Jaunted is planning our fall travel with some help from the networks. Check out our Fall TV 2008 Map to go where your new favorite characters go.
Yes, it's real! Experience the wonder of 2004's Best Picture-winning film about race and Los Angeles with "Crash" (October 17, 10 pm), a new original series that promises to take on all the Big Issues Paul Haggis didn't have time for in the movie.]]>
Jaunted is planning our fall travel with some help from the networks. Check out our Fall TV 2008 Map to go where your new favorite characters go.
How about a little topical humor? The slimy sorts on "Easy Money" (October 5, 9 pm) are a family of loan sharks who make their living lyin' and cheatin', but always getting out before the bill comes due.]]>
We were all excited back in the fall of 2006 when the Griffith Observatory reopened after a four-year renovation. But the Visitor Access Program was a bit of a buzzkill since you had to book a timed-entry reservation on the website.
Well, some good news. Today there's no need for a reservation. The Observatory is wide open. However, as with most things in LA, the early bird gets the parking spot.
We showed up around noon and parking spots closest to the entrance were all filled up so we had to drive about a half-mile down the hill and then walk up to the Observatory.
Still the entrance was free (tickets to the planetarium show are $7) and the views are breathtaking, even with a slight touch of smog. Best of all, we loved being inside an educational place in Los Angeles. It felt like exploring a secret counterculture of some sort.
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Click Here To Go Straight To Jaunted's LA Parking Guide
A while back Hertz banned us from renting their cars because of excessive parking tickets, no joke. We are fighting back by trying to help give visitors a clear view of the entire parking scene in a particular locale. We have put together our guide to parking in LA, and an accompanying map. On the map, we have plotted six LA public parking spots where we have had the most luck. Send along LA parking tips, tricks, and advice and comment here so other folks don't rack up steep parking fines, or worse yet, get towed.
We always thought a live human being had to issue you are parking ticket, however, Jaunted reader Maria, must be the exception that proves the rule. Once you read her story you may realize the only way to visit LA and not get a parking ticket is to never get behind the wheel of a car.
Go ahead, you read her LAX $90 parking ticket story and try to make sense of the ticket. ]]>
There are tons of outlet shopping centers in California but our secret stop is the Camarillo Premium Outlets in Camarillo which is just past Thousand Oaks which is just past Calabasas which is just past the San Fernando Valley.
It's a bit of a hike from the Los Angeles-area--you should be able to get there within an hour but the traffic on the 101 freeway is horrendous, so it usually ends up being an hour and a half or two-hour trip.
But once you get there it is so worth the drive. Our reasons why after the jump.
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When people ask for tips on things to do in the Southern California area, we can't help but suggest places to shop. Living in the land of the materialistic, it's kind of hard not to shop here. Also, there are a lot of malls and shopping centers here in SoCal. Way more than in Jersey. Or so it seems.
Anyways, thanks to our excellent mall training at an early age we can assure you that a visit to the South Coast Plaza mall in Costa Mesa, is a must-stop. For starters, this is where Marissa Cooper of The O.C. got nabbed for stealing some makeup, so you know it's a hot spot. Furthermore, this place has luxury stores galore but it also has a huge merry go-round in one wing.
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