l.a. adventure

our group at the "hollywood" sign

living in the la area and going to pepperdine, i and many of friends have always wanted to try different places throughout la...and with the help of our tour guide (RYAN), and a "top 100 things to do in la" list, we were able to have a fun-filled saturday walking, eating and hanging with good company around la.

home of the maple bacon donut

OUR JOURNEY:

1. nickel diner: home of the famous 'maple bacon donut' some of you might say "yummy" others like me might say "ewwww..." but for all you like me give it a chance...it was soooo good! (i think i was the one that liked it the most!) cost: $2.25 + tip

2.  angel's flight and "500 days of summer" bench: a nice little walk to the famous bench and a very nice area to sit and take pictures. also we were able to walk down the stair of angel's flight (the shortest railway in the world) cost: free

the "500 days of summer" bench

3. grand central market: i have been here a few times and i have never been disappointed with the food. so many different types of food from chinese to mexican to el salvadoran...this time we had mexican food...i had some yummy tacos. cost: $2.50 (meat + 4 tortillas = 4 yummy tacos!)

the girls

4. griffith observatory park hike: the home of the hollywood sign hike...after all that food we were able to burn some of it off and gain an appetite. cost: free (we drove here and hiked up the path)

5. la metro: after a quick wardrobe change we headed to the la subway...definitely not like the ny subway but still something to visit/use while you are in la cost: $6.00 for all day use of the subway and buses throughout la

hiking

6. the MOCA: we took the subway down to the museum of contemporary art. a great place to see art that everyone wonders "how the heck do they consider this art?" haha cost: $5.00 with student ID

the moca

7. the dublin: we needed a little snack before dinner and also a great place for everyone to get a beer...they had over 50 beers on tap and all were $3.00 and we all shared some yummy onion rings!

cost: about $1.00 for splitting some rings (i am not a beer drinker, but the others who drank some said they had some yummy beers)

some of the pepperdine crew

8. wurstkuche: yummy grilled sausages and fries and different types of beers! i had the veggie-apple-potato-sage sausage and some wonderful fries with bleu cheese-walnut-bacon dipping sauce.  the atmosphere is so hip and a great place to hang with friends. cost: $6.00 for the sausage and $5.00 for a large fry to share

home of 'exotic grilled sausages'

9. mikawaya mochi ice cream: a little ice cream and mochi shop in little tokyo...i think i have found my new obsession! cost: $3.00 ($1.00 per mochi...you can't just have one!)

the boys

10. shatto 39 lanes: we ended the night at a bowling ally. cost: about $9.00 (for 1 game and shoes)

as you can see it was a very inexpensive day with lots of fun activities and amazing company...if you and some of your friends ever have a free day you should defiantly have an "la adventure"