Hotels By City: Cheap Hotels, Hotel Guides & Hotel Blogs

For over 38 years there has been a monthly event going on in Pasadena that only the shopping elite are aware of. From every day people to celebrities, they visit this remarkable gathering in hopes of finding the ultimate shopping items at great low prices. This event is so huge, it only happens the second Sunday of every month: The Rose Bowl Flea Market. With over ...

A friend turned me on to the Trading Post a few years ago. Located in the expansive parking lot of the famous Fairfax High School (note-worthy alums include Demi Moore, Carol Lombard, Mickey Rooney, Phil Spector, and my personal favorite, the Red Hot Chili Peppers) at Fairfax and Melrose. It costs $2 to get in ($1 for students with a valid ID), but it goes to the student ...

Robertson... The Secret Shopping Locale

by: Matt Tucker

     So your trip to Los Angeles includes plans to do some high-end shopping. You're thinking, Rodeo Drive, oh yeah! True, you can spend a mint on Rodeo and maybe even see a few aging stars. But you wanna know where the celebs of the moment shop? Of course you do!!! A little street called Robertson Blvd. Specifically ...

The REAL Santa Monica

by: Matt Tucker

So you want the real scoop on Santa Monica while you are in LA? Well, here goes...most of the locals stay away from the Promenade. It is a tourist TRAP and (therefore) the homeless tend to congregate there. Don't get me wrong, the monkey on a leash that ...

I've lived in and around L.A. for most of my adult life. I'm not from here and am often asked how it is I contend with all the crazies and the weirdos by my family back home. Easy enough - I had lots of practice growing up!

I love Los Angeles because of the endless variety of things to do spread out over hundreds of square miles. I ...

No trip to Santa Monica would be complete without a walk down the Promenade, that's three blocks of uninterrupted shopping and entertainment.

The pedestrian zone is just two blocks back from the beach and runs between Broadway and Santa Monica Boulevard.

The streets are lined with singers and performers who'll accompany your stroll around the shops or trip to the cinema.

There's also great places to eat, including the Broadway Deli - a particular ...

As I am now gainfully unemployed and have embarked on sharing with you all my insider's knowledge of Los Angeles, I thought I would take this debut post to share with you one of my favorite tucked-away parts of Los Angeles.

Living in the heart of Hollywood, I've recently decided to explore what my own neighborhood has to offer besides B-rated Thai restaurants and the Scientology Celebrity Centre (5930 Franklin, for ...

If you are a sucker for a vintage board of Candy Land, or possibly day dream about clouds of pastel cotton candy, you will definitely want to visit Zanzabelle of Silver Lake for a strong dose of that sugary good vibe.  The minute you see the life size giraffe sculpture in the picket fenced front lawn of this little gingerbread-esque house,  your heart will skip a beat in anticipation for what lies inside.

 Good for both kiddies ...

Just when you think the world has become nothing but an endless sea of corporations along comes the royal line of all independent stores – Amoeba Music.  Servicing the community since the 90’s Amoeba Music has acted as a focal point for creative minds in the ever-bustling city of Hollywood.

Erected on Sunset Strip in the downtown area next to the Entertainment District, which bustles with fresh innovative thinking, Amoeba proudly ...

Until somewhat recently, my food adventures included a touch of snob factor.  One of these snooty notions was that a mass collection of food spots one on top of the other (what mall rats might call a "food court̶ was not only a daunting experience to land upon when hungry....but also that the quality within these mini express-style establishments couldn't possibly be any good. 

 Leave it to California and its lovely city Los Angeles to ...