Southern California - SoCal must do's?

So this next week will decide if I am moving to Portland, Maine, or am single again and never, ever, ever trying to make things work long distance again.

If I go, it will be pretty immediate.

So what do I need to do in SoCal before I go? Bike rides, touristy crap, everything- you name it.

So this next week will decide if I am moving to Portland, Maine, or am single again and never, ever, ever trying to make things work long distance again.

If I go, it will be pretty immediate.

So what do I need to do in SoCal before I go? Bike rides, touristy crap, everything- you name it.
Take a group of friends on a hike in Malibu - might I suggest Nicholis Flats (the pond and the cliff outlook), followed by a late lunch and cocktails at Gladstones. Yes, GS is over priced, but after one cocktail (very well made), you won't care. Watch the sunset with a good buzz after a day walking up to one of the prettiest outlooks on this coast. The view from the cliff will stay with you forever. Take lots of pics! :)

Sorry to hear about the turmoil, grasshopper. Based on your location, I'm going to guess you've done Baldy plenty of times? Have you done most of the Santa Monica canyon roads? Maybe a road trip up through Solvang wine country?

Oh, and be sure to go to the Getty, both the original and newer one. Spend at least a day at each! Also, get to the Comedy Club and Rainbow Room for the kick of it.

Just remember one thing. "It's your life." Deep Quote by Heith Masters 1999. Anytime you start to make a decision say those words too yourself five or six times and see if that decision still sounds good. Good luck.

So what do I need to do in SoCal before I go? Get laid in LA?

Get laid in LA?

Oh man. You win.

I'm really glad to see that I've done/come up with most of these already, actually. Thanks, guys.

Have you been to Disneyland? ;-)

[QUOTE=endoverendo;6039667]Have you been to Disneyland? ;-)[/QUOTE
I was thinking Legoland:)

ride a hot air ballon over Del Mar is nice

Big Sur?

Page Museum/La Brea Tar pits. The museum is pretty small but they have a bunch of really cool stuff.

Surf and ski on the same day. Easily doable on a weekday :)

Eat a hot dog at Pink's.

Mandatory.

Eat a hot dog at Pink's.

Mandatory.

Bummer...Wiener Factory on Ventura just closed for good...way better than Pinks...
The dogs..not the atmosphere..Pinks rules for that...

Eat a hot dog at Pink's.


Not even for $100. :p

Bummer...Wiener Factory on Ventura just closed for good...way better than Pinks...
The dogs..not the atmosphere..Pinks rules for that...

I think they reported on the news that it was going to be a Pinkberry.

Eat a hot dog at Pink's.

Mandatory.

I went to school with Nancy Pink whose father (if I remember right) owned Pink's. She was absolutely gorgeous. Playing it forward, If I wasn't such a dork, I would probably be slinging dogs there right now.

Go to JTree for a couple of days. Take a drive up 1 and visit Big Sur. Hit the Sierras. Go hang out at Scoops. Say a prayer at Olvera Street. Visit a taco truck. Go have lunch on Rodeo somewhere.

See a movie at Mann's Chinese theater.

Spend a day at the Huntington Gardens

Bike to Portland Maine!

It will give you plenty of time to consider if you are making the right decision or not, plus it might be the last real adventure of your life!:p

Get cheap tix for anything at Disney Hall. Choral benches are good cheap seats.

Get cheap tix for anything at Disney Hall. Choral benches are good cheap seats.

+1 good call.

You must get in a drunken brawl with Mel Gibson in a Malibu bar.

I think they reported on the news that it was going to be a Pinkberry.

Yup...very sad

You must get in a drunken brawl with Mel Gibson in a Malibu bar.

Whatever happened to just getting an autograph? :rolleyes:

Whatever happened to just getting an autograph? :rolleyes:

I just seems to me that punching out Mel Gibson would be more memorable than getting his autograph.

K - necklace made from Mel Gibson's teeth is now on the list.

I would think it would be far more fun for a young man like you to leave LA with a scarf made from Paris Hilton's lace panties, myself. But fine, go get you some of Mel's teeth.

You might get beard crabs that way.

You might get beard crabs that way.

Yes, he could take those too as a momento. :D

She'd have to wear them for me to catch teh beard crabs. Just saying....

ahha wow lots of very LA things to do in this thread......

MOCA, LACMA, GETTY, PETERSEN always great for a to-do.. see a laker/clipper game.... take a picture in hollywood somewhere.... CHINESE THEATER.... show at the HOLLYWOOD BOWL.... bike thru as much of LA as possible... eat at some ridiculous restaurant like MR CHOWS .... VIP IT UP at some night club or bar in hollywood or downtown.... chug down some INN-N-OUTS .... that kinda thing.... prolly a late nite DEL TACO run just because...

How about the Pantry, Philippe and Millies??

The most important things are relationships with those in your life. No matter what you do or where you go, be with those who care about you. Bike riding is subordinate to all these.