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Photography Friday #9

When we went to Los Angeles I had mixed feelings about it. I expected glamour and glitz but what we mainly saw was a lot of run down buildings and ruin. We stayed in a pretty dodgy area, so maybe that clouded things. Once we got exploring though, it turned out to be a pretty cool city.We took a look around LA’s oldest existing house, Avila Adobe. It was restored to portray what a California house and lifestyle would have looked like in the 1940’s. Sometimes cities surprise you and don’t turn out to be the way you thought, but we still were glad we went, and found some nice places along the way. It just took a little looking.

  • I think LA is a really contrasting city. Some parts of it are as glamorous and glitzy as you expect then you can walk just a few blocks into a different neighbourhood and it's really run down. I suppose that's true of so many cities in the US though!

  • I have only been to LA once when I was a bit younger so I don't really remember much about it. My sister lived down there though and she loved it!

  • To be honest, I don't love LA. When I was accepted to universities, one of my favourites was there and I hard a really hard time deciding if I loved the program enough to live somewhere I didn't love. In the end, I chose elsewhere and I'm so happy I did! Of course there are things about LA that make it lovable- its just not to my tastes at the time I suppose! x

  • No celebrity sightings? Boooo. I've only been as far as the LAX airport, but I'd really love to see the city sometime, too.

    P.S. Both Widespread Panic and David Gray at the Orpheum? That would have been a great week for me to visit. :o)

  • Rachel Murphree

    Ah, I'm glad you made it to Olvera Street and Chinatown, those are fun parts of the city!

  • Gosh, I just love all of these photos – they are very colorful. I especially like the graffiti wall! 🙂

  • I've never been out there, but it looks really pretty from your photos!! We love walking around and exploring new places, and finding the beauty in them is the best part!

  • Gotta love little Mexican markets!!!

  • I have actually had a few people say this to me about LA. I have never visited, but would love to check it out

  • Those desserts look AWESOME. I haven't been that far over to the west coast yet, but when I do eventually go I'm more interested in northern California and the states above. I've never had any desire to go to LA! But if we ever move out that way… I'll have a better excuse to visit at least once.

  • yeah you're probably right, it just really wasn't what I was expecting at all!

  • I think I'd like living near the beaches more in the surrounding areas, I'm sure there are really great places, we just didn't really find them.

  • Yeah, I think it's really important to choose your university based on location as well, I did and was so happy I had changed from my first choice which was in a dumphole of a city. I don't think I'll ever be an LA girl.

  • We did drive by a red carpet event for a movie, I don't even remember which one it was though!

  • yeah, they were definitely the highlight!

  • I like finding the beauty in things, but really it was pretty run down the area we were in.

  • haha I know! But the beaches were the highlight for me, I spent most of my time in Balboa with my friend anyway.

  • I know there are nicer areas, but just not where we were! We found a pretty cool market in a large building though, and walked far enough to find some interesting things.

  • Yeah I've spent most of my time in Oregon as that's where my moms from, with road trips to northern California and Washington. I don't know I'd rush back to LA anytime.

  • Thanks! I think it's just downtown is a little run down, which is sad.

  • Thanks Stephanie!

  • Emma

    So interesting! From what I've heard (and what you've said) it looks like a city of extremes – glamour and poverty.

    The pic of the old theatre is incredible – I'd love to go round exploring buildings like that.

  • I think the old buildings are the best parts in the run down bits. They still use the theatres we found even though they didn't look like they had been used in years from the outsides. I liked that.

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