@LuckyGuy If we do that, then when you guys come out here to Southern California, we can go to Disneyland and The Original Farmer’s Market on Fairfax and maybe check out a live screening of The Big Bang Theory on the Warner Bros lot. Or NCIS at the CBS Studio. They also film a lot of scenes in and around Los Angeles and Ventura.
Maybe we could spend the night at the Mission Inn in Riverside.
Of course you’ll probably want to check out a movie, say The Hobbit, at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood. And since we’ll be nearby, we should have lunch at one of the historic restaurants such as Canter’s Deli or Phillipe’s Home of the French Dip Sandwich or El Cholo
If you guys fly in, we should definitely have a cocktail at Encounter, the iconic restaurant at LAX.
It might be fun to take a boat ride over to Catalina
If anybody feels like camping, we could do a side trip to the San Bernardino Mountains and visit Lake Arrowhead or Big Bear Lake
We’ll probably want to go to one of the many beaches. This one is Manhattan Beach. This is Surfrider Beach in Malibu
And don’t forget The Griffith Observatory Afterwards we can eat at Bob’s Big Boy, and if we catch a concert at The Whisky a Go Go club, we might want to get a late night snack at Pink’s Hotdogs
The best (although it’s been hot here for 2 solid years) time of the year to visit Southern California is in October. The weather is still warm, but not sweltering and most of the crowds have left the beaches, so they’re wide open. It’s usually sunny and clear in October.