We drove around. I now know this:
__________________ hollywood blvd
__________________ sunset blvd
__________________ santa monica
__________________ melrose
These are the four most important parallel streets in the coolest area in LA.
Around hollywood blvd was the Chinese Theatre, Virgin Records and Kodak Theater. Outside on the streets were people in costume you can take photos with. Also random buskers, e.g. a japanese lady cooing aloud in japanese.
We actually found parking on hollywood blvd close by these places. and did the tourist thing. and ate california pizza kitchen, which was surprisingly good and not your typical pizza franchise.
We adjourned to Genghis Cohen Restaurant and Music Place. Which I think is an awesome place to experience music that hasn’t gone commercialized. It’s on Fairfax Ave, which is perpendicular to the above-mentioned streets. They had four bands one after another on a Saturday nite. And not the usually kind of music we get back in Singapore too… My highlight of the nite.
On the way home (Pasadena), we went to explore what exactly Mulholland Drive was. The conclusion:
There are two. West-end Mulholland Drive is nearer to Ventura. Also affording a view of the city, it’s often mixed up with the Hollywood Mulholland Drive aka East-end Mulholland Drive. You drive up a little knoll and get a view of the city of LA. I would say it’s not exactly that great, but worth a visit if you have free time and a penchant for an eagle-eyed view of city lights.
We arrived in Pasadena close to 2am. Pretty early for a Saturday nite.
