Bel Air                Beverly Hills         Westwood Village Downtown L.A.
 

Venice Beach           Korea Town           Little Tokyo             China Town
 

Hollywood         Universal City Walk       San Fernando Valley   Santa Monica         Malibu

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Westwood Village, as seen from the top floor of the Louis Factor Building.
The LAX airport can be seen on the horizon, by the left third of the picture
(this was a clear and beautiful July afternoon)

 Approaching Westwood Village on Wilshire Boulevard

UCLA and Westwood Village seen from Bel Air

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Downtown L.A. from Bel Air

Stone Canyon Reservoir below Bel Air (facing North East)

Stone Canyon Reservoir seen from Mulholland Blvd. (facing South)

A typical Korean barbecue setting.  It's delicious!

Beside the "bulgogi" (marinated beef) or "kalbi" (marinated ribs),
the meal has a number of "panchang" (condiments) such as the famous kimchee (pickled cabbage).

Click the following for a live view of the Santa Monica Pier with a webcam:  http://www.westland.net/piercam/

Santa Monica beach at dusk, with the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area  in the back.
There are many great hiking trails there, look at the link above for pictures and trail maps

There is a very popular biking / roller-blading path running all the way from North of
Santa Monica beach to Redondo Beach (~15 miles)

Santa Monica beach on the right side of the above picture

Some of the lucky ones who get to live right on Santa Monica beach, by PCH

Water runoff North of Santa Monica beach

Further up North, the beach narrows considerably and gets closer to PCH.
This is one of the best spots to stop by during your skating or biking for a view of the whole Los Angeles Bay
(click here to get a composite panoramic view)

Click the following for a live view of Venice Beach with a webcam: http://www.westland.net/venice/

The Chiat Day Offices on Main Street between Santa Monica and Venice
designed by famed architect Frank O. Gehry.

TBWA/Chiat/Day has numerous  famous commercials under its belt
inluding Apple Computer's, the Energizer bunny,
Taco Bell's chihuahua, and Kinko's

On the way to Malibu from Santa Monica (looking South) on Pacific Coast Highway (PCH)

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These pictures were taken with a FujiFilm MX-2700  digital camera