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LA IN NUMBERS

DATEOFBIRTH

1781

Spanishmissionaries

foundedthesettlement

SIZE

470

sq miles(city)

4,850

sq miles(metroarea)

POPULATION

3.9million

(city)

13.1million

(metroarea)

1853

yearHollywoodwas

established

840

thenumberof museumsin

Los Angeles county

Budget Los

Angeles

ESSENTIALS... Most public transportation is handled by Metro’s bus, subway and light rail lines (one-day pass £5.50; metro.net).

Smorgasburgweekly

open-airfoodfest

beganin Brooklyn.

AtDowntownLA’s

spin-o, dozensof

foodpurveyorsget

ridiculouslycreative,

alongsidecrastalls

andothervendors

(la.smorgasburg.com).

FREDERICKR WEISMAN

ARTFOUNDATION

weismanfoundation.org

Thelateentrepreneurand

philanthropistFrederickR

Weismanhadaninsatiable

passionforart,a factconfirmed

whentouringhisformerHolmby

Hillshome.Themansionand

groundsburstwithoutstanding

worksfromPicasso,Kandinsky,

Miró,Magritte,Rothkoand

Warhol.There’sevena

motorcyclepaintedby Keith

Haring.Toursshouldbereserved

a fewdaysahead.Freeentry.

GRIFFITHOBSERVATORY

grithobservatory.org

LA’slandmark 1935 observatory

opensa windowontotheuniverse

fromits perchonthesouthern

slopesof MtHollywood.Its

planetariumclaimstheworld’s

mostadvancedstarprojector,

whileits astronomicaltouch

displaysexploresomemind-

bending topics, from the evolution

of thetelescopeandthe

ultravioletx-raysusedto mapour

solarsystemto thecosmositself.

Thentherearetheviews,which

takein theLABasin,mountains

andPacificOcean.Sweeping

viewsof theHollywoodHillsand

thegleamingcityareespecially

spectacularat sunset.Aer dark,

stawheelextratelescopesoutto

thefrontlawnforstargazing.

TCLCHINESETHEATER

tclchinesetheatres.com

Everwonderedwhatit’sliketo be

in GeorgeClooney’sshoes?Find

hisfootandhandprintsalongside

dozensof otherstars’,foreverset

in theconcreteforecourtof this

world-famousmoviepalace

styledaer anexoticChinese

pagoda.Jointhethrongsto find

outhowbigArnie’sfeetreallyare,

or searchforBettyGrable’slegs,

WhoopiGoldberg’s braids, or

R2-D2’swheels.

VENICESKATEPARK

laparks.org/skatepark/

venice-skate

Longthedestinationof localskate

punks,theconcreteat thisskate

parkhasnowbeenmouldedand

steel-fringedinto17,000sqof

vert,trannyandstreetterrainwith

unbrokenoceanviews.Great

photoopps,especially at sunset.

GUISADOS

guisados.co

Guisados’city-widefameis

foundedonits tacosdeguisados:

warm,thicktortillasmadeto

orderandtoppedwithsultry,

smokey,slow-cookedstews.

Doyourselfa favourandorder

thesamplerplate,a democratic

mixof sixminitacos.Thechiles

torreados(charredchillis)tacois

a must for serious spice-lovers.

KITCHENMOUSE

kitchenmousela.com

A cutecaféwithpavementtables,

KitchenMouseis HighlandPark’s

herbivorefavourite.It serves

generous,mood-liingveganand

vegetariandishessuchas the

avocadoTLT,a moreishcomboof

avocado,cherrytomatoesand

tempehspikedwithDonmustard

andcrunchysunflowerbrittle.

SANTAMONICA’S

FARMERS’MARKET

smgov.net/portals/

farmersmarket

Youhaven’texperiencedSanta

Monicauntilyou’veexploredone

of its farmers’marketsstocked

withorganicfruits,vegetables,

flowers,bakedgoodsand

oysters.Themackdaddyis the

Wednesdaymarket,aroundthe

intersectionof 3rdandArizona–

it’sthebiggestandarguablythe

bestforfreshproduce,andis

oen patrolledbylocal chefs.

FROLICROOM

6245 HollywoodBlvd

Theneonsignis wortha trip

alone,butFrolicRoomoers

morethancolouredlights.Thisis

oneof Hollywood’struedives,

a vinyl-linedrelicwherethedrinks

arestiandtheregularsquirky.

It hasservedthemall,fromJudy

Garlandto CharlesBukowski.

Choosea jukeboxtuneandtoast

to Al Hirschfeld’sfabulous

Hollywood cartoon mural.

LosAngelesmaybetheworld

capitalof mythmakingbutit

thrivesbeyondits ownhighly

constructedclichéswitha

mosaicof culturesanda

beautifulsettingbetween

desertandsea.Here’showto

enjoy the best of it on a budget.

Acityofstars

seenfromthe

Griffith

Observatory

GoonSunday

formoreofa

community

feel