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7. Walk Rodeo Drive
Sure, we don’t all have Richard Gere’s credit card at our disposal (and, given the circumstances, we probably don’t want it) but a leisurely stroll along this famous shopping strip, which has been cobbled in an effort to make it look sophisticated and European is surely an LA rite of passage. The designer boutiques here require some serious spending money, so if your pockets are more Gap than Gucci, just assume the role of spectator and check out the people with real spending power flexing their retail muscles. Not far from Rodeo Drive, you’ll find Anderson Court, which is worth a look if only for the fact that it’s the only shopping mall ever designed by famed Chicago-based architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
8. OUE Skyspace LA
LA has more than its fair share of rooftop bars, but that’s more to do with seeing and being seen than it is to do with sweeping views – a fact that smog may be more than a little bit responsible for. Even on days when the skyline is all but obliterated by haze, however, it’s worth scooting up to the U.S Bank Tower’s 70th floor, if only to come down again at lightning speed – that’s right, there’s a glass slide attached to the building’s exterior and you can hurtle down it, if you dare. The stomach-lurching sensation is real but don’t worry too much – you’re fully enclosed, the slide only takes you down one floor and it’s all over and done with in the space of a few seconds.
