Welcome to Los Angeles! You have deboarded and got your bag from baggage claim; now what? This post outlines all of the information you need when you arrive in Los Angeles. From tips for the confusing LAXit program to tips for finding cheaper rental cars, this page is dedicated to your first moments in Los Angeles. Tips For Leaving LAX Getting to the Rideshare and Taxi pick-up In October 2019,…
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L.A. Tourists
Welcome to Los Angeles! If you are here, you are coming to explore Los Angeles soon. Whether this is your first time or you have been here a few times, this page will help with some of the headaches of travel. Los Angeles tourists should…
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Culver City’s Everything Spaces: Ivy Station
When I worked in Culver City over fifteen years ago, the intersection of Washington and Robertson was offices and warehouses. The area that is now Ivy Station was a greenhouse/nursery where I would pick up staff birthday gifts. Back then, I would have called this…
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Goodbye, 2022! Hello, 2023!
We made it! Goodbye, 2022! Hello, 2023! Happy New Year from This Ugly Beautiful City! 2022 was such a rollercoaster ride! And not in a cheesy fun way like at Santa Monica Pier’s Pacific Park. There are dozens of year-in-review recaps that you can watch…
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That 2020 episode
2020 definitely felt like we were lost in a dystopian future novel. And now 2021 is “hey 2020, hold my beer.” Working on This Ugly Beautiful City has given me solace over the past ten months. Being able to concentrate on this really kept me…
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Solitude on the horizon
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Explore Los Angeles from Home: Week 2
Continuing on with my series on how to explore Los Angeles from home, I bring you seven ways to see my favorite city from your couch. It is hard to find positives right now, but if I can list one, it is increased access to…
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Farewell for Now Hollywood
You may ask yourself why? Why are we leaving Hollywood when there is still a lot to do? Why haven’t I talked about LACE, The Hollywood Museum, or Madame Tussaud’s? Why did I skip over the historic Cineramadome? And why haven’t I talked about the double-decker…
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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…