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# Los Angeles
- URL: https://cutelittlepaperblog.com/los-angeles/
- Published: 2018-12-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:18:01.000Z
- Author: Katherine Leung
- Tags: California, US & Canada

I’ve visited Los Angeles many times as a kid with my family. I knew it for the beaches and Getty Museum, which was a memorable place for me as a kid. I finally got to go back, as an adult.

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I was in Los Angeles to reconnect with an old friend. She was working at a cool foreigners-only hostel in Venice Beach. The hostel is not on any booking sites and known through word of mouth. I felt like I had insider information staying there, as I was the only American out of thirty or so foreign guests. It’s a two-story house converted into a cozy place for travelers to crash. Smoothie places within walking distance, Nepalese food on the boardwalk, cute bikes and the ocean breeze – Venice Beach was the perfect mix of hip and cozy that I’ve come to love in LA.

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My friend and I visited numerous art museums as she is an artist as well. My favorite one was the Craft and Folk Museum. It was a small, folk-style building across from the LA County Museum of Art and La Brea tar pits. We saw an interesting exhibit, [Betye Saar’s solo exhibition](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-betye-saar-washboards-cafam-20170726-htmlstory.html?ref=cutelittlepaperblog.com). And we got to meet her in person!

Since LA was another solo trip for me (one of my favorite ways to travel!) I had some creepy true crime podcasts to listen to along the way, to “set the stage”. Some episodes I had on rotation while there are:

- [Once Upon a Crime – Episode 93](https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/esther-ludlow/once-upon-a-crime/e/54658136?autoplay=true&ref=cutelittlepaperblog.com) was about the weird happenings at the Cecil Hotel involving a college student from Canada
- [Thin Air – Episode 31](http://thinairpodcast.com/?episode=episode-31-nancy-paulikas&ref=cutelittlepaperblog.com) was about the mysterious disappearance of somebody at the LA County Museum of Art.

I definitely do not recommend murder podcasts for the lighthearted. Or the first-time solo traveler.

One of the perks of having a friend working was that I had a lot of time to myself to explore and hang out. I spent many mornings meandering through the canals, contemplating way too long for which cold pressed juice to get, and doing yoga on the beach.

**Unforgettable place:** I had duck confit and hash from [Nighthawk Breakfast Bar](https://www.nighthawkrestaurants.com/menu/?ref=cutelittlepaperblog.com) at Venice Beach. It’s not on the menu anymore but I’ll never forget how delicious it was! It was duck egg, poached, on a beautiful bed of potatoes. How can anything be better than that?!