OT: Pregame Activities in LA

[johnjm22]

Taking my GF to her second ever hockey game tomorrow. I'm trying to figure out some things for us to do before the game. Any things anyone around here likes to do before games down there? Just looking for ideas.

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[Lt Dan]

It really depends on how much time you have.

LA live is your best bet for easy and convenient

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

agreed with @Lt Dan , if you're not looking to roam around too far LA Live is just too convenient. Plenty of restaurants and entertainment options right there plus I'm sure they'll have some opening night festivities?

If you're trying to make an afternoon of it you may be able to grab an early dinner elsewhere and I know some folks here have some great spots.

 

[DoktorJeep]

I had a good food/drink experience at Fleming’s last time I went pregame. The bar had good seating and it was convenient overall.

 

[shuchukfan]

Cielito Lindo for taquitos before the game.

 

[Esteban Tornado]

El Cholo to clean out before the game

 

[johnjm22]

We pretty much have all day free.

Isn't LA live mostly bars and restaurants? I'll be checking it out.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Go to Little Tokyo. There's great food, some cool shops, neat little part of LA.

 

[Lt Dan]

We pretty much have all day free.

Isn't LA live mostly bars and restaurants? I'll be checking it out.

Yes, but is convenient as f***. I park nearby walk there, get all schwilly and stumble over to the arena formerly known as Staples



I second what KHG said here if you have all day

Go to Little Tokyo. There's great food, some cool shops, neat little part of LA.

 

[chris kontos]

Norton simon art museum in pasdena or la county museum of art in hancock park
Philipe's french dip sandwich for lunch
On to la live
On to the stapler
march on to victory

 

[KingsHockey24]

Take some mushrooms and go walking around Sunset Boulevard.

 

[chris kontos]

Cal tech in pasadena for some differentional equation solving or maybe get lucky and attend a fluid dynamics lecture/lab.
Maybe some finite math to warm up first?

 

[chris kontos]

Buy some heroin at burrito king on east sunset blvd?

 

[kingsholygrail]

Does Griffith Park still have that train museum?

 

[Schmooley]

Buy some heroin at burrito king on west sunset blvd?

Haha! I lived across the street from there for many years. 15-20 years ago you could do that but now Im not so sure. Probably people doing tik tok dances on that corner now.
Settle for a pastrami or pastor California Burrito across the street at Flaming Taco!

 

[Little Psycho]

Does she know at least one kings player? I’ve taken my fiancé about 5 times to a kings game and I asked him recently to name at least 1 player. He said Kopavich, I guess that’s close enough.

 

[Kudelski37]

Cal tech in pasadena for some differentional equation solving or maybe get lucky and attend a fluid dynamics lecture/lab.
Maybe some finite math to warm up first?

You sound like the kind of person that complained about the first Matrix movie because the title falsely implied a connection to linear algebra. That's alright. I grew up studying numbers as imaginary as my friends.

 

[johnjm22]

Does she know at least one kings player?

No, definately not haha

I’m trying to train her though

 

[Lt Dan]

No, definately not haha

I’m trying to train her though

Kopavich is one heck of a start!!

 

[psych3man]

Does Griffith Park still have that train museum?

Hey, you're talking every kid's birthday party in the late '60s/early '70s

 

[Little Psycho]

Kopavich is one heck of a start!!

I thought he was would at least get Kopitar LOL. And today he tells me he wants a kings jersey and I told him not until he knows 3 roster players.

No, definately not haha

I’m trying to train her though

Hope you have better luck than me

 

[onlyalad]

Angels Flight isn’t too far and it’s only a couple of bucks. It is the worlds shortest train ride.
Grand Central Market is across the street and has some great food choices.

 

[chris kontos]

Where did you wind up going?
Hopefully not burrito king...

 

[johnjm22]

Where did you wind up going?
Hopefully not burrito king...

Ended up going to the LA Zoo.

It was quite nice. Hardly anyone there. It's also one of the only places in LA with free easy parking.

Original plan was Zoo -> Little Tokyo (for lunch) -> Game. But we ended up skipping Little Tokyo because we spent so much time at the zoo.

We ate at the Kabob place inside Crypto. I can't remember what it was called. It was okay. They charged us $95 for 4 small beers.

 

[Lt Dan]

They charged us $95 for 4 small beers.

Jesus