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[firecat]

I'm at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott for a NAAFA convention.

I drove here. Once I hit LA I realized that although I've visited neighboring areas a number of times and have spent a day or three in LA proper here or there, I've never been here for a solid week.

I probably won't have much time to do anything other than conventioning, but if I were to do something around town, what do you think it should be?

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[usqueba.livejournal.com]

You are less than 5 miles from me :). Look to the N and a little to the west and there I am (*just* N of LAX).

What do you like? And it depends on how far afield you want to go (or don't want to).

This stuff is fairly close:

There's obviously the beach; Santa Monica Pier and the 3rd Street Promenade - there's shops, sometimes performers; Venice Boardwalk lots of shops and lots of performers - artists, skaters (who do routines and dance), dancers; there's a nature sort of walk in the Ballona Wetlands (at Lincoln and Jefferson) - it's peaceful; there's a little "Fisherman's Village" in the Maria (del Rey) - touristy but there's some restaurants and there's a harbor tour, you can also rent boats; the Getty Center (free but you have to pay for parking).

[gregbo.livejournal.com]

Marina del Rey is also the home of ISI (http://www.isi.edu/), which is one of the birthplaces of the ARPAnet and Internet.

There's also McCabe's Guitar Shop (http://www.mccabes.com/) on Pico just west of the 10 overpass, featuring lots of guitars and other instruments, not to mention concerts.

[firecat]

auntysocial and I went to Venice Boardwalk today!