Affordable conference/retreat facilities in Southern California? [more inside]
posted on Jul 22, 2008 - 2 answers
LA business card printer? [more inside]
posted on Jul 11, 2008 - 7 answers
Okay LA folk... time to tell me... what are your favorite things about/in Los Angeles? Especially your favorite hidden secret stuff that maybe only locals know of. Or super good deals or scenes that make you happy. Stuff that actually makes you stop for a second and think, "Man, I love this place" whether you want to or not. [more inside]
posted on Jul 6, 2008 - 52 answers
I am in Los Angeles (Silver Lake area) and need to get to Anaheim (Disneyland/Convention Ctr. area) for this library conference this afternoonish. Is the best way to do this to go back to the airport and grab a shuttle, or is there something simpler? [more inside]
posted on Jun 27, 2008 - 14 answers 
9 years of Spanish have proven worthless. How do I become a conversationalist? [more inside]
posted on Jun 17, 2008 - 14 answers
Vet for a bunny in Los Angeles? [more inside]
posted on May 28, 2008 - 8 answers
Help me find a loving, caring kennel in Los Angeles. [more inside]
posted on May 12, 2008 - 5 answers
3 month internship in Santa Monica? OK. Now, where to live? [more inside]
posted on Apr 29, 2008 - 11 answers
What's the best 1-2 yr old 4WD-capable car? Best for us means: fuel economy, reliability, non-behemoth-SUV-ness, aesthetic and reasonable cost (<$25k). Also: any knowledge about Subaru Outbacks and SoCal 4WD dealers. [more inside]
posted on Apr 29, 2008 - 24 answers
I'm starting a new job as a telephone concierge at a Brand-new upscale retail/housing establishment in Glendale, CA next week—can you help me get my ear to the ground? [more inside]
posted on Apr 27, 2008 - 6 answers
LOS ANGELES LOCAL BANDS, recommend me. [more inside]
posted on Apr 24, 2008 - 21 answers
What are fun/interesting/cheap things to do in LA for a week? [more inside]
posted on Apr 19, 2008 - 15 answers
I'm driving from NYC to LA this weekend. Going to Ironman it with a friend of mine to Flagstaff, sleep, hang around the grand canyon for a bit, and then drive to LA. Anybody have any words of wisdom? [more inside]
posted on Mar 25, 2008 - 24 answers
Recommend a voice teacher in Los Angeles, if you please. [more inside]
posted on Mar 11, 2008 - 4 answers
Los Angeles nice underwear for Valentines day? [more inside]
posted on Feb 5, 2008 - 10 answers
Can anyone recommend a day labor hiring hall in Los Angeles? [more inside]
posted on Feb 1, 2008 - 5 answers
I'm moving to Venice/Santa Monica and want to meet good, intelligent, normal people in my age group. How? [more inside]
posted on Jan 25, 2008 - 14 answers
I'll be spending the next week in L.A. I'm from the Midwest, unremarkable smallish town with zero culinary culture. Help me find places to to eat during the trip, but they have to be quick/take-out places. [more inside]
posted on Jan 14, 2008 - 23 answers
What video games feature Los Angeles as the setting? [more inside]
posted on Jan 13, 2008 - 14 answers
I've just moved to L.A. and need immediate employment to provide some short-term financial security. Locals, who (or what) would you recommend? (e.g., What are the least insane and/or most humane temp agencies? What are some cool places to do menial, customer-facing work that actually pay a living wage?) [more inside]
posted on Jan 3, 2008 - 13 answers
You don't live in Los Angeles, but you hate it with every fiber of your being. This AskMe is for you!
(I'll get to LA lovers & residents later. In the meantime, you should probably avoid this thread.) [more inside]
posted on Jan 2, 2008 - 68 answers
Places to eat in Los Angeles, ArcLight edition. [more inside]
posted on Dec 30, 2007 - 17 answers
Young, alone and Jewish on Xmas in LA. How do I entertain myself? [more inside]
posted on Dec 21, 2007 - 26 answers
Can anybody recommend a ski shop in Los Angeles that's good for Telemark gear and expertise?
posted on Nov 15, 2007 - 4 answers
What is the best way to watch a regionally televised college basketball game if I'm not in the region? [more inside]
posted on Nov 13, 2007 - 7 answers
When I lived in London, I used to bring US friends stuff from Harrods or Harvey Nichols as gifts. Now that I live in LA, what roughly equivalent gifts could I send to people in the UK? Bonus points if it's specifically related to LA, although just US related is good too. [more inside]
posted on Oct 19, 2007 - 11 answers
Can anyone reccomend a fluff 'n fold north of Culver City in Los Angeles. [more inside]
posted on Aug 13, 2007 - 3 answers
Where can I eat live squid/octopus in Los Angeles, or California in general? [more inside]
posted on Aug 10, 2007 - 7 answers
Los Angeles Falafel filter: I want good, vegetarian Middle Eastern food up to the Dearborn standard, ideally on the west side of LA (Palms neighborhood), but I'll roam from Culver City to Hollywood (or around Amoeba) to find a great pita place. [more inside]
posted on Aug 2, 2007 - 19 answers
From L.A. to Santa Fe and back. By Car, necessarily. Next month. I'm planning a 1.5 day drive, a 3 day stay in Santa Fe (already taken care of, thanks), a 1.5 day drive back to L.A. Where should I sleep en route? I'm thinking Flagstaff, right? Sightseeing in or around Flagstaff? (touristy stuff is OK unless it's something horribily overcrowded or plainly for kids). Is the drive too long/boring? Any better ideas to make the trip more fun? Suggestions? Thanks.
posted on Jun 20, 2007 - 7 answers
Where can I get potted daisies, chrysanthemums, &c for a 150+ wedding in October, in Los Angeles? [more inside]
posted on Jun 19, 2007 - 3 answers
Los Angeles Interview Suit—
I need to find something cheap for interviews after finding my last suit had irreperable moth holes in the pants (yeah, you can tell that my last couple of jobs haven't really required dap to the tap sartorial sense).
Where in the LA area can I get a cheap (nice) suit fairly quickly? [more inside]
posted on May 31, 2007 - 20 answers
What can you tell me about East Hollywood/South Los Feliz/North Koreatown? (Los Angeles) [more inside]
posted on May 27, 2007 - 6 answers
What Los Angeles DVD rental store has the biggest selection? [more inside]
posted on May 25, 2007 - 5 answers
I want to move to LA and try to "make it." What are some general (or specific) things my young, naive, optimistic self should know before embarking on this adventure?
posted on May 17, 2007 - 30 answers
So, I'm going to LA this weekend. What should I do there? [more inside]
posted on Apr 18, 2007 - 20 answers
Los Angeles Filter: How does parking work for LA metro stations? [more inside]
posted on Apr 18, 2007 - 3 answers
I'm going to be staying at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Downtown, Los Angeles in April. The hotel wants $35/night for parking. Any ideas on ways around this? [more inside]
posted on Mar 14, 2007 - 13 answers
Help my wife consider her career change options. As always there's [more inside]
posted on Feb 20, 2007 - 9 answers
Where can I buy a cheap fridge in LA (and have it delivered)? [more inside]
posted on Feb 8, 2007 - 8 answers
Stuff to do in the eastern reaches of the Los Angeles vicinity? [more inside]
posted on Dec 20, 2006 - 12 answers
Where should we celebrate New Years in Los Angeles?
My friends and I are coming down from San Francisco for New Years, and we're looking for something fun and cool to do on NYE. Everything we've found so far is at some big mega-club and costs like $125 to get in. Yuck. [more inside]
posted on Dec 12, 2006 - 6 answers
LAFilter: How long would a morning rush-hour commute take from Burbank to Beverly Hills? How about evening? How about non-rush hour commutes? [more inside]
posted on Dec 4, 2006 - 8 answers
I'm moving to LA in May. Help me learn the lay of the land before I step foot on Hollywood soil. [more inside]
posted on Nov 22, 2006 - 22 answers
Where can I find "surplus electronics" stores in Los Angeles? [more inside]
posted on Jul 28, 2006 - 9 answers
I want to watch this Friday's (June 30, 2006) Argentina vs. Germany World Cup soccer match with other Argentineans in Los Angeles. Where can I do this? [more inside]
posted on Jun 28, 2006 - 4 answers
I'm trying to put together a restaurant guide for an academic meeting being held in Los Angeles' Universal City. Aside from the (mediocre) places along the nearby Citywalk, can folks recommend interesting / funky / neat / fancy and other types of worthwhile places to eat within a short taxi ride, drive or public transportation trip (from the Universal City metro station)?
posted on Mar 19, 2006 - 7 answers
Can someone recommend a good used-car dealership in the Los Angeles area? [more inside]
posted on Jan 16, 2006 - 2 answers
I eat out a lot. I go to the same restaurants a lot. I want to branch out and try some new places. First, what are some restaurants in Los Angeles that provide good value (not necessarily the cheapest, expensive is fine too, but you should get what you pay for in terms of food quality and ambiance). Second, is there an on-line resource that tracks this kind of thing so that I could easily figure out what's cool/hot/good/whatever in LA dining?
posted on Jun 20, 2005 - 22 answers
I'm going to be in Los Angeles for E3 in two weeks with a bunch of friends. What do we need to see? What restaurants do we need to visit? We'll have the whole afternoon available for sight-seeing the day before the expo, where should we go? We're spending a boatload on the plane trip and the hotel, so thrift is a virtue. We're all pretty adventurous, so a junky-looking restaurant with transcendent food would be totally fine. We'll be primarily downtown for the show and near LAX for the hotel, so things in those areas are preferred.
posted on May 6, 2005 - 15 answers
Los Angeles is making me sick. [more inside]
posted on Dec 10, 2004 - 18 answers
On Tuesday I'm going to find myself with five or six spare hours as I pass through Los Angeles. I haven't really seen L.A. before, so what should I do? What should I see? Where should I eat?
For what it's worth, my hotel will be near LAX on Highway 1.
posted on Oct 16, 2004 - 13 answers
Angelenos: Help me with my commute! Pasadena to West LA; more inside...
posted on Sep 8, 2004 - 7 answers
MetaLAHotelWifiFilter: can anyone recommend a decent hotel around the $80-100 per night mark in LA - with good wireless provision? Preferably in or nearish the Burbank area...? If that price is laughable (not really sure for LA), then just decent recommendations at whatever price.
posted on Aug 3, 2004 - 7 answers
Jewelry Question: I would like to get my engagement ring cleaned and resized smaller. I'm worried about this because I've heard stories of jewelers taking the ring from you to the "back" to do the work, but then exchanging the diamonds for lower quality stones. Also, it doesn't need a major resize...it's just large enough to annoy me (keeps turning around on my finger, for example), but it won't fall off by itself. There are SO many listings for jewelers -- I feel like its like finding a good mechanic -- difficult, and better if you can get a recommendation. Can anyone recommend a jeweler (in the Los Angeles area) that they trust and had a good experience/history with? Is it a bad idea to resize a platinum ring with diamonds in it to a slightly smaller size? [Oh--and I don't want to go back to where the ring was purchased.]
posted on Jul 18, 2004 - 5 answers
I have a webserver colocated in Los Angeles, where I live. I am moving to New York in a few months and I'm wondering if I should take the server with me. I have a ridiculously great deal at my current facility. How big of a deal is it to have a server in colocation in a far away location? (The server has RAID 1 and hot-swap drives, if that helps.)
posted on Apr 6, 2004 - 4 answers
A relatively shy MeFi member (and you know I'd admit it if it was me) is looking for advice on finding a good psychatrist in the Los Angeles area. More interested in talking therapy than medication, though not ruling anything out.
Private responses can be sent to SHRINKatWENDELLWITdotCOM.
posted on Feb 18, 2004 - 8 answers
Help for a semi-homeless Wendell. [when is there NOT more inside?]
posted on Feb 6, 2004 - 10 answers
Los Angeles without a car. Suggestions? [more inside]
posted on Feb 1, 2004 - 14 answers
Wondering if there's a book about the history of LA restaurants. For my December birthday, a friend gave me "Minnesota Eats Out," a fun, colorful book from the Minnesota Historical Society Press. As a former Minnesota restaurant editor and critic, I loved it. Now I'd like to find a similar book about Los Angeles-San Fernando Valley restaurants for my California in-laws, who have many fond memories of LA restaurants, some gone, some still serving today. Does anyone know of such a book?
posted on Jan 15, 2004 - 8 answers
I was thinking about going to Griffith Park (Los Angeles) today. I've never been, and it's so massive, I don't even know where to start. A couple of web sites recommend taking the hike up from the observatory. I know the observatory is closed though, and I got the sense that hike is too. My main goal is photography. My secondary goal is to experience an LA treasure that I have shamefully left unexplored. Any experienced advice? Where to Park, what to avoid, what to do? I'll be coming in from the 110 N to the 5 N if that impacts any suggestions as to where to start.
posted on Dec 20, 2003 - 3 answers
