Xmas in LA

[daveskerr82]

Good Evening,

I have a last minute trip to LA with my girlfriend from Christmas Eve to Boxing day evening planned and I am trying to get a nice meal organised for Christmas day. We are staying in Pasadena and we were hoping to travel to Santa Monica ( or somewhere similar) by public transport which I believe is on a reduced holiday service, the same as a Sunday service. The Metro website is quoting a time of between 2-3 hours on the bus for the journey, which I believe is about 27 miles.

Should I be taking this journey time with a pinch of salt and should I expect traffic to be less hectic being christmas day?

Would I be paying a ridiculous fare for a cab ride?

Can anyone recommend anywhere nice to go for dinner in Santa Monica or the surrounding area, particularly near the beach?


Many thanks

David

[tvrolet]

We usually to go to Disneyland for Christmas/New Year; it's absolutely mobbed but still a great atmosphere. Cute songs/carols and it starts to snow at 10:00pm...if you like that sort of thing of course. The Carthay Circle in the California Adventure park would be the restaurant of choice, but I guess it would be all booked out by October. Still, I'd rather be in Disneyland even eating a hamburger on Xmas day than the best restaurant anywhere else.

But is is very very busy over the holidays...but it would be my destination of choice for Xmas in LA.

[steveo3002]

rent a car, its not the greatest place to get around via the bus

[sooperscoop]

steveo3002 said:

rent a car, its not the greatest place to get around via the bus

This x1000. LA is one of the most car-centric cities in the world. Hire a sat-nav with the car if you need the help.

I always found Christmas funny in the US. Thanksgiving is a bigger holiday it seems and Christmas always felt a bit drab.

[daveskerr82]

I know that LA is very car-centric having visited and driven there last year but hiring a car would mean I wont be able to enjoy a nice bottle of wine with my Christmas dinner!

Any other ideas?