Quote: (02-15-2012 04:24 PM)speakeasy Wrote:
She invited you to fly 3,000 miles to come stay in her house after just one make-out? Wow...
This isn't the comprehensive datasheet you wanted but BH is actually a fairly boring neighborhood. There's not much to write about. There's almost no nightlife to speak of except for an underground(literally) club called Aqualounge next to Rodeo Dr. Actually I just looked it up and found that it's now been remodeled and is called Confidential and has asshole bouncers.
There's no telling what type of "house" she lives in. I think there's a misconception that BH is all celebrities and millionaires. If you look up the median income of BH residents, it's mostly upper middle class. Your average person there is probably an attorney, movie producer or doctor, not David Beckham. A home there could be anything from a $400,000 condo to some stately mansion up in the hills. There's no run down parts of BH, but it's not all super rich either(they prefer Malibu, Bel Aire, Hollywood Hills or even Santa Barbara).
Closest legitimate nightlife will be W. Hollywood, Sunset strip or Westwood Village.
I agree with Speakeasy's data sheet about Beverly Hills. I was born in Los Angeles, but I actually lived in Beverly Hills for many years, and went to Beverly Hills High School. For the most part, it is a very family oriented community. Many of the people live there due to the reputation of the schools in the area.
There is a mix of many types of people; however, the majority are either Persian Jewish or American Jewish, and then you have the rest of the population. Contrary to belief, there are not hundreds of movie stars running around, more movie stars live in Hollywood Hills, and West Hollywood/Sunset Strip area.
There is great shopping such as Rodeo Drive, Wilshire Blvd. (Barneys, Neiman, Saks,Etc.). Restaurants are incredible (Mastro's, Mr. Chow, Spago, Cut, Etc.) For bar scene you can go to Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, or the bar at the Four Seasons Hotel, these may have some chicks, but I consider them more of a place to take a chick to impress.When we go out to party for true nightlife, all of the action right now is in Hollywood and sometimes West Hollywood (Beverly Club, Trousdale-used to be good, dead now). The new resurgence in Hollywood is due to the WHotel, Hollywood and Highland mall,the Roosevelt Hotel and the competitive nightclub business in Hollywood (Supper Club, Roxbury, Playhouse , Drais, Lexington, True) have set the bar there pretty high. Only thing i don't agree with Speakeasy is that he recommends Westwood Village for nightlife ( i have never partied in Westwood as there are no cool places, only a few cheesy college bars or where Persian people hangout such as the Hookah bars/restaurants ). So hang out with chicks in BH to impress them, take them to do window shopping (be careful with dropping the credit card), eat dinner, but at night hang out at one of the clubs I mentioned or bar game elsewhere. But i would much rather hang out or take a chick to a cool place in Weho or Hollywood than Beverly Hills.