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California: Loved & Longed For
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items Half of this list I can vouch for with two thumbs way up! The other half I'm still dreaming about. When a place moves from one section to the other, you'll know I finally went.
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A gloriously chaotic adventure that happens every second Sunday of the month, come rain or shine! At the Rose Bowl Flea Market, you may turn up empty handed, but that will quickly change. From fabulous vintage clothing to incredible artisan wares, yo...
Rose Bowl Flea Market
So cool it literally hums! A small gallery of rescued and restored neon, glowing in the dark like the city's memories decided to stay lit. Bring someone who likes to stand quietly in front of beautiful things 😍
Museum of Neon Art
Now this is a proper date…well, in my book. Aisles of other people's histories, one shared eye for treasure, no expectations. We always say we're just browsing. We are rarely just browse. 😂
Pasadena Antique Mall
Small, cozy, and serious about breakfast! The kind of place you talk about on the drive home. We'll be back, that's for sure!
Millie's Cafe
A garden that holds one of my life's biggest moments, so take this recommendation with all my bias: it's beautiful in every season, made for slow walking, and apparently excellent for asking big questions.
Descanso Gardens
The telescopes and planetarium are the headline, but the real show is standing on the terrace at golden hour watching the whole city switch its lights on. And it's free! The best view in Los Angeles costs exactly nothing.
Griffith Observatory
I've wandered this hilltop of art and gardens and somehow, SOMEHOW, missed the Van Gogh. In my defense, I go for the strange and specific. My last trip up was for an exhibit on alchemy. Free admission, a tram ride up to a hilltop of wonders and beaut...
The Getty
CA Dreaming!
At the top of my longing to visit list: a 1908 house where everything, every peg, joint, pane of stained glass, was made by hand and by people who believed ordinary things deserve beauty. My whole heart already lives there; the rest of me just hasn't...
The Gamble House
I draw and I write and yet, I have somehow never stood in front of a Van Gogh. The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena is where I fix that.
Norton Simon Museum
They keep a Gutenberg Bible in the same place as a rose garden, and somehow I still haven't been. For a bibliophile with a greenhouse heart, this is less a museum visit and more a pilgrimage.
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens