushi restaurant in LA that moved…

It's no secret I'm a huge fan of Mario Batali, and I used to travel to NY to eat at his restaurants (and still do) - but I was supremely pleased when he partnered up with Nancy Silverton (a renowned chef in LA) to open up 2 LA locations - Pizzaria Mozza and Osteria Mozza - www.mozza-la.com.&nb…

I always love the idea of entertaining and feeding my friends.  I guess it's just the asian in me to want to ensure all my friends are perfectly satiated.  But everytime I start planning a dinner party - I fluctuate between feeling very happy and very stressed.  I had originally plan…

My friends and I decided to go and watch our Dodgers play against the Rockies.  I hadn't been to a Dodger game this season, so I was excited to go. Angel's ex-husband works for MLB and she asked him if he would be able to get us tickets. Well, he delivered! We needed to go to will call when we…

I miss Geneva dearly. I startle awake and think "ok, gotta catch the 1 bus to Jardin Botanique!" and realize I am no longer in a city with decent public transportation.Learned a lot on my 2 1/2 week stay there. It was an experience I'll never forget due to the intensity and brilliant company. But b…

Dinner at Cha Cha Cha's Restaurant in Los Angeles welcoming back Liz (Quest)

Friday 30th June This morning we awoke in our rather cramped, dark and dirty hostel and declined our free breakfast of stale bread and warm butter and chose instead to wonder the streets of Hollywood. Unfortunately, as despite our best efforts, this involved doing all of the touristy things, like …

So gonna be quick. After all these New England months I went back to New York just to get ont he plane and fly to California. I had a plan of staying in Los Angeles for several days, then travel a bit and fly back from san Francisco. It didn't start off well because I didn't like LA. And that is v…

The train arrived 1 hour early, but Victoria had called and said she would be about 3 hours late arriving from San Francisco. I made my way to LAX airport and picked up the rental car. She arrived around 11:15am and we drove down Hollywood Blvd for some sightseeing before heading for Venice Beach.S…

Yeah, 5am rolls around and I had less than one hour of sleep but I managed to drag myself up and head into take a shower.  Unfortunately, my parents have left their bedroom door open down the hall and my darling little "sister" Fifi (the infamous pill swallowing, electric cord chewing Pom Chi)…

When Big Boy first approached me about rollin deep, hangin from the side of my bag on all my travel journeys I was a little skeptical he was up for the task. I mean, for one, his hands were full with that burger and all. Plus he is always looking so pimp with that cocky pose and all, I figured he w…

Today was my last day in LA and I have a lot of stuff to do and see.  First, I was off early to Carson, CA to check out the skateboarding Mens Final.  Superstars such as Shawn White were on display, showing off their skills in front of thousands of fans.  I had an awesome time watchi…

Gosh - recently I came to realize that I'm getting old and set in my ways!  Every Sunday morning, I make my breakfast and eat it while reading the Sunday paper.  Then I work out a little and, unless I have special plans for the day, take a stroll through my favorite streets in Hancoc…

What a week (or 3). Ever since school started I haven't gotten home before 10:30 3-4 nights a week and my weekends have been spent helping to develop that non-profit. All my Cancun guidebooks (I got 3!) came in today and I've been marveling at the pretty pictures, flagging the best restaurants in t…

We woke up super early to get the airport. We are so used to the US and getting there 3 hours early.. ummm not here. The airport was not even open when we got there. We waited and waited and waited and finally got on our place to Paris. The Paris airport was hilarious. We were like the absolute opp…