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In Lonely Planet's list of Top 10 Cities to visit in 2017, Los Angeles is ranked third in the world and is the highest ranked city in the Americas, ahead of Merida, Mexico (#4) and Portland, Oregon (#10).
On July 12, 2016, View Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This landmark Los Angeles neighborhood is the largest Federal Historic District in the country based on African American history.
Los Angeles ranked 5th place among the Top 25 Markets with an Occupancy rate of 86.4%, up +0.7% compared to the same period last year (85.8%).
"The Science Behind Pixar," now on view through April 16 at the California Science Center, features more than 40 interactive exhibitts that take you through every phase of production.
Formerly called Escape Key, the rooms at 60out in West L.A. (other locations in Hollywood, Melrose and Marina del Rey) feature a game master/magician that stays in play throughout your hour to keep you clued in and entertained. As such, the idea is to have as much fun as possible during your visit - there's even a half-hour of magic preceding your hour of escaping. The sets are fun and creative with unusual moving parts and not your usual lock-combo decoding tasks.
Sausage is a time-tested tradition that takes off-cuts of meat and transforms them with spices and seasoning into encased flavor bombs. Oktoberfest first started in 1810 in Munich and has since become a hotbed for communal beer and sausage consumption. That legacy continues locally at places like Torrance’s Alpine Village. Thankfully, people don’t need to rely on that raucous stretch of time in September and October to get sausage drunk. Sausage traditions also extend far beyond Bavaria, around the globe. Discover 11 places to enjoy house-made sausages in L.A.
Santa Monica offers a blend of urban energy, beach town atmosphere, oceanfront hotels and Pacific Ocean backdrop.
On view at the Skirball through March 12, 2017, Pop for the People displays more than 70 Lichtenstein works, spanning four decades. The exhibition includes the seminal Ten Dollar Bill (1956), one of Lichtenstein’s first Pop Art pieces; the iconic Sunrise (1965) and Shipboard Girl (1965), created when he was first gaining renown; and more than 20 prints created in collaboration with acclaimed L.A. printing house, Gemini G.E.L.
Read on for highlights of Pop for the People: Roy Lichtenstein in L.A. at the Skirball Cultural Center.
Los Angeles brunch service continues to benefit from a steady stream of talented chefs and a bumper crop of new restaurants. Weekends now command attention from serious diners, and not just from people who are craving a hangover cure. Discover 10 of the most exhilarating brunch options in Los Angeles, all with standout food and drinks.
