Saturday, in L.A....?
December 4, 2015 3:37 PM Subscribe
First time in L.A. - and now that we know there's no way to get tickets to the Rain Room - what two/three things should we not miss doing, this Saturday? Art, market, music, food - the unusual or the unmissable, what could make our tomorrow unforgettably L.A.?
(We're based in Santa Monica. Oh, and if there's something special on tonight, too: we're game!)
(We're based in Santa Monica. Oh, and if there's something special on tonight, too: we're game!)
Best answer: You mentioned "market", so here are the holiday markets happening tomorrow: Unique, Parachute, Remodelista.
posted by acidic at 4:02 PM on December 4, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by acidic at 4:02 PM on December 4, 2015 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Try The Museum of Jurassic Technology. (The Wikipedia entry explains as well anywhere can explain.)
posted by kmennie at 4:09 PM on December 4, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by kmennie at 4:09 PM on December 4, 2015 [3 favorites]
You can legally park on the PCH until midnight or 2am - can't remember which - so you could drive towards Malibu and check the night time surf.
posted by jbenben at 4:38 PM on December 4, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by jbenben at 4:38 PM on December 4, 2015 [2 favorites]
I'd go to El Mercado -- Mariachis and so-so Mexican food on the third floor, great gorditas on the first floor, lots of market stalls throughout. It's way on the other side of town, so you would be able to do the most LA thing, which is drive all the way across town for a taco.
Take Olympic or Pico or Heck! Take Sunset, which drives right through many of the city's cultural and economic layers -- Santa Monica, Westwood and UCLA, Beverly Hills, Silver Lake and Echo Park, Chinatown and Downtown, Boyle Heights, and right into East LA where the Mercado is.
On the way back go to Phillipe's.
posted by notyou at 5:03 PM on December 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
Take Olympic or Pico or Heck! Take Sunset, which drives right through many of the city's cultural and economic layers -- Santa Monica, Westwood and UCLA, Beverly Hills, Silver Lake and Echo Park, Chinatown and Downtown, Boyle Heights, and right into East LA where the Mercado is.
On the way back go to Phillipe's.
posted by notyou at 5:03 PM on December 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
Best answer: I was going to send you to Malibu Seafood for dinner, but they close at 7:30 and I doubt you'd get there in time. If you wanted to do it tomorrow for lunch or a snack, it's an excellent excuse to drive up the 1 and back. Or you can use Malibu Pier as an excuse instead.
There will be shows at both UCB locations tonight and tomorrow night - Sunset, Franklin.
There are swap meets/flea markets all over town on the weekends, the one in Pasadena at the Rose Bowl is the most legendary but they're all apparently pretty good.
It looks like Tig Notaro's show tonight at Largo still has some tickets (she just got married like last weekend, so this should be a good one), and then tomorrow night is Paul F. Thompkins' Spontaneanation live.
posted by Lyn Never at 5:31 PM on December 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
There will be shows at both UCB locations tonight and tomorrow night - Sunset, Franklin.
There are swap meets/flea markets all over town on the weekends, the one in Pasadena at the Rose Bowl is the most legendary but they're all apparently pretty good.
It looks like Tig Notaro's show tonight at Largo still has some tickets (she just got married like last weekend, so this should be a good one), and then tomorrow night is Paul F. Thompkins' Spontaneanation live.
posted by Lyn Never at 5:31 PM on December 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Tomorrow is also Repeal Day, and laist has a good round up of bars celebrating-- including bars and ex-speakeasies in Venice and Santa Monica.
posted by jetlagaddict at 6:06 PM on December 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by jetlagaddict at 6:06 PM on December 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
Also, if you have a car, the Reel Inn is a completely unpretentious place to eat delicious seafood and look out over both the ocean and back at the canyons/mountains. Solid vegetarian options as well. Malibu Pier and the Lagoon are also fun- tide pools!
posted by jetlagaddict at 6:09 PM on December 4, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by jetlagaddict at 6:09 PM on December 4, 2015 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Grand Central Market will have their Pop-up Village. And then you can go look at the Bradbury Building and The Last Bookstore nearby. Downtown LA is very cool.
posted by Ideefixe at 7:45 PM on December 4, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Ideefixe at 7:45 PM on December 4, 2015 [2 favorites]
Go to Canters Deli in Fairfax. Be prepared to buy cookies, and the food is really old school, very good. They have the most amazing ceiling.
posted by Oyéah at 8:25 PM on December 4, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Oyéah at 8:25 PM on December 4, 2015 [3 favorites]
There's the Getty museum (either the Villa or the museum proper).
LA Weekly's calendar for tomorrow. (Which is a little overwhelming, I admit, but worth searching through.)
posted by culfinglin at 9:27 PM on December 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
LA Weekly's calendar for tomorrow. (Which is a little overwhelming, I admit, but worth searching through.)
posted by culfinglin at 9:27 PM on December 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Experimental jazz in the la river at 3pm tomorrow
byo refreshments
If you go early, check out the garage coffee at Trystero
byo cup
These are both in Atwater Village
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 12:39 AM on December 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
byo refreshments
If you go early, check out the garage coffee at Trystero
byo cup
These are both in Atwater Village
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 12:39 AM on December 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: This is perfect!
(Sadly the Tig Notaro show was sold out by the time I checked....)
I think it'll be a couple of Downtown markets in the a.m., then a coffee and the JPO + Red Bennies (thx mandyman, never heard of, but already love them) in the park in the afternoon, and then an early evening skate jam.
Thx & ciao for now -
posted by progosk at 7:16 AM on December 5, 2015
(Sadly the Tig Notaro show was sold out by the time I checked....)
I think it'll be a couple of Downtown markets in the a.m., then a coffee and the JPO + Red Bennies (thx mandyman, never heard of, but already love them) in the park in the afternoon, and then an early evening skate jam.
Thx & ciao for now -
posted by progosk at 7:16 AM on December 5, 2015
Response by poster: So:
- the Grand Central Market was worth the visit (the holiday pop-up quite small, though);
- the stroll through the Jewelry District is, well, not exactly what you might expect with that name;
- the rather huge Unique LA holiday artisan's fair on top of the California Market Center on E. 9th is absolutely worth the $10 admission (it's on today, too);
- a quick lunch at Franklin & Company (right next to one of the UCB locations) was the right recharge before heading to Atwater Village;
- the Trystero coffee garage was so in-crowded it seemed a bit daunting, but the river embankment was a sublime venue for the awesome JPO (the Red Bennies... not so much)
- the ferris wheel at the Pier outshone the less-than-packed skate jam, and so we called it a day.
A truly memorable L.A. day - thanks to you all. (The MUT stays on my wish list - maybe when we pass back through on Tuesday.)
posted by progosk at 8:55 AM on December 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
- the Grand Central Market was worth the visit (the holiday pop-up quite small, though);
- the stroll through the Jewelry District is, well, not exactly what you might expect with that name;
- the rather huge Unique LA holiday artisan's fair on top of the California Market Center on E. 9th is absolutely worth the $10 admission (it's on today, too);
- a quick lunch at Franklin & Company (right next to one of the UCB locations) was the right recharge before heading to Atwater Village;
- the Trystero coffee garage was so in-crowded it seemed a bit daunting, but the river embankment was a sublime venue for the awesome JPO (the Red Bennies... not so much)
- the ferris wheel at the Pier outshone the less-than-packed skate jam, and so we called it a day.
A truly memorable L.A. day - thanks to you all. (The MUT stays on my wish list - maybe when we pass back through on Tuesday.)
posted by progosk at 8:55 AM on December 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
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posted by killy willy at 3:58 PM on December 4, 2015