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Hey, so I'm for real going to LA this time, barring any more death threats and bankrupcies. I'm getting my JetBlue flight and would like to know how to get from Burbank Airport to Standard Hotel Downtown. I don't have a car, kinda because my drivers license expired 4 years ago. I think some Metroline train or something goes to Union Station? Is that far from Standard Hotel? Oh No. Am I going to have to take buses all over town?

Also, anything fun going on Feb 8 - Feb 14? And want to hang out? I'm staying at the Standard one night, then staying with a friend in west hollywood the rest of the time. I think. He doesn't know yet though.

― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:02 (twenty years ago)

or is it better to fly to long beach.

or better to pay extra $20 to fly song airlines to lax?

― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:05 (twenty years ago)

Well, LAX gets you on the Metro line via connections at least.

Might be up for something on the tenth or eleventh, depending!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:07 (twenty years ago)

Although yes, Burbank Airport is a direct stop, so take that:

http://www.metrolinktrains.com/?play_at=map

Ventura County line

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:09 (twenty years ago)

Although I see it's also called the Bob Hope Airport now. Hm.

MTA map for connections from Union Station:

http://www.mta.net/riding_metro/riders_guide/rail_info.htm

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:10 (twenty years ago)

...looking at all that, if you wanted to stick to light rail, your best stop is Hollywood/Highland on the Red Line and then bus/cab from there, though it's much more direct to go from Burbank over the Hollywood Hills -- light rail takes you in a big loop, essentially.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:14 (twenty years ago)

maybe i'll hitchhike.

― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:16 (twenty years ago)

does the hotel not have a shuttle?

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:17 (twenty years ago)

A-Ha. Just bought my ticket. So it looks like for real hopefully this time I'll be in LA. My first time in California!! Where's Spencer?

― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:18 (twenty years ago)

would like to know how to get from Burbank Airport to Standard Hotel Downtown.

Metrolink from Burbank Airport to Union Station. Red Line from Union Station to 7th St./Metro Center stop. Foot power from there to 6th and Flower where the hotel is.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:19 (twenty years ago)

Stranger has occured.

Long Beach Airport doesn't have a direct connection to the Blue Line. LAX at least would give you the Green/Blue/Red Line option, but Hollywood/Highland is still the closest stop to the hotel. And yeah, does the hotel have a shuttle or not? Spencer will be aware of your visit, I'm sure.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:19 (twenty years ago)

Wait, Elvis, 6th and Flower? According to this:

http://www.standardhotel.com/standard_downtownla_spa.html

...the hotel is at Sweetzer and Sunset.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:20 (twenty years ago)

Oh wait, total brainlock on my part -- I was confusing the two locations. Elvis is right, follow his directions.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:22 (twenty years ago)

is this a stereototal reference?? i luv francoise cactus

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:29 (twenty years ago)

yes! yes it is. i love stereo total. i was going to make a doveshack reference and call it "summertime in the LBC" but its wintertime and im going to burbank instead. oh well. now that i have that taken care of, time to look for fun fun party things to do. or sightseeing, maybe. and some business meetings. wed feb8 and thu feb9 already are taken care of for nighttime.

― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:31 (twenty years ago)

some of what's around you

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:32 (twenty years ago)

please present a full explanation of these crazy pod 'waterbeds' after you experience them:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Images-g32655-d249696-b1181975S-Waterbeds-The_Standard_Downtown_LA-Los_Angeles_California.jpg

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviewImages-g32655-d249696-rb0-The_Standard_Downtown_LA-Los_Angeles_California.html

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:32 (twenty years ago)

this hotel rocks! well, the roof/pool sure seems to:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Images-g32655-d249696-b1181977S-Lounge-The_Standard_Downtown_LA-Los_Angeles_California.jpg

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:34 (twenty years ago)

I definitely want to go to Sushi Gen in downtown, per gygax's recommendation. And I might be able to swing a comp'ed meal at Koi, is it any good?

I want to go to the Chateau Marmont and also I kinda want to go to Disneyland!!

― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:35 (twenty years ago)

Well, Disneyland is a bit out of your way! Easy enough to take the train down to Anaheim Station, at least.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:36 (twenty years ago)

re disneyland: look up in the bathrooms and hold yr bag behind when standing in line.

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:37 (twenty years ago)

if you take the metro to Vermont & Sunset, then walk a ways, you can visit Hollyhock House

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 21:59 (twenty years ago)

im going to rent "where the day takes you" and try to see all the movie locations!

― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 22:39 (twenty years ago)

the #10 Big Blue Bus will take you to Santa Monica (as well as some downtown/civic center attractions that are also walkable from your hotel - the music center, MOCA, Olvera St, the library).

From Santa Monica, you could catch Big Blue Buses to Venice, Marina del Rey, Westwood/UCLA, Beverly Hills, Culver City/Palms, and Pacific Palisades.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 22:54 (twenty years ago)

And I might be able to swing a comp'ed meal at Koi, is it any good?

The food? Not really. If you want to celebrity-gawk, go on a Monday night.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 22:57 (twenty years ago)

Where can I see comedy mystery man Spencer Chow?

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 22:58 (twenty years ago)

Long Beach Airport doesn't have a direct connection to the Blue Line.

It does if you take Long Beach Transit #111 from the airport to the downtown Long Beach transit mall.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 23:01 (twenty years ago)

Ah, clarity. I shall keep that in mind!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 23:05 (twenty years ago)

maybe i'll go to SF for 2 days though. like on southwest. i havent bought my return ticket yet, so maybe i can fly one way to SF, then one way back to nyc on jetblue.

― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 23:11 (twenty years ago)

SF's alright, I suppose.

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 23:12 (twenty years ago)

If you like sailing in yachts stitched together from peasants' faces.

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 23:13 (twenty years ago)

i do!

― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 23:13 (twenty years ago)

Oakland is also like that but with good, cheap food and secrets.

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 23:14 (twenty years ago)

i'd go to hear the whistle go wooooooo

― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 23:21 (twenty years ago)

these people will take you to Disneyland (if you get yourself to the westside early am for them to pick you up), but LA is Disneyland enough itself, afaic

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 23:38 (twenty years ago)

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 23:38 (twenty years ago)

Disneyland is cute

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 23:39 (twenty years ago)

$130 to go to disneyland!!!!!!

― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 23:46 (twenty years ago)

i love disneyland! they have a bar there now it makes it better! it sucks with more than 2 people though

― howell huser (chaki), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 23:54 (twenty years ago)

this may be slightly out of date, but it gives you points of interest and connecting bus lines at the various metro stops.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 23:57 (twenty years ago)

Phil, I'm sure you know this.. but basically: you can fit the entire island of Manhattan *and* the city/county of San Francisco as an overlay over Los Angeles, and you'd only cover the Santa Monica/Westwood/Century City part.. that's about 10% (if even that) of Greater Los Angeles.

― Dom iNut (donut), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:01 (twenty years ago)

but L.A. makes up for that with girth, baby.

― Dom iNut (donut), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:02 (twenty years ago)

Oh, I didn't know it was THAT big. Hm, I hope im saying that a lot next month. i heard california is chock full of rice queens.

― phil-two (phil-two), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:08 (twenty years ago)

This site is a general guide to getting around.

the Hollywood DASH Bus gets you from Hollywood/Highland to WeHo.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:26 (twenty years ago)

wow, thanks for all your help!

― phil-two (phil-two), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:29 (twenty years ago)

Map of downtown (and exposition park) bus routes

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:29 (twenty years ago)

the DASH Ho/WeHo also gets you within striking distance of Spencer's favorite coffee shop and links you up with the DASH Fairfax, which gets you to Melrose (and La Brea) shopping and the LACMA and Peterson

the DASH Hollywood-Wilshire route runs between the Hollywood and Vine and Wilshire and Western (near the Wiltern) metro steps, and takes you past the Paramount Studios gates (wonderful, but they'll shoo you away after a picture or two) and within walking distance of Amoeba

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:52 (twenty years ago)

riding the Metro Wilshire bus end to end would provide a pretty good overview of LA outside of Hollywood and South-Central

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 01:05 (twenty years ago)

(Pdf)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 01:06 (twenty years ago)

you must really really like public transit

― phil-two (phil-two), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 01:07 (twenty years ago)

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can we go to roscoe's?

― celebrity mole: hawaii (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 02:03 (nineteen years ago)

We will make Tremendoid go by hook or by crook.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 02:18 (nineteen years ago)

be back from pvd, but broke as shit... so roscoe's is no go, unless they accept foodstamps printed on a playskool print'n'press.

― Damn, Atreyu! (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 02:44 (nineteen years ago)

Ah, we'll work something out, sir.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 02:46 (nineteen years ago)

remy, you bought my lunch last time -- i owe you one!

― celebrity mole: hawaii (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 02:49 (nineteen years ago)

right on.*

*(as i post this from my RI woodland hideaway there are honest-to-goodness deer prancing the fuck around immediately outside my ground-floor window. i could hock a loogey and hit one if i wanted. but deer are damned scary when there are ten of them distanced by only a thin screen. also, they're already breathing heavily and i think they might feel randy.)

― Damn, Atreyu! (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 02:59 (nineteen years ago)

Deer lust, a suspect thing.

Anyway, three for lunch or dinner or whatever. Afternoon drinks on either side, depending, seems key.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 03:00 (nineteen years ago)

yeah we're having some mint julep type weather in this bitch. Let's go! I don't think I have plans, a Vegas trip is falling through as we speak.
glowing from a PAGEANT OF THE MASTERS weekend in Ned's neck of the woods(we stayed around the corner from you at the Westin off Bristol! the pageant/hotel stay was a semi-surprise birthday present from the folks so I wasn't sweating the details, I wish I'd known we were gonna be that close, it didn't really click until I saw "the Lab"(we went the wrong way at first). Pageant is magnificent actually, even with bad seats, and there's an absolutely ungodly display of K-12 art talent in one corner of the surrounding exhibit. With my mom in tow we spent more time at the South Coast plaza the next day, naturally.

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 04:10 (nineteen years ago)

Anyway, three for lunch or dinner or whatever.

How sharper than a serpent's tooth...

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 04:17 (nineteen years ago)

Dude, Roger, you're in. You just need to say! ;-) And tremendoid too, his visit to me and not saying hi notwithstanding. ;-) So five, then, WITH ROOM FOR MORE. Dammit.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 05:36 (nineteen years ago)

Will be in LA Friday night through early Monday, nothing really planned besides visiting MI and the obligatory Amoeba stop.

― ALLAH FROG (Mingus Dew), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 05:46 (nineteen years ago)

How handy, seeing as I was doing Amoeba as well etc. Shoot me off yer phone number. (In fact, EVERYONE shoot me off your phone number -- except JBR's and Remy's, I definitely have those. Alas, I keep misplacing Tremendoid's. :-/ )

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 05:49 (nineteen years ago)

glowing from a PAGEANT OF THE MASTERS weekend in Ned's neck of the woods

If you had looked across Laguna Canyon Rd. from the Pageant and then up at the first row of houses, you probably would have seen me in my backyard.

― Fsck Washing Ong's Hat (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 07:11 (nineteen years ago)

Dude, Roger, you're in. You just need to say! ;-)

I keed, I keed... but I do like a waffle. Remy can't duck me forever!

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 14:53 (nineteen years ago)

Good Mr. Vic has indicated he's in as well. So as of right now, very tentative plan:

Pre-lunch -- Amoeba if anyone wants to join me (and of course you do, surely)

Lunch -- Roscoe's

Afterwards -- sweet drunkery somewhere that serves good mint juleps or the equivalent. Figueroa bar is fine by me but the idea needs to be where can we comfortably relax and chat in mid-afternoon weather in LA in the open air while shaded and on top of a building or the like. For instance. ;-)

Dinner perhaps. Play it by ear.

Rah.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 00:14 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not ducking, just ineptly reclusive. See you this weekend?

― Damn, Atreyu! (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 00:42 (nineteen years ago)

Darn, I think I'm going to be out of town most of the day on Saturday. I might be able to make it to the Figueroa Bar later, though.

I'd love to see Krrish in the Valley. Maybe Sunday afternoon?

― Arthurgh! A Music War (Arthur), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 03:13 (nineteen years ago)

I should finish up at MI around 2 pm on Saturday, or maybe a little later, so up for whatever from there on out. Shoot me back your mobile, Ned?

― ALLAH FROG (Mingus Dew), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 08:33 (nineteen years ago)

I have heard of these cell phones. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 11:41 (nineteen years ago)

Anyway, Saturday plans pretty well drawn together so if anyone else wants in, please say...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 21 July 2006 03:16 (nineteen years ago)

That was a VERY good day all around! Cheers to Remy, JBR, tremendoid, rogermexico, Vic and ALLAH FROG. Late lunch at Roscoe's, drinks and much good chat at the Figueroa into the early evening.

Next up will probably be Sunset Junction stuff, assuming that Arthur will be spinning at Akbar...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 23 July 2006 04:51 (nineteen years ago)

Absolute pleasure meeting everyone, and much abashed that I had to bow out early. Nothing better on a sweltering summer day than waffles and drinks...

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Monday, 24 July 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

same here, always a pleasure. high adventure on(or near) the Figueroa rooftop! oh if the walls could talk they would have surely forgotten all about us by now. but seriously folks...

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Monday, 24 July 2006 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

The pool on the other hand, a different story. (And you know, thanks again to everyone who bought a round, I believe I was totally slack on that front! Will make it up to y'all.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 July 2006 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

ah yes, the gossip. My dossiers have grown quite fat and happy this weekend.

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Monday, 24 July 2006 21:29 (nineteen years ago)

YOU GUYS MAKE LA SEEM LIKE 1906

― Supercalifragilisticexpiala Brosius (chaki), Monday, 24 July 2006 21:46 (nineteen years ago)

Not enough monocles.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 July 2006 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

why just the other day i saw basil rathbone near his estate on los feliz blvd.

― gear (gear), Monday, 24 July 2006 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

We then played cricket and pondered tiffin.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 July 2006 21:50 (nineteen years ago)

is it true that if you take Cahuenga up into the hills the vibe starts to feel old(er) hollywood?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 24 July 2006 21:54 (nineteen years ago)

― Supercalifragilisticexpiala Brosius (chaki), Monday, 24 July 2006 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

Ned's Barry White voice was unexpected! Good times meeting and hanging out with everyone, wish I coulda been there for the early part of the day as well.

― ALLAH FROG (Mingus Dew), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 02:35 (nineteen years ago)

Ned's Barry White voice was unexpected!

Hehehe, that's a new comparison...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 03:07 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

A friend is moving to Glendale for a while. How is it? I don't really know the LA area that well

― Tommy Woodry (tommywoodry), Sunday, 17 September 2006 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

WHITE

― chaki (chaki), Sunday, 17 September 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

The City
(Hidalgo/Perez)

Come on lets go out tonight
out into the neon light
Sidwalk shining from the rain
from First and Hill to Sixth and Main

Two lovers kissing by the door
There's yelling from the second floor

Come on let's go get high
go out into the neon night
Hit every spot along the way
from Paramount to Cudahy

A man is calling out a name
A rose wrapped up in cellophane

Come on let's fall down tonight
shoot out all the neon lights
There's people dancing real slow
the music plays till the rooster crows

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 18 September 2006 01:19 (nineteen years ago)

And Armenian (x-post)

― nickn (nickn), Monday, 18 September 2006 04:22 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.goldenvoice.com/images/artists/antigone_rising_160.jpg

Antigone Rising @ The El Rey October 16

Who's in?

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

Antigone Rising @ The El Rey October 16

They actually play shows? I thought they were limited to Starbucks ads and cameos on VH-1 "I Love [whatever]" specials

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

I think it's like when JT LeRoy does a reading

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:06 (nineteen years ago)

A friend is moving to Glendale for a while. How is it? I don't really know the LA area that well

Large Armenian community. The Brand Ave. area downtown is being redeveloped as fast as the planners can go, so there's quite a bit of short-term chaos, but in a couple years it might be pretty great. I'm looking for a place in Glendale at the moment... My neighborhood of choice is Montrose which is up in the hills above downtown.

The downside to Glendale is that none of the MTA subway trains run there. There's a Metrolink stop at the very bottom of town.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

brand books & bookfellows are a pair of good places to dig for used books.

― gear (gear), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

is Descanso Gardens in Montrose? (and is it anything special?)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

They actually play shows?

It does seem too good to be true, doesn't it?

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

is Descanso Gardens in Montrose?

No. It's in La Canada/Flintridge (Montrose is nearby)

(and is it anything special?)

Depends if you're into flowers or not.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 18:46 (nineteen years ago)

Music Exchange was a good CD store there, but last time I looked for it I couldn't find a trace.

― nickn (nickn), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

The downside to Glendale is that none of the MTA subway trains run there

really good bus service though, between the MTA buses and the glendale beeline or whatever it's called.

― any cop (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

And the 180/780 goes straight into Hollywood, and runs all night (180 only). From Pasadena it's quicker than taking the gold line to Union Station and then the red line to Hollywood.

― nickn (nickn), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

six years pass...

my login name (the one in parentheses) may come from this thread.

― pass-ag caglia (get bent), Monday, 15 July 2013 07:47 (twelve years ago)

There's a Warren Zevon song in this thread somewhere.

― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 15 July 2013 11:08 (twelve years ago)

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