Vacation to Los Angeles. What to do?

Do not go to Hollywood. It's disgusting. I'll save you some time.

When you get into LAX, go straight to the counter. Ask for Jenny. Tell Jenny you want a ticket to San Diego. Your welcome.

Hollywood just sucks. Don't do it.

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is an hour north and I can say that it was an amazing experience. I highly recommend including this in your plans. It will take several hours to tour it and to enjoy the airplane hanger which house his AF1 737, Marine 1 and his Presidential Limousine.

Go to Watts and cap a few rounds just for the fun of it.

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Vacation to Los Angeles. What to do?

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Where are you staying and what do you like to do?
The Getty Museum is great
3rd Street Promenade and the Santa Monica Pier
LA Kings Hockey if you like hockey games
The Kodak Center and Mann's Chinese Theater is all the Hollywood you need
Take a drive up PCH to Malibu

Have fun.

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The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is an hour north and I can say that it was an amazing experience

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I'm putting that on the list for sure.

I know Hollywood is supposedly a waste of time, but isn't it kind of one of those obligatory things?

Santa Monica pier, Santa Barbarra wine country, Sea World, Big Bear, go indoor Sky Diving or just normal sky diving in Parris Valley, Hollywood walk of fame. Catch a Jimmy Kimmel show.

Visit the grove, hike the mountains past malibu, visit lacma, downtown la has some cool places to eat. Eat at the famous pinks hot dog stand. Hang out at the beach.

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I know Hollywood is supposedly a waste of time, but isn't it kind of one of those obligatory things?

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Bronson Canyon, or Bronson Caves, is a section of Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California that has become famous as a filming location for a large number of movies and TV shows, especially westerns and science fiction, from the early days of motion pictures to the present. Its craggy and remote-looking setting, but easily accessible location, has made it a prime choice for filmmakers, particularly of low-budget films, who want to place scenes in a lonely wilderness.



Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park is a 932-acre park located in the Sierra Pelona Mountains, in northern Los Angeles County, California. It is in Agua Dulce between the Antelope Valley and the Santa Clarita Valley north of Los Angeles and seen easily by motorists driving the Antelope Valley Freeway.

In 1935, Universal Pictures assigned Stanley Bergerman as executive producer on the film Werewolf of London. Bergerman suggested the Vasquez Rocks as the location for what was supposed to be Tibet. Since then, Vasquez Rocks have been used innumerable times in motion pictures, various television series and in moving and still photography advertisements, and continue to be used in them today.



Franklin Canyon Park is a public park located near Benedict Canyon at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. The park comprises 605 acres (2.45 km2), and is located at the purported geographical center of the city of Los Angeles.[1] The park features a 3-acre (12,000 m2) lake, a duck pond and over five miles (8 km) of hiking trails. The lake and pond are visited by birds in the Pacific Flyway. The park was used for the hitchhiking scene in It Happened One Night, and the opening credits of The Andy Griffith Show.

I first went to Franklin Canyon last year and immediately recognized it as the Andy Griffith lake. I wasn't positive so I asked people that were there and they had no idea. Not sure that they even knew what the hell I was talking about. That said, I don't think that it's a very touristy spot.