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TMD Partner Edition: 10 Tips for Optimizing Social Media at Hotels
Facebook, Twitter and TripAdvisor have become essential components of most hotel marketing plans. Improve your social media presence by implementing these tactics.
Andrew Zimmern's Los Angeles
Andrew Zimmern is a two-time James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, food writer and teacher. The globe-trotting host of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern recently led an expert panel of celebrity foodies to create the list of 100 nominees for the 2013 Munchies: People’s Choice Food Awards. Now through April 30, 2013, the public is invited to vote for the Munchies here.
Find out some of Andrew Zimmern’s favorite places to eat and stay in Los Angeles.
Discover Hollywood Car Free
No doubt about it, Los Angeles is the Entertainment Capital of the World and you can delve right into it by exploring Hollywood on foot. The beauty of the region is that, while Hollywood covers a lot of ground geographically, many of its primary attractions are near each other. Plus the Metro Rail Red Line runs under much of the area, meaning that seeing stars doesn’t necessarily require driving cars.
- Recommended Methods of Travel: Metro, Walking
- Total Distance: .4 miles. Walking Distance: .4 miles
For more Car Free LA guides, click here.
Top Events This Week in Los Angeles: April 8-14, 2013
This week's highlights include concerts by world famous singers, a movie anniversary, a classic Broadway musical, and a day of dressing up and riding the Metro Rail.
The Best Restaurants in Venice, California
Venice, my how you’ve changed. It seems like not too long ago when America’s favorite Bohemian beach enclave offered not much more than cheap, fried fish tacos of questionable origin. Those days are long gone. Nowadays, the neighborhood is a culinary destination, home to modern fare, chef-inspired cuisine, and some of the city’s best bakeries and artisan sandwich shops. Of course, in the interim, rent has also become prohibitively expensive. But thankfully you don’t have to live here to enjoy Venice’s ever-burgeoning bounties. Whether you hang your hat a stone’s throw from Abbot Kinney, or you’re visiting from half a world away, these are the restaurants you can’t afford to miss.
Top L.A. Indie Coffee Bars
No longer must Angelenos subject themselves to old, overly roasted coffee. A new wave of specialty coffee purveyors is now either roasting their own beans or brewing beans from trusted purveyors to deliver variety and nuance. Homegrown coffee players like Cafecito Organico, Coffee Commissary and Groundwork Coffee now complement national brands like Blue Bottle, intelligentsia, La Colombe, Philz, and Stumptown, who have all set up shop in L.A. Now, nearly every neighborhood has at least one standout coffee bar. Learn about 23 top indies that are helping to propel the movement forward.
Top Organic Restaurants in Los Angeles
Los Angeles loves its organics: organic baby clothing, organic sheets, and most of all, organic food. Lots of restaurants dabble in organics, but some of them stand out for their efforts. Whatever your reason for choosing organic—fewer unwanted chemicals in your system, an opposition to GMOs, sensitivity to the environment—these restaurants will hook you up with some tasty organic grub and in some cases, something delicious and organic in your glass as well. Organic gimlet anyone?
Justin Timberlake and Adele to Record Los Angeles Anthem
Justin Timberlake has apparently been inspired by Jay-Z, his co-headliner on the upcoming “Legends of the Summer” tour, to record an anthem for Los Angeles.
Unforgettable Los Angeles Hotel Wedding Venues
When you’re planning your wedding, you'll want nothing but the best, not only for your ceremony and reception, but in accommodations for your guests coming from near and far. Fortunately, there are hotels throughout Los Angeles that are ready to host your momentous occasion, from a historic, 1925 Spanish construction hotel in bustling Downtown to a posh hotel designed by Philippe Starck near Beverly Hills. Here are some of the top hotels in Los Angeles that are sure to make your wedding a day that you and all your loved ones will remember.
Los Angeles Hotels Go Green with Eco-Friendly Features
Los Angeles is often associated with red carpets, but the city is increasingly embracing green, with sustainable practices implemented in every region, from cultural attractions to restaurants and public transportation. Hotels throughout L.A. are leaders in green design, earning Green Seal™ and LEED Certification with energy-efficient lighting and HVAC systems, water-saving fixtures and recycling programs. Enjoy your Los Angeles vacation and go green by staying at a Green Seal™ certified hotel. Hotels that earn the Green Seal™ are leaders in sustainability and have completed a certification process and on-site audit. Following are Los Angeles hotels that have been certified by Green Seal in collaboration with the City of Los Angeles Green Lodging Program (see below) as well as other eco-friendly hotels in the L.A. County area.