[Lvpunk]

hahahhaha, oops i meant public

[MomMom]

Originally Posted by DeepHollow

thanks for the answers, you guys are gr8.
i'll be moving to LV from the arctic, aka Canada. got papers, everythings set up, all is beautiful.
i can't wait. i don't care what they say, the crisis, bush, the violence, gangs, the housing market, bla,bla,bla.
you all live in the GREATEST country in the entire frickin world, despite all your problems, all your complaints, all your flaws. they all pale in comparison to the rest of the world, they are nothing when weighed against your incredible greatness. you need to wake up and realise how incredible your country is.
i can't wait to join you in your beautiful country.
cheers..

Forget Obama and McCain, I vote for this guy!

[septocaine_queen]

Originally Posted by MomMom

We found Moonlight Beach in Encintas and we stay in the Days Inn right down the street from it, right off 76 I think it is...

It's not at all luxurious a hotel, but we only sleep there and it's reasonable enough and near some stores, . We use it as our base for the beach, Old Town San Diego (google it kimba...I love it there) downtown Encinitas and Carlsbad, Disney and Magic Mountain, Knotts Berry Farm (further away near Anaheim)...when we take the kids.

I just don't like anything pertaining to LA...so unless we go to the Santa Monica Pier, we keep away from there...

Doing a trip like that from Las Vegas is nice once in a while, don't know if I'd do it once a month from here in Las Vegas like the OP stated...

I guess I'm getting old and my tolerance level is diminishing...

North County San Diego is a beautiful area. Moonlight beach is where Encinitas Blvd ends at the beach in Encinitas. The area has a great downtown area with cool shops. Off of the 76 is Oceanside, which is quirkier with the combination of military and surfers.

If your daughter wants the whole "paris hilton" experience maybe you guys could go to santa monica for the beach and then go shopping on Melrose or Robertson. Chances are high she might see some starlets.

[kimba01]

Originally Posted by septocaine_queen

North County San Diego is a beautiful area. Moonlight beach is where Encinitas Blvd ends at the beach in Encinitas. The area has a great downtown area with cool shops. Off of the 76 is Oceanside, which is quirkier with the combination of military and surfers.

If your daughter wants the whole "paris hilton" experience maybe you guys could go to santa monica for the beach and then go shopping on Melrose or Robertson. Chances are high she might see some starlets.

Really? She would faint! It would probably make her whole moving-to-Vegas experience worth it ten-fold.

Thanks for the tips!

[olecapt]

Give you another view. We lived for many years in the coastal plain just into Orange County. That has the advantage of not being LA while having good beach and LA access.

So think about that area. I like Seal Beach which is an almost perfect So Cal beach town. There is even the world's funkiest beachy B&B called the Seal Beach Garden and B&B or some such. It is on Fifth street in Seal Beach. You can easily walk to the water or the main street for food etc.

The area is convenient to both Long Beach...which has a very nice beach front area and the aquarium...Disneyland and Knotts Berry Farm...the other Beach Cities...Newport, Laguna et al.

It is the Pacific Coast Highway centered coast. Starts at Long Beach and goes on down to San Clemente and then on into San Diego County.

You might try a weekend in Seal Beach, one in Newport or Laguna and perhaps for a real treat, one in Avalon on Catalina which is accessed from Long Beach. My eastern snob mother considered Avalon the only livable place in Southern California.

I too am a fan of San Diego though more of the north...La Jolla and such. SD itself is just another So CA city. Gets pretty nice in land as well.

Note that the CA coast per se is not a really great climate. It is effectively a lee shore with low hanging fog and haze much of the year. Lovely in the fall and winter...but not so hot in the spring and most of the summer. The water is pretty cold as well. Most easterners are shocked. The Pacific without a wet suit often requires fortitude. Once you numb up it is OK but that first few minutes can be tough.

[jfkIII]

Originally Posted by MomMom

The BEACH at Mandalay Bay Casino....

just kidding,

(It really is a beach, with sand trucked in from Cali, waves, etc.)

Not really a beach...more like a "son of a beach!"

[bosozoku]

Originally Posted by DeepHollow

thanks for the answers, you guys are gr8.
i'll be moving to LV from the arctic, aka Canada. got papers, everythings set up, all is beautiful.
i can't wait. i don't care what they say, the crisis, bush, the violence, gangs, the housing market, bla,bla,bla.
you all live in the GREATEST country in the entire frickin world, despite all your problems, all your complaints, all your flaws. they all pale in comparison to the rest of the world, they are nothing when weighed against your incredible greatness. you need to wake up and realise how incredible your country is.
i can't wait to join you in your beautiful country.
cheers..

i feel the same way

as far as LA goes, i pretty much grew up in the LA area (LA area meaning LA and Orange county) and its not that bad,sure theres a lot of traffic compared to Vegas standards but what do you expect for a city much bigger and more population? the only thing that i could think of that sucks in LA compared to Las Vegas is the high cost of living. but after that its as much as beautiful as Las Vegas and offers alot of things for everyone.

remember now, Las Vegas,LA,NY or anywhere else you go in our country you will get Bad and Good.

as for the beach, try Balboa,Laguna,Sta Monica,Redondo,Seal,Newport, and alot more beaches to choose from,Huntington (but will be most likely to have more people because its the most known beach in the LA area that is big that handles more people than other beaches around) in san diego yes La Jolla is nice.

Kimba if your daughter likes the "So cal LA" thing, you should bring her to Melrose,Hollywood,Long Beach Pier, San Pedro Cliffs (you can park by the cliffs and over look the ocean)Laguna beach is nice also and yes it does have public acces.

good luck to the OP

[DeepHollow]

Originally Posted by MomMom

Forget Obama and McCain, I vote for this guy!

LOL!... well it's true. you guys are too obsessed with the little things and miss the big picture.
the other day i was looking at some stats: about 200K people immigrate to the US under one program alone. legally, close to 1/2 million do each year.
50% of canadians said they'd move to the US, if allowed. (well, duh!)
25% of Europeans....80% of mexicans (wow!!!)....60% of all latin america.....
if the us goverment allowed it, you'd go from 300 million people, to 3 billion, half the world would live in the US.... LOL.... the world loves to hate you (not me, I've always loved you, since I first met you) but then they all want to live with you.
why do you think that is?
you're the closest thing to Utopia and you don't even know it. if the US were a woman there'd be no good enough poet to to describe and extol your beauty.

[lvkewlkid]

our first time in CA in april, we stayed at this beautiful Comfort inn on Santa Monica Blvd near 26th street, what a convenient location and it is close to the beach, we didn't swim but we spent time in Venice which wasn't too far...the Comfort Inn has a nice outdoor seating area instead of hallways and a really good free breakfast...the rooms were comfortable and so were the beds...of course it is just a place to sleep...

[kimba01]

Originally Posted by lvkewlkid

our first time in CA in april, we stayed at this beautiful Comfort inn on Santa Monica Blvd near 26th street, what a convenient location and it is close to the beach, we didn't swim but we spent time in Venice which wasn't too far...the Comfort Inn has a nice outdoor seating area instead of hallways and a really good free breakfast...the rooms were comfortable and so were the beds...of course it is just a place to sleep...

Hmm, thanks-I will look at that one too!