America’s Coolest Ghost Towns | Travel + Leisure
Some ghost towns are protected by parks departments. But Bodie, CA, protects itself—with a curse.
—Katrina Brown Hunt, Travel + Leisure
A curse and a parks department, actually. If you love ghost towns, Travel + Leisure has put together a pretty solid list for you.
Photo: Bodie, California | GhostTownGallery
Ah, Venice.
The view from the High Rooftop Lounge at the Hotel Erwin in Venice.
These mid-winter days in Southern California are brutal.
Photo of the Day | Mono Lake, California
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Top 5 Sexiest Beaches in the World | AOL Travel
Annemarie Dooling of AOL Travel offers up her take on the sexiest beaches and it’s an interesting list. Of particular note is Venice Beach in Los Angeles of which she writes:
If you’re looking for a sexy beach destination in the United States, there’s no where better than the Golden State. From daisy duke shorts to health fans exercising in bathing suits, you’ll find some of the most attractive Americans across the country all in this one spot. With surfing, skateboarding and other athletic activities across the boardwalk, beautiful healthy people flock here.
I suppose if you look past the bums, it is a pretty sexy spot.
Photo of the Day | Santa Monica, California
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Photo of the Day | Santa Monica, California
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10 Things Not to do in Los Angeles | Concierge.com
Instead of staying downtown, get a room in Santa Monica? Yup. Skip Rodeo and hit the boutiques in Venice? Absolutely. Forget the whole Hollywood tour nonsense? Indeed. Seems like Conde Nast kinda knows what it’s talking about.
Photo of the Day | Santa Monica, California
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Frugal Los Angeles | The New York Times
In keeping with this week’s Los Angeles theme, have a look at this article in which author Seth Kugel set out to tackle the City of Angels on $100 a day - a mission achievable only if he abandoned the rental car and took to the city by bike. While navigating the sprawling city by bike might seem a daunting task, Kugel found it wasn’t without reward. He writes:
Seven days and six nights without a car turned out to be not only possible but in many ways afforded me a more unfiltered view of Los Angeles than I would have gotten behind the wheel, taking highways rather than local roads and further buffered from my surroundings by a windshield and a loud radio. I could pedal down the Pacific coast, pause at food trucks and pop into parks uninterrupted by the need to find a parking spot — or worse, a valet. Los Angeles felt within reach.
