Sunset Plaza | Petersen Automotive Museum | Ludovic Lefebvre | Beverly Park
Shaquille O'neal In Los Angeles
by
Mark Seal"The
Petersen Automotive Museum is right on Wilshire Boulevard on
Museum Row, which also has a lot of other museums. My favorite is
the Automotive Museum because it has three floors devoted to
nothing but cars. There are probably 150 different vehicles on
display. There are galleries with hot rods, Hollywood celebrity
cars, and motorcycles. It also has a low-riders exhibit. The third
floor has an exhibit that shows kids how a car works, with a Model
T Ford that the kids can sit in."
DRIVE
"The first day I got to L.A., I just rolled around in my Mercedes,
looking at the beautiful women on Sunset Boulevard. I like to drive
Sunset on Friday and Saturday nights because you see all kinds of
cars. I start on Sunset and Beverly Glen and take it to La Brea and
come back up on the 101. Along the way, you can stop at Sunset
Plaza, where everybody sits outside watching everybody else roll
by. Or you can stop at Book Soup, the great bookstore, or Tower
Records, which has all types of music. I love driving up Sunset. I
pass people. I pass cars. I pass the billboards of all the new
movies. I also love to ride around and just look at houses in
Beverly Park and Bel Air."
DINNER
"L'Orangerie is my favorite fancy restaurant in L.A. It's French,
and one of the few places in L.A. where I have to wear a jacket.
It's required. It's a real friendly place and the
food is
incredible. Chef Ludovic Lefebvre either makes me the whole roasted
chicken with mashed potatoes that he created especially for me, or
this huge, three-pound, roasted prime rib, which normally feeds two
people. He serves it with some kind of sauce - bordelaise, I think.
For dessert, I usually order the apple tart or the chocolate
soufflé. Or if I'm really hungry, I'll order both."
SUNDAY
SIGHTS
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