Hey all,

I am going to be visiting the golden coast next week and I wanted to know if anyone had any suggestions for what I should do while I'm over there. I'm going to be in Los Angeles for a week and although I've lived there before, it has been 12 years. I'm staying around Marina Del Rey and I'm looking to spend a lot of my time in Santa Monica, Downtown and West Hollywood (I'm gay). Should I look towards any other neighborhoods? What about any suggestions within these neighborhoods? I'm pretty open to experiences but if you were a guy in your early 20s, what would you check out? Money isn't too much of an issue though I would like to keep non hotel/airfare expenses capped at about 1500 bucks.

Anyway, kind of a lighthearted thread which isn't what I usually do on this site. Any feedback from LA dreamers (I'm looking at you fellow 1998er) or other people more familiar with the area than I am would be very helpful.

XOXO
CUSenior