[raskrutkaseo]

Whatever, dude. I was trying to let you know that you would have a good time.
No skin off my ass, though, if you don't want to know.

[Gastonleruanich]

I'm more likely to end up as Brain than the Duke, I'm afraid.

[Habalinnyf]

QFT

Yes, go.

[Blotassefesek]

Because Aeson touched on that theme, and I made an explicit reference to escape from new york?

[Anypeny]

That must be why. Thanks.

But as I recall, Escape from New York was about 10x better than Escape from LA.

[AssinHT]

and i'm sure you can arrange to hang with oerdin again.

[Gazeboss]

Anaheim is pretty boring; car rental is near mandatory if you want to do anything interesting. Is she staying near the convention center?

Some nice restaurants, especially down by the water (need car). Seafood/sushi is generally great around there. There's baseball, Disney (tons of families with kids), some nice golf courses. When I have a rental car, I usually end up taking the 5 up to Hollywood/North Hollywood (90 minutes) and hit the club scene. You can also do the studio audience thing up there with some advance planning.

So it depends on what you consider "fun."

a) I'm guessing yes to convention center, since her conference will be there http://www.aapm.org/meetings/09AM/

b) Will not do disney by myself, as a 29 year old man. Unless I grow a creepy moustache first and secretly film myself being weird...

c) Would hit nice restaurants with wife at night, but not myself during day

d) Won't golf or go to ball games

e) would do clubs with wife at night, but she can't stay out too late as she'll actually want to pay attention to talks in the morning (I'm guessing)

f) studio audience sounds terrible. Just checked Jeopardy website, but they aren't currently open to new contestants (from watching the show I would say that I am at around the average level of daily winner)

[lE3l6Lgn]

More background: I'm going to be in Italy for 11 days in Sept/Oct so the travel bug is not biting TOO hard right now. If I wasn't going anywhere else this summer I would definitely do LA

[osteoftex]

Unless you have a lot of money for trips, I would save your money for Italy. I've never had the desire to go back to Southern Cal, even for a visit. I grew up there & went to Cal State Fullerton, if that gives you any indication. I've lived in the nice quiet Mon Valley in Pennsylvania for the last 10 years

[kenowinnumberss]

Unless you have a lot of money for trips, I would save your money for Italy.

That's the way I'm leaning right now.

Wouldn't want to drop too much coin in Cali, and I get the feeling that the only really interesting things there are expensive.

[furillo]

I have many friends who love it there, it's worth a visit if you've never seen it. You will need a lot of cash to enjoy it tho

[Zebrabitch]

Depends how much you like the beach.

JM

Surfing was better in Cali than here on the east coast, but the water is about 20 - 30 degrees colder on the west coast (it seems)

[Nautilus]

The gulf stream really warms the east coast up. Surfing at Newport or Huntington in January required a wetsuit or being tough enough to withstand 60 degree water in California

[GWRIeEQp]

First, you will absolutely have to have a car.

The Getty Villa in Malibu and the Getty Museum are worth seeing.
Venice Beach has an eclectic mix of characters.
The Tar Pits Museum is worth a visit also.
Sunset Boulevard from UCLA to the ocean is a great drive.
As is PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) from Newport Beach to Malibu.

[duncanalisstmp]

Any reasons not to go other than the $250?

-Arrian

[Sydaycymn]

Hmm, I've been twice.

Personally, I'd go. It's 250 bucks well spent.

[Misiotoagodia]

Any reasons not to go other than the $250?

-Arrian

The 150$ that I'd definitely spend on car rental + gas, the 150+$ I'd spend doing anything fun at all, the 4-5 days added to my toils as an academic serf.

[interznakinfo]

For comparison purposes, it would be worth it to me to visit (assuming I'd never been, which is true for some of these):

NYC, Boston, DC, Miami, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Nashville, Philly, Kansas City, Detroit, Honolulu, a number of smaller cities with interesting histories/native culture.

If I didn't know anybody in the following cities then it probably wouldn't be worth it:

Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, anything in Ohio, Seattle, Atlanta, Phoenix, Omaha, Pittsburg

I find it hilarious that you didn't put any Canadian cities on either list.

[satthackacibe]

KH has become thoroughly Americanized.

[Pwy9egVW]

OK, fair enough. My interpretation was that you're so thoroughly Americanized that you didn't even think of non-US cities.