Neighborhood Detail

• Spend the afternoon at Bergamot Station, a complex of more than 30 art galleries and home to the Santa Monica Museum of Art.

• Modern furnishings and the newest trends on view in the shops of Santa Monica’s Design District.

• A near complete listing and guide to galleries and public artworks in Santa Monica is available at Art Trek.

• For American comfort food, served by the plateful, is never better than with a slight southern flare served up at The Ivy on the Shore.

• Have dinner at Santa Monica's newest steak house Boa just down Ocean Avenue.

• For organic lunch treats and caffeine brews stop by Urth Café on Main Street.

• Have drinks or dinner (if you can get a reservation) at the exclusive and upscale hot spot Buffalo Club offering up contemporary American cuisine.

• Visit Main Street or Montana Avenue for a broad range of boutiques and dining, including Goods & Soul, Porch, and Waterworks.

• Abercrombie to Z Gallerie, Shoppers should also hit the 3rd St. Promenade, a pedestrian only street with mainstream shops and restaurants galore with street performers entertaining the crowds.



VENICE

Recently named one of the "funkiest towns of America", Venice hosts a melting pot of unique and creative diversity. Modeled after Venice, Italy, it is home to canals and colonnades, artists and visionaries, musicians, entertainers, weightlifters, and many others.

• Shop along Venice Beach’s famous boardwalk featuring unique and unusual street performers, palm readers, shops, venders, restaurants, a playground and catch a glimpse of famous "muscle beach.”

• With more than 70 shops ranging from vintage French décor, designer lingerie, and eclectic boutique fashion to fine paper goods, healing books, and the perfect cocktail, Abbot Kinney Boulevard hosts only the most unique.

• Have dinner at one of the best reviwed rerstaurants in Venice Axe.

• Stop by Studio Van Dyke on Abbot Kinney and see the latest show and newest additions to the one of a kind furnishings collection.

• Take a leisurely stroll along the canals of Venice – created with Venice, Italy in mind- as well as other important sites, public art, and murals on the Venice Self Guided Walking Tour.

• Make a reservation at Beechwood Restaurant and enjoy Venice’s finest dining in one of LA’s most unique environments.

• Eat, drink and be merry at Primitivo Wine Bistro, a stylish tapas joint on Abbot Kinney's restaurant row.

• For an Asian affair check out Wabi-Sabi’s funky East-meets-West Japanese fusion menu.



MALIBU

Known as the beachfront city of choice for the rich and famous, Malibu caters to gourmets, shopping savants, and surfers alike with a sunny atmosphere and dramatic landscape.

• Organize a picnic to Point Dume Beach with gourmet lunch from Malibu Kitchen & Gourmet Country Market in the collection of fine boutiques and cafés at Malibu Country Mart

• Rent equipment, charter a boat, take instruction or prep for a Point Dume beach dive at Malibu Divers.They’ve made a reputation world wide for their star studded clientele and their teaching staff, some of whom literally write the books on SCUBA.

• Wind your way up Topanga Canyon and visit an enclave of shops, restaurants and galleries untouched by the hustle of LA life. Ride a horse or hike a trail, visit Inn of the Seventh Ray for an enchanted al fresco dinner, then take in some Shakespeare under the stars at The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.

• Gourmets will want to visit Nobu for inspired Japanese cuisine from world-renowned Chef Nobu Matshuisa’s heart.

• Good food plus a gorgeous view equals a great time on Geoffrey's peaceful patio along a jagged hillside overlooking the California coastline.

• Find your way to Saddle Peak Lodge high above the Malibu sands for a rare steakhouse environment and the definitive taste of fine game dining.



HOLLYWOOD

From Hollywood emanates all of Los Angeles’ lights, camera, and movie making action. Visitors come from far and wide to get a chance to see the machine in motion and experience the historic and bustling entertainment capital of the world. No other town does entertainment like "Tinseltown."

• Check out the Entertainment District for all things Hollywood.

• Have an exotic tea at Elixir on Melrose, one of L.A.'s grooviest teahouses, where cure-all potions and imported teas are as much a style statement as designer bags.

• Choose a concert from The Hollywood Bowl's Jazz, Philharmonic, World Music, and Weekend Spectacular concert series.

• The Sunset Strip is the most famous 10 blocks in all of America. Clubs on Sunset have launched multi-platinum music careers since the 60's and continue to feature the hottest live music and dancing to be found.

• Celebrate art in food and art in life with cafe atmosphere and mediteranean dishes from Cafe Des Artistes.

• Step through Off Vine's broad oak door and take a seat for unstinting porions of California American comfort cuisine.

• Take in a blockbuster or an indie film at one of Hollywood’s famous moviehouses. There’s The Egyptian, El Capitan, and Grauman’s Chinese all on Hollywood Blvd.

• You can explore Hollywood's historic landmarks by following large tour signs posted around the entertainment district.Walk along Hollywood Blvd’s “Walk of Fame.” For a directory visit the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

• According to some, Tinseltown is a hotbed of afterlife activity. Check in on your favorite stars ghosts and decide for yourself.

• Step into the bridge of Star Trek's U.S.S. Enterprise or the set from "Cheers,” at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum.

• Take a breather at Fred Segal where you can lunch like a movie star and shop through today and tomorrow’s top designers alongside Hollywood elites.

BEVERLY HILLS

High fashion and the finest dining collide in Los Angeles’ most talked about neighborhood. Beverly Hills also offers breathtaking architecture and style in a class all its own.

• Taking a walk down Rodeo Drive immediately conjures up images of Rome's Via Condotti, Paris' Faubourg Saint Honore, London's New Bond Street and even New York's Madison Avenue. Shop where the best designers put their best stores.

• Find boutique shopping and have lunch at The Ivy on charming Robertson Boulevard. Be sure to swing around the corner and visit Maxfield.

• Spago,the restaurant that launched Chef Wolfgang Puck into the limelight.

• Located on the corner of Dayton Way and Canon Drive in the heart of Beverly Hills, every element of the Grand Havana Room has been designed for the explicit purpose of maximizing the enjoyment of its cigar smoking members.

• Enjoy delicious Steak and Seafood with live music and dancing seven nights a week in the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Mastro’s Steakhouse.

• Experience the latest take on French Cuisine, Cuisine Naturele, at Jean Francois Meteigner’s La Cachette

• In operation since the days of the 1880’s cattlemen, Four Oaks Restaurant serves up fine dining with a dash of history.