East of downtown Santa Monica is more residential. Hiding between the homes, office parks, and apartment buildings is an unassuming foodie destination. This has a lot to do with all of the offices in this neighborhood. This is the area of a lot of tech companies, entertainment, and start-up companies. MGM, Riot, and e-Harmony once called this area home. Thankfully they left behind a lot of great food in the area.…
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Hollywood’s Everything Space: Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Los Angeles is filled with everything spaces. What is an everything space, you might ask? To me, it is a place that had an original intention of what it was going to be, but took on other roles, added new features, and became more. Take…
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Where to eat dinner in Hollywood
And now the final installment of the Where to Eat in Hollywood series. I hope these posts guide you when you are in this neighborhood and have no idea where to eat. Today, I will list all of my recommendations for Where to Eat Dinner…
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Hollywood: Hidden Doors Part II
Welcome to my second installment of Hidden Doors. In this series, I will be your guide to speakeasies hiding a stone’s throw from the most touristy areas of Hollywood. If you missed my first Hidden Doors installment about the Magic Castle, click here. In this…
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Hollywood: Hidden Doors Part I
Sometimes Los Angeles isn’t what it seems. Unassuming storefronts can hide Michelin-starred restaurants, the quest for a candy bar can bring you back to the ’80s. In this two-part series, I am offering to be your guide to the hidden doors of Hollywood. Today, I…
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Something new
If you have done any poking around on the blog lately, you may have noticed that I have added two new pages which you will find under the This Ugly Beautiful City logo. These pages were inspired by reading other blogs and from all of…
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Old Hollywood Bonus Features: The oldest restaurant in Hollywood
This next location is famous, although you might only recognize it from movies or television shows. You might have read about its interior described in books by authors like F. Scott Fitzgerald or Charles Bukowski. If either author were to look at Los Angeles today,…