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48 Hours in Los Angeles

TIME

2 days

BEST TIME TO GO

Year-round

START

Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA, CA

END

Santa Monica State Beach, LA, CA



WHY GO If LAs celebrities Are just like us! is LA just like Boise? Well, yes, if Boise bordered 75 miles of sun-dappled coast, basked in the glow of a $275-million concert hall, hosted the Oscars and lured gourmands to savory world-class restaurants. But lets just admit it, shall we? Sometimes leaving home is good.


According to LA lore, a wannabe starlet once asked Bette Davis for advice on the best way to get into Hollywood. Take Fountain, was Davis reply, referencing a lesser-known avenue that runs parallel to Sunset Blvd. Bitchy, perhaps. Practical, yes. But just the attitude needed for navigating this glorious mash-up of a city. In 48 hours you can stroll Hollywood Blvd, nab a studio tour, dine at world-class restaurants, savor a travertine-framed sunset, shop in celebrity style and spend a morning at the beach. Flexibility is key, and if you hear or see the word Sig-alert, get off the freeway fast.

Downtown, long known for a bustling financial district that emptied at night, is in the midst of a massive Renaissance thats attracting party animals as well as full-time residents. The symbol of the revitalization is the Picture 2Walt Disney Concert Hall, the landmark that launched a thousand metaphors. Billowing ship? Blooming rose? Silver bow? No matter which comparison you prefer, its agreed that this iconic structure designed by Frank Gehry and completed in 2003 kick-started Downtowns rebirth. Cascading escalators whisk visitors from the parking garage directly into the airy lobby, where tours highlight Gehrys exquisite attention to detail air-conditioning units are hidden inside smooth Douglas fir columns throughout the building and gardens.

Just across Grand Ave hard hats construct the Grand Ave Cultural Corridor a - photo 3

Just across Grand Ave, hard hats construct the Grand Ave Cultural Corridor, a high-end cluster of shops, hotels and restaurants scheduled for a 2011 completion. Stroll south to the postmodern charms of the Picture 4Museum of Contemporary Art, a minimalist masterpiece housing a rotating collection of avant-garde exhibits in its underground galleries. Grand Ave then takes a watch-your-balance plunge before crossing 5th St. Peek inside the 1926 Picture 5Richard Riordan Central Library on your right to ogle the 64ft-high rotunda with a 42ft span. Here, a 1-ton chandelier laughs in the face of fault lines, hanging with optimistic audacity above a stark marble floor.

Another two blocks plus an escalator and elevator ride will take you to the Picture 6Rooftop Bar at the Standard Hotel and 360-degree views of twinkling city lights, flickering freeways and white-capped mountains. Plot your arrival for weeknights or early evening on the weekend. Youll enjoy the view and the highlights comfy space pods, fireside lounges without the long line, $20 cover and maddening crush of scenesters (no offense to scenesters, its just the numbers that annoy). For downtown lodging without the scene, consider the Picture 7Figueroa Hotel. Here, a festive Spanish-style lobby, Moroccan-themed rooms and a welcoming poolside bar infuse the hotel with a refreshing join-the-caravan conviviality.

For dinner, the evening can go one of two ways burrata or burgers. For the former, youll need to be organized (reservations accepted one month ahead) or a little bit lucky because Nancy Silverton and Mario Batalis bustling Picture 8Osteria Mozza has been the hottest table in town since opening in mid-2007. The highlight at this stylish Melrose and Highland mecca is the central, first-come-first-served mozzarella bar where Silverton whips up burrata, bufala and other Italian cheese-based delicacies. The more casual but almost equally crowded Pizzeria Mozza is next door.

Sono ones moved from the mozzarella bar? Consider a deal with bright-red Picture 9Lucky Devils on Hollywood Blvd, just a short drive north via Highland Ave. The Kobe Diablo, a thick Kobe beef patty slathered with avocado, double-smoked bacon and Vermont cheddar, is so gob-smackingly tasty youll be tempted to curse aloud. Or you can take another bite, sip one of 13 draft beers, and settle in for some Hollywood people-watching. Cool fact? The owner is Lucky Vanous, the hunky model from the 1990s Diet Coke ads. Just sayin.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PHILLIPPE

Celebrating your 100th birthday is a big deal in LA, especially since nobody here is a day over 29. Its even more remarkable when the centennial belongs to a restaurant, in this case downtowns Philippe the Original (www.philippes.com), which opened in 1908. The restaurant is still hauling in hungry hordes craving juicy French-dip sandwiches, created here decades ago by the original Philippe. With 9 coffees, sawdust-covered floors and communal tables, Philippes remains a thriving cultural crossroads. North of Union Station, its worth a trip.


Clubs and condos not to mention cranes are transforming the once gritty Picture 10Hollywood & Vine intersection into LAs next it neighborhood. One popular store that made its mark in the area before things got trendy is Picture 11Amoeba Music. For vinyl and liner notes, follow Cahuenga Blvd south from Hollywood Blvd to Amoebas neon-lit, warehousey digs. Here, the click, click, click of customers flipping through hundreds of thousand of CDs, DVDs and vinyl is soothing in a party-like-its-1989 sort of way. Slip into nearby Velvet Margarita for tequila sipping and Day of the Dead decor, embrace the historic, divey charms of the Frolic Room, or simply chill out with an acoustic show at Hotel Caf.

For Mid-City shut-eye, consider the retro charms of the Picture 12Beverly Laurel Motor Hotel, the nondescript blue-gray building hiding in plain sight on Beverly Blvd south of Hollywood. Look for the Coffee Shop sign over Swingers, the late-night diner across from the lobby. Inside the hotel, framed photographs and diamond-patterned bedspreads add a hint of style to basic rooms which include an in-room fridge, microwave and sink.

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