Looking for some offbeat things to do in LA

[NNadir]

11. I lived in that area a zillion years ago, among a set of people who wore t-shirts stating...

..."There is no life East of Sepulveda."

That may have been true, at least in the case of Los Angeles County, but I assure anyone who asks that there is definitely life East (and Northeast) of Los Angeles.

One can drive to Hermosa Beach, and if one can find parking, walk along The Strand, and if it's still there - it probably isn't - have a breakfast at Uncle Bill's Pancake House in Manhattan Beach. It's where I learned to love blueberry pancakes, but my wife makes them now in New Jersey.

Other than that, I have no advice. No offense to anyone here, but in my jaundiced experience the best thing to do in LA County is to get out of it.