Los Angeles
March 26, 2004
I really can’t comment fairly about Los Angeles. Since I have been here, I have seen the hotel, Kinko’s. and the freeway. Well tonight, in fact, I saw more freeway, and then Universal Studios. I sort of felt like Kruschev visiting Disneyland. I know there is more to Los Angeles than I am seeing, but I am just too darn busy.
It is probably fair to say, though, that Los Angeles is a driving city, in the same way that Boston is a walking city and NYC is best navigated by taxi cabs. The drive from LAX to the hotel in downtown LA was surreal though. I am pretty certain the driver went north, south, east, and west—perhaps on the same way highway—in the course of taking me to the hotel. I am also pretty sure it took as long to get from the airport to the hotel—longer even—than it did to fly from Boston to LA.
Tomorrow is another busy day, so I probably won’t get to see much more of the city. I had been hoping to get out to Venice Beach, but I would probably need to do that tomorrow night on my way to the airport. My only thrills so far have been seeing familiar place names (Mulholland Drive, Hollywood Boulevard, the Hollywood Bowl) but, alas, only from the freeway. Surely, there is more to LA than this?
Posted by Bill Trippe at March 26, 2004 2:47 AM
