If You Like - California - page 60

Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park
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Nightlife
Now is your chance to step out at ultra-chic nightclubs. Not a fan of velvet ropes? No
problem. California has plenty of other entertaining, come-as-you-are watering holes.
Los Angeles DJs spin at Hollywood's glam clubs, while nearby 'WeHo' is ground zero for
LA's gay scene.
San Francisco Become a beatnik in North Beach, mingle with Mission hipsters or party with
the Castro's rainbow-flag nation.
San Diego Go on a pub crawl in the Gaslamp Quarter, downtown's historic red-light district,
or don flip-fops for surfer bars.
Las Vegas, Nevada The Strip's high-wattage nightclubs are like a fantasy.
Film & TV Locations
All California's a sound stage, it sometimes seems. To witness the magic in action, join a
live studio audience or tour a movie studio in LA.
Los Angeles Hollywood was born here. You can't throw a director's megaphone without hit-
ting a celluloid sight, from Mulholland Drive to Malibu.
San Francisco Bay Area Relive film-noir classics like The Maltese Falcon and Hitchcock's
thrillers Vertigo and The Birds.
Lone Pine Get misty-eyed over old-fashioned Westerns filmed in the Alabama Hills over in
the Eastern Sierra.
Orange County Where soap operas, 'dramedies' and reality TV series have struck pop-cul-
ture gold.
Mendocino For over a century, this tiny North Coast town has starred in dozens of movies,
from East of Eden to The Majestic .