Fashion District Los Angeles

Day 1

• Reached LA after 16 hours of flying

• Recovered from the flight and had dinner with Christie and Joe (family friend's who we stayed with for our first night in LA)

Day 2

• Checked into our hotel
• Took a drive to Venice beach and Santa Monica
• Went on the Ferris wheel at Santa …

... many places. Day 1 took us all round Hollywood, Sunset Strip, Beverley Hills, Rodeo Drive,  & Melrose Ave. Day 2 took us around Downtown, Union Station, Chinatown, the jewellery district, the fashion district & lots more.     ...

... imagined and I wish I was here longer than just a week. Have seen some great things since ive been here - UCLA, Hollywood Blvd, Fashion District, numerous malls and of course the beach. Venice/Santa Monica beach. There is no other way to put it. I am ...

... where the Oscars are held etc. We caught the metro downtown and had a look around there, at some markets, the jewellery and fashion district and old downtown. Caught a bus to Venice Beach not realising it would take us an hour to get there only to find ...

... rice really gets you going in the morning and keeps your hunger at bay all morning...NOT.  We headed out to the Fashion District in Downtown LA to snap up some bargains from the outlets. Michelle grabbed some make up and jeans while ...

... , strange. Proof of the effect of the recession is visible by the empty storefronts - particularly in the jewellery district. The fashion district resembles an enormous (and not particularly great) Sunday market. After exhausting downtown LA we head to ...

... to the Purple Line, which is the down town Los Angeles route. This went through China Town, Financial District, Fashion District and the Banking district of Los Angeles, a beautiful city! Once the purple route was over, we jumped back onto the red ...

... by in the bus yesterday but took a more leisurely look at them on foot this morning. From Broadway you move right in to the Fashion District, so again we had a walk around looking at what was on offer. Basically, not much. To be fair we didn't spend a ...

... YOU for Blackberry and google maps. I also have to say THANK YOU that I was being watched over. The bus stop was in the Fashion district and it was pretty empty at four in the afternoon. So I googled and discovered it was about 3 miles to the hotel. ...

... and then the final result. In the afternoon we went for a walk around so LJ could get some fresh air and we headed into the fashion district trying to find a pizza joint for her. We didn't find one and instead headed back to the area where we know, we ...

... more while I was there. Still it was nice to walk and enjoy the quiet. I then caught the bus downtown to visit the fashion district. Not what I was expecting at all - I thought it would be lots of nice stores selling reduced price fashion. Instead it ...