City of Angels?

So I just got back from 2 weeks in Manhattan Beach, CA which is a suburb of Los Angeles and am just getting settled so I figured I'd blog. Let me premise this by saying what I write will not accuratley illustrate my time spent so this post is fleeting. But at the very least I have included some neat pictures I took......come to think of it, I don't take pictures, I take post cards...

One thing you might not be aware of is that LA is not your typical city centering around a central area of culture and commerce. LA is very spread out and contributes to the locals non-stop complaning about the traffic being horrible and worse that anywhere in america. I still don't think it has anything on DC beltway traffic but maybe I'm biased. Needless to say I drove a lot.

On Saturday my travels took me from Hermosa Beach to Santa Monica to Hollywood to West Hollywood where I met up with Parul for dinner and drinks. We had reservations at Geisha House (which came highly recommended - mindy) and I had some excellent sushi (refer to picture).

Yummy and good for you. But sushi being trendy there seemed to be a resturant on every corner dealing in raw fish and rice wrapped goodness....

It was awesome seeing Parul and my long time friend Chiara came to meet us for dinner.

After dinner me Parul and a coworker of mine hit up a lounge called The Standard on the Sunset Strip and then continued on to the House of Blues where a band called Killswitch Engage was playing. I'm not familiar with them but I might have to check them out.

On Sunday I did more sight seeing driving to downtown LA and all I really wanted to see here was the Walt Disney Concert Hall which is a gem of modern architecture designed by Frank Ghery (look him up) and see picture below.

A picture says a thousand words so enough rambling, enjoy the pictures. My summary of LA is there are nice parts and nice people but the rep in hollywood is fake and hip and people who try to hard. Where I stayed in Manhattan Beach was pretty much like Ocean City but the girls where much hotter and the beach was much cleaner........Word. I still love the OC.

Here are some pictures I took of the houses on the boardwalk in Venice Beach. Venice Beach as you all know is the home of Muscle Beach where bodybuilders work out in a very public open air setting and was where Gov. Terminator once trained. A couple of words about Venice Beach....Freaks and Skateboards........go there and let me know if I'm right.