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ANy one lives in LA.. Please help is plan out weekend trip.

If you’re not around Hollywood at 1pm, you can adjust the time accordingly. It depends on how long you want to visit each place as to what you can fit in, but these are the maps/times I send to friends who are visiting from out of town.

Hollywood to Santa Monica Pier:
1pm Pinks www.pinkshollywood.com/ (probably 1/2 hr wait, very small parking lot, but street parking, don’t park illegally.)
2pm The Grove / Farmers Market (CBS is next door) www.thegrovela.com/ www.farmersmarketla.com/
3:30 Drive on Sunset Strip heading West www.thesunsetstrip.com/
4pm Rodeo Dr www.rodeodrive-bh.com
5pm Venice Beach Boardwalk http://www.venicebeach.com/
6pm Santa Monica Pier http://www.santamonicapier.org/
Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Pink’s+Hot+Dogs&daddr=189+The+Grove+Drive,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90036+(The+Grove)+to:Sunset+Bl+and+Fairfax+Ave+to:Sunset+Bl+and+Doheny+Dr+to:Sunset+Bl+and+N+Beverly+Dr,+Beverly+Hills+to:Rodeo+Dr+and+Wilshire+Bl,+Beverly+Hills+to:Washington+Bl+and+Ocean+Front+Walk,+Venice,+CA+90291+(Venice+Beach)+to:Santa+Monica+Pier&hl=en&geocode=FSkUCAId1zXy-CHgWMqiR6u6KCnjC20y1bjCgDFDPRt7EpijRQ%3BFSzjBwIdQgTy-CGI9BONinm2cSmlWy3pL7nCgDEtC0vX4zkuwQ%3BFYFLCAIdKvLx-CktCE5Fwr7CgDFrnoD3ba6jGQ%3BFWUuCAIdBoTx-CmHZIurob7CgDFfSmlQ1Fb1OA%3BFT4LCAIdEi3x-Ck78UmNE7zCgDFhoNeyKMqm8w%3BFYDSBwIdJ1fx-CkNurf9-LvCgDExMOS3fxul8g%3B%3BFX_xBgId1t_v-ClJvJ1S16TCgDHTz3QwQm_Mgg&gl=us&mra=ls&sll=33.982015,-118.462315&sspn=0.017081,0.0318&ie=UTF8&ll=34.081384,-118.349361&spn=0.034123,0.063601&z=14

Downtown LA:
10am Chinatown http://www.chinatownla.com/calendar.php?eventcategoryId=2&eventId=25
11:30 Philippe’s http://www.philippes.com/ (free parking lot)
12:30 Olvera St http://www.calleolvera.com/
1:30 Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels www.olacathedral.org/ (Drive By, and you’ll also pass by the Music Center and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on the way to Disney.)
1:35 Disney Concert Hall http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/wdch-overview.cfm (Drive By)
2pm Grammy Museum www.grammymuseum.org/
You can park and walk between some of the places downtown, look on the map and see if the distances are walkable for you.
Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Chinatown+947+n+broadway&daddr=1001+N+Alameda+St,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90012+(Philippe’s+French+Dip+Restaurant)+to:Olvera+st+to:Cathedral+of+Our+Lady+of+the+Angels+to:111+South+Grand+Avenue,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90012-3034+(Walt+Disney+Concert+Hall)+to:800+West+Olympic+Boulevard,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90015-1360+(Grammy+Museum)&hl=en&geocode=FVfNBwIdYNrz-Cn_q45pWcbCgDEhCEGxEggjCg%3BFUK1BwIdBdnz-CHrK0Kwot_XRCn1hkIxW8bCgDHny7Rx_6KKDA%3B%3B%3BFbOjBwIdtKfz-CGwMf87LIxysymZKqN3TcbCgDGbxxGsCAl7fA%3BFfV6BwIdMm3z-CH2ER2YXhawfikn7dHVucfCgDG8FV5U3uegUA&gl=us&mra=ls&sll=34.066365,-118.233812&sspn=0.003999,0.00795&ie=UTF8&z=14

Some options for the rest of the day:

Downtown LA:
MOCA http://www.moca.org
California Science Center www.californiasciencecenter.org/ (open until 5pm)
Natural History Museum www.nhm.org/site/ (open until 5pm)

Hollywood (if you’re not coming out this weekend, Oscars)
Hollywood & Highland www.hollywoodandhighland.com/
Kodak Theatre
Walk of Fame www.hollywoodchamber.net/
Grauman’s Chinese Theatre

South of Hollywood (near the Grove):
La Brea Tar Pits / Page Museum www.tarpits.org/ (open until 5pm)
LACMA Museum www.lacma.org/ (open until 8pm)
Melrose Ave. for shopping

Pasadena (northeast of Downtown LA):
Rosebowl http://www.rosebowlstadium.com (may have an event on some days)
Pasadena Old Town www.oldpasadena.org/
Norton Simon Museum www.nortonsimon.org/ (open until 6pm)
Pacific Asia Museum www.pacificasiamuseum.org (open until 6pm)
Huntington Library www.huntington.org/ (Huge gardens and museum, open until 4:30)

Have fun!

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