Los Angeles Apartments

Last month I was renting apartments in three cities, and occasionally a fourth hotel on the weekends. Play along as I try to remember what state I left my shoes in. Why wait for vacation to chronicle my movements? I started this log on Jan 26, ...

... months of hopping on and off campesino buses and eating impressive mains for 1 EUR in Latin America, than in the tiny city of Los Angeles. It took us two hours to get from LAX to our accommodation in West Hollywood. The city is absolutely huge, with the ...

... a welcome respite from the intensity of the city. Although just as stereotypically Californian, it seemed less a parody of itself than Los Angeles with a much more real and chilled out vibe. We got to witness an amazing sunset that evening beyond the ...

... as the first of my travels consisted of getting upgraded to business class for my 14 hour long haul to Los Angeles....SCORE! I got to the apartments in Santa Clarita at about 7.30pm and was headed straight for the supermarket...FEED ME! Two goals on the ...

... of them… it was all bit seedy. The big mumma next to me asked what I was going to do with my twenty one hours in Los Angeles. Did I want to go to Hollywood, Venice Beach or Santa Monica? Maybe I’d like to go see some of the famous sights and ...

... the Californian surf culture around this fine city - the one with the best climate in the US they tell me. On the road north to Los Angeles we stopped off for a dip in the huge surf at Laguna Beach, then took a scene out of The O.C. getting a ...

... a women down the other end of the train screaming "god damn it, shut the f*ck up and just rob him already". Welcome to Los Angeles. Our hostel was fantastically located; about 50m away from Hollywood Boulevard and the walk of fame, as well as the Kodak ...

... (although there may be something of the sort involved). This story instead begins on the doorstep of Jenny's apartment in Woodman, Los Angeles. I arrived at my first destination. The vacation began how any vacation should- on the couch across from 1,000 ...

... invalid sim. Never mind, ill just use the cheapy as it is only to text the family. Getting absolutely no reception at the apartments I decided to wait until rehearsals the next day to see if it was just the area that didn't have service. Yay...it looked ...

... to Los Angeles International. The next three months were to be the most exciting and interesting time I have ever experienced. On arrival at Los Angeles, having already been awake for 18 hours all in daylight, I was a bit knackered and it was only 3pm! ...

... hundred years ago.  It's also where the rich and famous live - we were shown where Nicholas Cage and Madonna have penthouse apartments.  The next day we went to the rodeo!!!  I was quite excited about this anyway, and I think Lydia had been ...

... accommodations - nice enough to be comfortable and safe home base, either private kitchen or hostel with kitchen, maybe apartments, good location near grocery, healthy restaurants, and fun activities, away from busy streets ...

... it I'd have to say was cruising to Venice Beach (hour half bus ride), which was pretty beautiful with the palm tree's, the beach apartments aligning the walk ways, and the surf that strolled in on a regular basis.  I was very tempted to see if I ...

Hey gang, I've made it to my third stop on this trip around the world: LA.  Thankfully, Martin, an old salsa buddy from Montreal, who has since moved here, picked me up at the airport, and in true California style, no less: in a convertible BMW with ...

UCR and the Grecian ...

... a fight with a guy that clearly wasn't wearing his local gang colors, and I found an apartment complex called "Gaylord Apartments". I thought that last one was pretty funny. But then it was decision time...for the Chinese people.     I ...

Our day in LA was one of blue kies, palm tree lined, big, open boulevards, beautiful houses, stylish looking apartments, organic macrobiotic cafes, interesting shops and businesses, people discussing starts ups and internet businesses the cafe, spa like ...

... useful about the places or what the steel and concrete structure is going to be (but then again it's probably just going to be apartments and then he would invite us to come live in them). Next stop, was lunch.  We headed towards the Farmer's ...

... sharing all the exciting stuff about my trip. When I got home I had thought I would only find my bedding (I had to move apartments, so everything was in boxes when I walked in), but I ended up unpacking several things, sending some emails, showering, and ...