NIGHTLIFE > PERFECT DATE.Byline: MELISSA HECKSCHER>LA.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. There was a time when downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or was a veritable no man's land for nightlife, when the city cleared out at work day's end. Not anymore. Whether it's high-rise views or orchestra pews, there's plenty of places to go after sundown. TRY THESE PERFECT DATE IDEAS FOR A MEMORABLE EVENING IN DOWNTOWN L.A.: TOTAL DATE TIME: 6 hours. TOTAL COST: $185-$565 (depending on your choice of theater tickets). LOCATION: Downtown Los Angeles. GO FOR A SPIN >Where: The BonaVista Lounge at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel The Westin Bonaventure Hotel is the largest hotel in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is 367 feet (112 meters) tall and has 35 floors. It was completed in 1977. The top floor has a revolving restaurant and observation level. , 404 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles. Nothing quite compares to that childhood thrill of being whisked up a few dozen stories in a glass elevator. At the Westin Bonaventure Hotel, the home of L.A.'s only revolving cocktail lounge, the ride doesn't stop there. The BonaVista lounge (the setting for the '80s TV sitcom "It's a Living
>Cost: About $25 (for two drinks). >Hours: 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. daily. >Information: (213) 624-1000. DINNER IN THE SKY >Where: L.A. Prime (also at the Bonaventure). Once you've had your fill of sky-high views and predinner cocktails, head upstairs and take a seat by the window at L.A. Prime, the Bonaventure's top-floor (nonrevolving) restaurant. It specializes in steaks (with an additionally impressive seafood menu), so you'd best be a carnivore carnivore (kär`nəvôr'), term commonly applied to any animal whose diet consists wholly or largely of animal matter. In animal systematics it refers to members of the mammalian order Carnivora (see Chordata). . For seasoned drinkers, the award-winning 500-label wine list should satisfy most connoisseurs. >Cost: About $100 (for dinner and drinks). >Hours: 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 5 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. >Information: (213) 624-1000. GET CULTURED >Where: The Music Center, 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles. Ever since Richard Gere whisked a red-dressed Julia Roberts to the opera via private helicopter, women everywhere have wished for such a date. And while you won't need a helicopter to get to downtown's Music Center -- a mega-complex that includes the Walt Disney Concert Hall This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. , the Ahmanson Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum The Mark Taper Forum is a small thrust stage with 745 seats at the Los Angeles Music Center built by Welton Beckett and Associates. It has presented innovative plays since 1967. The world premiere of Angels In America was produced here. and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center (which is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the United States). The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt Disney Concert Hall. -- there are plenty of options when it comes to orchestrating the perfect date. If it's opera you want, the season opens Saturday with Beethoven's "Fidelio." Want something a little more lighthearted? Broadway's grown-up grown-up adj. 1. Of, characteristic of, or intended for adults: grown-up movies; a grown-up discussion. 2. puppet show "Avenue Q" is playing at the Ahmanson through Oct. 14. >Cost: $30-$220 per ticket (depending on the seat and the show). >Information: www.musiccenter.org or (213) 628-2772. Melissa Heckscher (310) 540-5511, Ext. 329; melissa.heckscher@dailybreeze.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) no caption (BonaVista Lounge) (2 -- color) no caption (L.A. Prime) (3 -- color) no caption (Music Center) |
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