Oxy Students Recommend
(from Occidental Weekly’s Pullout Guide to Los Angeles)
- Santa Monica during the off-season; beach walk, pier, promenade
Great place for biking, in-line skating, walking a dog, or people-watching…and it’s free!
- Casbah Café, Silver Lake
A jewel in the rough; attracts artists, musicians, coffee-drinkers; also has a boutique
- Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Extensive permanent collection of works by Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Klee, and Wassily Kandinsky; rotating exhibitions; bring your Oxy ID card for free admission
- Equator Café, Pasadena
Weekly espresso specials, eclectic live and pre-recorded music and karaoke; conversation-provoking art; laid-back environment
- The Huntington, San Marino
A sanctuary in the city; 150-acre botanical garden featuring 15,000 kinds of plants; library and art museum; with a superb collection of 18th and 19th century British and French art
- Los Feliz
Dubbed the “SoHo” of L.A. by Vogue Magazine, with the Electric Lotus for Indian delicacies, the Psychic Paddle Coffee House, and Skylight Books
- Chinatown
Dim sum and market-style shopping on the Gold Line; reasonable prices for food and merchandise