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LA Now
Now is an exciting time to visit LA. Downtown is booming, tech money has turned Santa
Monica and Venice into Silicon Beach, and Echo Park and Highland Park bring the East-
side cool. The economy is thriving, and an open and experimental climate energizes the
art, architecture, music and fashion scenes, while LA's eclectic palate is challenged and
sated by progressive chefs who source from local growers, who flaunt their earthy goods at
hundreds of weekly outdoor farmers markets throughout the city.
Don''t Mis
t Miss
The sheer abundance of world-class musicians within LA's orbit, paired with spectacular
and historic venues, make it a minor tragedy to leave town without a concert in the
memory files. The
Hollywood Bowl
, which aside from being the summer home of the LA
Philharmonic, has hosted countless legends from Ella to Radiohead. Sitting beneath and
among the stars, in a natural bowl tucked into the Hollywood Hills, while music washes
over you will make you feel all kinds of glamorous. A second, and only slightly less tasty,
summertime venue is the
Greek Theatre
- another nature-cupped outdoor amphitheater,
which hosts rock and pop acts from MGMT to Gary Clark Jr to Wilco.
The music doesn't stop when the weather turns. The
Walt Disney Concert Hall
,
the
winter base for the LA Phil, is an architectural masterwork and also hosts jazz giants.
www.bootlegtheater.org
; 2220 Beverly Blvd) in Silver Lake, and the recently renovated
United
Artists Theatre
(adjacent to uber-cool
Ace Hotel
downtown), launched with a stirring
show by Spiritualized.
LA's Best Beaches
Westward Beach is often overshadowed by Zuma to the north, but this wide sweep of
sand rambles all the way to Point Dume. Seals, sea lions and dolphins are frequently
glimpsed beyond the break.
El Matador State Beach is defined by sandstone rock spires that rise from the swirling
azure sea, and its top-optional ethos.
