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barbrose
live in the lazy beach town of Hollywood, FL). Hollywood, CA,,
in my day there (the early 60's) was a quite different town.
Our favorite hangout was Barney's Beanery. Last time I was in
LA (1994) it was still there but I didn't go in since I didn't
wish to spoil old memories. Some of my life in Hollywood, CA,
is just a party blur but I must admit, from what I remember,
that it was by far the 'best' party town of all. :-)
For things to do now, I would like to add that there is a
renovated movie house not too, too far from the Hollywood Market
(maybe Sasha can fill in the name and street) that is a lovely
place to get a taste of what it was like to go see a movie back
before the shoebox theater syndrome.
Barbara
> Well, real Hollywood atmosphere is sleazeville USA, just you
know. It's
> really dirty and crummy here. But you should check out the
Cinerama Dome,
> Yamashiro's (serves weird fruity drinks atop a great view of
Hollywood),
> Formosa, as Kristen said, was also in LA CONFIDENTIAL. You
can get in to
> see a TV show by going outside the Mann's Chinese, that's
where they give
> them away. Santa Monica is really like Hollywood now since
that's where
> all the rich people and celebs hang out. The beach is really
gorgeous,
> the pier should not be missed (though it's too crowded for my
taste). I
> don't know if you have IMAX out where you are but there's a
great one here
> (near USC which is pretty much South Central LA so it's also
dirty and
> crummy). IMAX is pretty cool though. If you want to see LA
hipsters you
> can go to Melrose and walk up and down and check out the weird
fashions or
> you can drive up to La Brea and go to Pink's (great and famous
hot dog
> stand). Drive up the Sunset Strip and take Sunset into
Brentwood and
> check out where the OJ Simpson murders happened (if you care
to). The New
> Beverly is a great old theater that plays old movies,
definitely worth a
> look. And of course, there's the La Brea Tar Pits and LACMA,
not to be
> missed (imo). If you drive into Hollywood proper you're going
to see
> hookers and drug dealers, just to warn you, it's like one big
Times
> Square.
>
> I would avoid Universal City Walk but some people like it
(Universal
> Studios, scads of restaurants, hoards of people). There's a
great movie
> theater in the Virgin Superstore complex on Sunset and Laurel
Canyon
> (which, incidentally, is where the real Sunset Boulevard house
used to be,
> if you go into the bank Great Western there on the corner they
have a
> little model of what it used to look like right there, though
it's
> Washington Mutual now, so...). There's a Starbucks in the
complex and
> they play art movies. Pretty cool. If you drive from there
down to
> Santa Monica Boulevard you'll encounter my favorite part of
LA, lots of
> celebs and affectionally known as "Boys Town" cause it's our
gay
> community. You can drive up SM Boulevard (Route 66!) into
Century City,
> keep going and you'll hit Westwood and then Santa Monica.
You'll get a
> better idea of the whole LA experience that way.
>
> There's a neato bookstore in Brentwood called Dutton's,
another one on
> Sunset called Book Soup and another one in Pasadena (where you
can see
> cool old architecture) called Vroman's. There are lots of
funky stores
> with clothes and retro furniture on 3rd street (near the
Farmer's Market,
> which is cool too) and all down La Brea too. If you want to
catch some
> celebs go to a place called Millie's on Sunset early on Sunday
morning.
>
>
> Sasha
SKi...@aol.com
"Shoot Sheet." It's a listing of which films are shooting at various
locations in Los Angeles. You can pick one up at their office:
7083 Hollywood Blvd.
5th Floor
Hollywood, CA 90028
323-957-1000
Or you can visit their website at www.eidc.com
Click on the Public Information link.
Even though you won't be able to actually get on the film sets, you can drive
by, check them out, and probably see a few celebrities at work.
Sava
In a message dated 4/27/99 2:41:30 AM, jjs...@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU writes:
>Hi Cin-L listers:
>
>I'm delurking to ask a favor. Several months ago someone asked the group
>for suggestions of interesting things, cinema-related and otherwise, to
>do
>in Los Angeles. I remember Sasha had some great-sounding diversions and
>insider tips, and maybe a couple of other people did too.
>
>I now find that I'll be spending some time in LA in late May, and the only
>definite thing I have planned is a visit to the Getty Center. I'd greatly
>appreciate a re-posting of your LA suggestions if it's not too much bother.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Jamey
barbrose
think) or El
> Capitan - both are great places to see.
The one I was talking about (geeze, I wish I could remember the
name) was renovated and reopened in 1994 (spring, I think).
Barbara
Sasha Stone
>renovated movie house not too, too far from the Hollywood Market
>(maybe Sasha can fill in the name and street) that is a lovely
>place to get a taste of what it was like to go see a movie back
>before the shoebox theater syndrome.
Is this the old silent movie house? If so, unfortunately, that one closed
down after the owner was murdered. Not sure if it has re-opened yet or
not. But one really cool thing to do is to go to the bank on the corner of
Sunset, near Crescent Heights (Washington Mutual is what it now is, used to
be Great Western) and look at the mock up they have of what Sunset used to
look like back in what would have been the "Norma Desmond days." Anyway,
it's kind of cool to look at. Incidentally, it's across the street from
both the Coconut Teaser (a totally scary club where you can still see hung
over young folks exiting on Sunday morning) and Chateau Marmont (where John
Belushi died).
If you're talking about the old Egyptian (now Cinematique, I think) or El
Capitan - both are great places to see.
Thanks to Dave for keeping and reposting! I caynt hardly believe it.
Sasha