Archive for June, 2010

Los Angeles in Southern California is the second largest city in the United States and is the center of many global enterprises, including the fashion industry, the culinary arts, international trade, science, medicine, technology, and the visual and performing arts.

Los Angeles is most diverse with immigrant’s areas, including Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Historic Filipinotown, Little Armenia, Koreatown, Tehrangeles, the Byzantine-Latino Quarter and Thai Town each a landmark, every part of town offering plenty of sun, shopping and sightseeing.

With beautiful weather Los Angeles enjoys plenty of sunshine throughout the year, with an average of 320 sunshine days welcoming the tourist all year round.

The epicenter of the motion picture industry Hollywood housed in Los Angeles has earned it the nickname Creative Capital of the World. It is a city filled with artists, writers, filmmakers, actors, dancers and musicians, more in number than anywhere else in the world.

There are over 1,000 musical, theater, dance, and performing groups, with over, 100 annual theatrical productions and 21 openings every week. One of the three largest performing arts complexes in the United States is the Los Angeles Music Center with the Walt Disney Concert Hall home to the famous Los Angeles Philharmonic. Staples Center, the Forum, Gibson Amphitheatre, and the Kodak and the Nokia theaters are other venues hosting a variety of events. Featuring open air concerts are the Hollywood Bowl and the Greek Theatre.

Prominent national touring theatrical shows are hosted at Pantages, Ahmanson, Royce Hall, the Ford Amphitheatre and the Cerritos Center.

Home to Los Angeles Lakers basketball, LA Dodgers baseball and golf courses in the Los Angeles, California, area, including the Bel-Air Country Club, the Rancho Park Golf Course and the Wilson and Harding courses in Griffith Park, Los Angeles is a sports lover’s paradise.Car Hire LAX

The Los Angeles nightlife scene is packed with something for everyone’s taste; bars and clubs up and down the streets of Hollywood, martini bars in Westwood, rooftop lounges in the Valley to and sports bars and beach lounges in Santa Monica.

Los Angeles has such a diverse culinary world with innumerable restaurants serving every type of ethnic cuisine that it makes it difficult for one to decide where one is going to eat.

Home to many top designers and a global fashion center a classic Los Angeles shopping experience is down Melrose, Third Avenue, Beverly Boulevard, La Brea Boulevard and Robertson Boulevard.LA also features Beverly Center with Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s and the outdoor shopping center the Grove. A heaven for bargain-seekers is Downtown’s Fashion District. Beverly Hills’ Rodeo Drive is for the up market names featured in the world’s best fashion magazines.

With 1.8 cars to every individual the best way to get around in Los Angeles is by car and if you want a rental car Enterprise, Hertz, Avis and Budget offer you the best deals.