Canadian Tuxedo Optional (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} michaelpop) wrote,@ 2008-03-07 11:20:00 |
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We're gonna ride it till we just can't ride it no more.
It's come to my attention that Los Angeles Magazine (a magazine focused on all things LA, naturally) decided to invite its readers to nominate their favorite things about LA, and took the top 64 responses and put them together in a "tournament" format pitting each thing against the other in the hopes of finding out what the best thing about LA is. First of all, I'm a huge sucker for brackets (there's also one where you can vote for your favorite Lost character), and secondly, I love Los Angeles, my home of 20 years, so this is of definite interest to me.
Still, as much as I consider this my hometown (even though I was born in Las Vegas), I feel like a bad Angelino. I've lived here most of my life (all over, in fact, with my formative years divided between the two Valleys (San Gabriel and San Fernando) and the Westside) and yet there are so many things that I've yet to see or do. Granted, this is a huge city and I can probably live here for a hundred years and still not explore it to the fullest extent possible, but I need to get started already. And I'm so excited that Lindsey's going to be moving out here in a few months, because I can't wait to go on all these adventures with her. As much as I like playing tour guide, there's something to be said about having shared experiences that will be uniquely ours. And even the things that I've already seen, I'll be able to appreciate them in a different light, and see them through Lindsey's eyes. In fact, as long as I've lived here, I still feel like I'm constantly seeing the city for the first time, and I feel like my appreciation for this city is just going to get deeper and more rewarding. Just the other day Lindsey emailed me and said that I needed to write out the things I wanted to do or see on a piece of paper so we could put them in a hat and draw one out whenever we were at a loss for something to do. That's such a great idea, and now I have this list to help guide me. Oh man, there are so many things I want to do!
As with anything of this nature, this list is by no means exhaustive -- honestly, there are a ton of omissions -- but it does a pretty decent job of culling together some of the Big Things that make LA great. That it just scratches the surface goes to show how awesome the city truly is. As far as the "results" so far, I'm a little dumbfounded as to how Vin Scully lost out to the Central Library. Or how San Gabriel Valley dim sum lost to the Capitol Records building. I mean, yeah, it's a nice building, but, uh, what? And everyone knows Pink's is overrated! But I'm glad the weather, taco trucks & PCH prevailed. There are some intriguing second round match-ups though, like Amoeba against In-N-Out, MOCA versus the ArcLight, and Disney Hall versus the Getty Center. I WONDER WHAT'S GOING TO WIN!!!!!
Okay, I'm done geeking out about this now.
It's come to my attention that Los Angeles Magazine (a magazine focused on all things LA, naturally) decided to invite its readers to nominate their favorite things about LA, and took the top 64 responses and put them together in a "tournament" format pitting each thing against the other in the hopes of finding out what the best thing about LA is. First of all, I'm a huge sucker for brackets (there's also one where you can vote for your favorite Lost character), and secondly, I love Los Angeles, my home of 20 years, so this is of definite interest to me.Still, as much as I consider this my hometown (even though I was born in Las Vegas), I feel like a bad Angelino. I've lived here most of my life (all over, in fact, with my formative years divided between the two Valleys (San Gabriel and San Fernando) and the Westside) and yet there are so many things that I've yet to see or do. Granted, this is a huge city and I can probably live here for a hundred years and still not explore it to the fullest extent possible, but I need to get started already. And I'm so excited that Lindsey's going to be moving out here in a few months, because I can't wait to go on all these adventures with her. As much as I like playing tour guide, there's something to be said about having shared experiences that will be uniquely ours. And even the things that I've already seen, I'll be able to appreciate them in a different light, and see them through Lindsey's eyes. In fact, as long as I've lived here, I still feel like I'm constantly seeing the city for the first time, and I feel like my appreciation for this city is just going to get deeper and more rewarding. Just the other day Lindsey emailed me and said that I needed to write out the things I wanted to do or see on a piece of paper so we could put them in a hat and draw one out whenever we were at a loss for something to do. That's such a great idea, and now I have this list to help guide me. Oh man, there are so many things I want to do!
As with anything of this nature, this list is by no means exhaustive -- honestly, there are a ton of omissions -- but it does a pretty decent job of culling together some of the Big Things that make LA great. That it just scratches the surface goes to show how awesome the city truly is. As far as the "results" so far, I'm a little dumbfounded as to how Vin Scully lost out to the Central Library. Or how San Gabriel Valley dim sum lost to the Capitol Records building. I mean, yeah, it's a nice building, but, uh, what? And everyone knows Pink's is overrated! But I'm glad the weather, taco trucks & PCH prevailed. There are some intriguing second round match-ups though, like Amoeba against In-N-Out, MOCA versus the ArcLight, and Disney Hall versus the Getty Center. I WONDER WHAT'S GOING TO WIN!!!!!
Okay, I'm done geeking out about this now.
