Anyone been to LA?
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Redfly
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Well, it depends. What are you into?
There's all the touristy stuff which is over pretty quickly. One tip... make sure you have a car. This is essential.
Take a drive up Rodeo Drive, that was the daytime highlight for me.
The nightlife is SUPERB but make sure you bring a big fat wallet (Full of cash). It's expensive. We club hopped and spent a fortune $280 for a bottle of Jack Daniels). Sky Bar on sunset (I think) is AMAZING at night. You can see all over LA.
Theres a little town called La Canada (La Can-yah-da) just outside Hollywood. If you get a chance, pay a visit. It's beautiful and a refreshing change from the city smog.
Oh, and don't expect your iTrip to work in LA. There's so many radio stations it's impossible.
There's all the touristy stuff which is over pretty quickly. One tip... make sure you have a car. This is essential.
Take a drive up Rodeo Drive, that was the daytime highlight for me.
The nightlife is SUPERB but make sure you bring a big fat wallet (Full of cash). It's expensive. We club hopped and spent a fortune $280 for a bottle of Jack Daniels). Sky Bar on sunset (I think) is AMAZING at night. You can see all over LA.
Theres a little town called La Canada (La Can-yah-da) just outside Hollywood. If you get a chance, pay a visit. It's beautiful and a refreshing change from the city smog.
Oh, and don't expect your iTrip to work in LA. There's so many radio stations it's impossible.
georgiecasey
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Easily done...
I've seen that in a lot of night clubs - full bottle of $drink, glasses etc., and ice.. You can easily drop a few hundred without realising it
Redfly
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Yup. Sad but true. And when your in HollyWood, you throw caution to wind.
Another little tip here is visit the website of the nightclub you want to visit about a week beforehand and see if they have a "Guestlist". Many clubs let you sign up for the guestlist for free. You still have to pay, but you have a higher chance of getting in if its busy.
The Chinese Theatre is great. Johnny D's feet are huge! If you're into cinema, daytime is the time for you.
Jothan
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I'm there every week
LA - Beautiful Los Angeles.
My company is headquartered there, downtown.
We're putting on a domain conference early next year there, which I hope lines up with your travel plans Blacknight.
DomainFest: an exhibition and conference for domainers
-Jothan
LA - Beautiful Los Angeles.
My company is headquartered there, downtown.
We're putting on a domain conference early next year there, which I hope lines up with your travel plans Blacknight.
DomainFest: an exhibition and conference for domainers
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Jothan
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Owning up with a smile and a pint...
Yeah, I do know damn well you're coming to Hollywood for the DomainFest, and you know the first pint is on me!
I'll own up because I'd not want to insult anyone's intelligence on this board, but what kind of a self-promoting dork would I be if I did not take advantage of the opportunity to mention DomainFest: an exhibition and conference for domainers in the process of responding to your thread?
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Yeah, I do know damn well you're coming to Hollywood for the DomainFest, and you know the first pint is on me!
I'll own up because I'd not want to insult anyone's intelligence on this board, but what kind of a self-promoting dork would I be if I did not take advantage of the opportunity to mention DomainFest: an exhibition and conference for domainers in the process of responding to your thread?
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Jothan
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all walks
There will be a diversity of people at the DomainFest, and there would not be any discrimination of who'd be admitted to the conference, although I'd probably venture we'd not get anyone standing up and proudly proclaiming that they were "US/CA .eu cyberwarehousers".
I am not one, that's for sure. Someone squatted jothan.eu in the landrush process and I am having to work on getting it, but frankly have been really busy with my new job at DomainSponsor.
But, I digress.... It will be more likely that one would meet folks who own generic words in .com there who have loads of traffic and have been monetizing or developing their domain in some form.
The conference will gather the technical, non-technical, educational, and old and young all together to talk about domain names and new, upcoming things in the industry.
There will be good content, with discussions on ccTLDs, IDN, new gTLDs, and other topics like portfolio valuation, Trademark, build vs park, etc., with some really great and respected speakers. Not to mention the location is amazing.
So, the short answer is possibly, but we're more focused on the overall integret, content, and value of participation for the show than discriminating.
There will be a diversity of people at the DomainFest, and there would not be any discrimination of who'd be admitted to the conference, although I'd probably venture we'd not get anyone standing up and proudly proclaiming that they were "US/CA .eu cyberwarehousers".
I am not one, that's for sure. Someone squatted jothan.eu in the landrush process and I am having to work on getting it, but frankly have been really busy with my new job at DomainSponsor.
But, I digress.... It will be more likely that one would meet folks who own generic words in .com there who have loads of traffic and have been monetizing or developing their domain in some form.
The conference will gather the technical, non-technical, educational, and old and young all together to talk about domain names and new, upcoming things in the industry.
There will be good content, with discussions on ccTLDs, IDN, new gTLDs, and other topics like portfolio valuation, Trademark, build vs park, etc., with some really great and respected speakers. Not to mention the location is amazing.
So, the short answer is possibly, but we're more focused on the overall integret, content, and value of participation for the show than discriminating.
Yep. Some of them want to keep a low profile with all those UK and Cypriot front companies as they may have bought dross rather than gold.
I noticed that. I can provide the data on the squatters if you need to take an ADR.
The two responsible are high-profile members of the domain industry.Any chance there will be webcasts/podcasts of the major presentations? This would set it apart from any other domainer conference and it could convince people to attend the next one.
It would be interesting to see what those who've invested in .eu domains make of the apparent collapse of the ccTLD (and in the value of .eu domains) in the wake of EURid mismanagement and over-speculation.
Regards...jmcc
beachboy19
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used to live in LA
Used to live there, and go still go there often. The la art scene is great, check out LA county museum, LACMA and Museum of modern art, MOCA it has a great collection. the getty is a drive but has a great collection too.
Get a gps, cause it is real easy to get off the freeway in really bad parts of LA
Used to live there, and go still go there often. The la art scene is great, check out LA county museum, LACMA and Museum of modern art, MOCA it has a great collection. the getty is a drive but has a great collection too.
Get a gps, cause it is real easy to get off the freeway in really bad parts of LA
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