If your coming to Los Angeles make sure you stay at 124 1/2 Driftwood St. with Thomasina!! it’s everything you want in a getaway.
My wife and I decided that we wanted to take a trip to LA because she had never been and we ended up picking this beautiful bungalow and I’m glad we did!! First of all the location was something that we thought about a lot because even though we wanted to head south as far as laguna beach we didn’t want to be very far from the airport, so we were looking for somewhat of a central location, and this place fit the bill. Its about a 20 min drive without any traffic and it a 2 min walk about from Venice beach and the walkway that goes up and down the beach. Every morning we were able to get up and explore Venice a little bit while finding a cafe and figuring out what we wanted to do for that day. We rented a car which I think is very important so that you can see the whole city of LA and not just Venice. But if you happen to not have a rented car you can always rent a electric scooter or bicycle right on main strip and that will get you anywhere in Los Angeles proper that you need to go. The actual apartment itself was very clean and Newley renovated which made it seem much better than the pictures, even though the pictures looked great. Everything in the apartment worked fine like the coffee maker, laundry, dishwasher and fridge. There were more than enough blankets and towels in the apartment. Thomasina also was so nice and gave us a bottle of wine and had some coffee creamer and beans in the apartment for us before we arrived. My wife I headed to laguna and Newport Beach on the middle of the week and had some amazing food at spots like “Malibu farm” and “Sabatinos” and really enjoyed the more relaxed feel. We had food and drinks in west Beverly Hills at “SUR” “PUMP”, “Dan tanas”, “Craig’s” and “Mastros”. All amazing food. On our last day we drove about 40 min north to Santa Monica and Malibu on the route 1, and had the most amazing meal of my life at a restaurant in Malibu called “Nobu”.
All in all amazing trip and an amazing place. Don’t miss out of this awesome gem in DOGToWN!!
Thanks so much
Matt