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The desire to be seen fuels Tinseltown’s parade of spectacle.
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If you love the sentiment and spirit implicit in romantic notions of L.A., make your way to Sunset Strip, perhaps to meet friends at the Union Club or the kitsch-cool tropical Bar Marmont.
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Cruising the Strip proves timeless as vintage wheels.
Photograph by Daniela Schmid and Gabor Ekecs |
Listen to some music at the House of Blues or check out a rock band at the Roxy. Or maybe you’d just like to sit on the lawn of the Chateau Marmont hotel with a glass of wine and watch searchlights sweep the sky. Hollywood is as much a state of mind as a place, but when L.A. writer Mark Miller is after a palpable hit of it, he heads for the Strip.
City of West Hollywood
http://www.ci.west-hollywood.ca.us
This site offers a map of the area around Sunset Strip; a comprehensive guide to West Hollywood’s art galleries, design districts, bookstores, accommodations, restaurants, and nightlife; and advice on car rental agencies specializing in wheels that will turn heads even on this automotively jaded boulevard.
I Love L.A.
http://www.stanford.edu/~jenkg/angeles/la.html
This must-see resource links you to everything you ever wanted to know about Los Angeles: postcard views of its forgotten rural past; virtual walking tours; historical accounts (including the saga of the Hollywood sign); a “Rock & Roll Road Map”; a guide to public art; classes on L.A.’s history and culture from early bandits to Bertold Brecht; and much more.
TV Party
http://www.tvparty.com
This fascinating online museum documents television’s wonderfully eclectic adolescence—click “Action Shows of the Sixties” for a visit to 77 Sunset Strip.
Wallywood.com
http://www.wallywood.com
This up-to-the-minute site is a one-stop guide to dining, lodging, bars, nightclubs, museums and other attractions. You’ll also find movie reviews, local weather, maps, and even advice on getting tickets to television show tapings.
