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10-24-2012, 12:31 PM
I live in Playa too. I love it. Halfway between Venice/SM and Manhattan/Hermosa plus a cheap cab ride away from LAX, its quiet and right by all the freeways.
Alot of LMU girls eat lunch or dinner/hang out at Mendocino Farms in Marina Del Rey in the same mini-mall as the CPK. They have a nice outdoor patio so its nice there. When I was at LMU, you would always go to Thursday nights at Sharkeez in Manhattan Beach. Depends on the week though, but they used to bus the frats and sororities there. But it was a regular spot for college night. So was OBs. Also used to go to C&O's down at the end of Washington, they have a Cabo Cantina out there maybe some LMUers go there. We used to do Margarita Mondays at Acapulco's that used to be out in Playa..but after it closed did the happy hours/bars at El Torito in Marina Del Rey.
I've been out of that scene so I'm not sure what it is now, but it sounds about right. I sometimes catch games at the Tompkins, when it was the Fireside, it was a big drinking hangout for LMU people. I go there every so often but now it seems more like a restaurant than a dive bar. maybe i'll check out the hacienda.
Some go to Brennan's in Marina Del Rey for turtle racing on Thursday nights. I think a lot go to Main street in Venice and the Hermosa Pier on weekends.
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10-25-2012, 09:09 AM
There was a brief period where I was macking at LMU. I went on a few dates with a pretty cute girl from there, that I met in the cafe. Unfortunately, no bang. I wanted to do more, just never worked out a system. I think if I had, I'd have done many more approaches. My impressions of LMU:
1. Not as many 8s and 9s, i.e. stunners, like you'd see at USC. But there are lots of very well put together 6s and 7s. They're thin, with nice skin, flattering stylish clothes, and are at their visual peak. They're also pretty easy-going generally.
2. As with any college campus, the hottest, most connected girls are usually dismissive of anyone they don't already know. You'll find it much easier to get with a girl on the bottom or the fringes of the sorority scene, or just not Greek. Thankfully, the Greek scene here isn't too strong. Still, the campus is majority female, and they're a little less promiscuous than your average college girl, so girls are relatively accessible.
3. Tons of annoying security guards whizzing by on Segways. Probably a bad idea to do massive amounts of street game on campus. I worked the library and the library cafe. And it's hard to get work done here when you have so much talent walking around. I literally felt a sense of euphoria when I got on campus.
4. Guys here look really timid and scrawny. I'm not huge, but walking around LMU made me feel bigger than normal. My point of reference then was Hermosa, where the average dude is pretty big.
5. The average level of quality is fairly high. I don't like places where lots of the girls are ugly, even if I can still score decent trim. Being in scenes with lots of ugly or low class girls is depressing.
6. From what I've heard, they don't like Hermosa. Some go to Sharkeez MB on Thursday nights, but I think that's the Greek crowd. I went to that once, didn't have any luck, didn't get anywhere. Did see some fine LMU girls there, but they were clearly the in crowd with guys in tow. I also don't like Sharkeez type bars in general anyway. As for where they go, I don't know. I heard Brennan's on Thursday nights, and probably Prince O Whales. Maybe that gastropub Tripel in Playa has some promise.
Unfortunately, they started charging for parking at all times - it used to be free on nights and weekends. I think you can park in the neighborhood and walk a couple blocks.
Qwest, I'm down to meet. I've corresponded with PartyOnBro, been meaning to meet up but haven't yet. Sounds like all three of us are really close.
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10-25-2012, 01:09 PM
FYI, if you have to go there on campus and want to maximize the number of girls walking around, "Convo hour" is around noon on Tuesdays/Thursdays. Its a time where they don't have classes or something like that and more people are walking around the quad area, especially on nice days. Sometimes they have events going on like a bunch of displays, political booths, bbq, music, performance, etc and alot of people hang out there for an hour more than any time.
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10-25-2012, 01:18 PM
All this chatter is making me want to try a move there. I wonder how close to campus I can get.
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10-25-2012, 01:27 PM
Well, the thing is that the area isn't really a college town atmosphere. the student body is transient at best, they'll run errands in the general area. They all disappear on the weekends and the campus is a ghost town: a lot of the people live around LA and go home on the weekends and so the big time to go out is Thursday night.
You're not going to see a whole lot of LMU people in the area on the weekends. When I was there, on the weekends we would either do Hermosa, Hollywood, or a party either in the dorms/on campus apartments or frat houses on campus (generally freshman/sophomores only) etc. We'd have people drive and we'd go out to the clubs and stuff like that out in the rest of LA.
IMO, if you're looking for a lot of hot college girls live out in West LA where SaMO and UCLA girls live and they have lots of bars out there that cater as such.
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10-25-2012, 03:37 PM
I used to live off of Goshen back in the day when I went to UCLA. Actually I do recall a lot of hot girls all over the place. Rolled solo to Q's a couple of months ago and didn't like it, but I can't deny the # of girls that go out around there. I've had a lot more success on Main St in Santa Monica, and Hollywood though.
But yes, thanks for all that info, very helpful.
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10-25-2012, 10:33 PM
Slubu, have you checked out busby's? Asian girls galore on Fridays. As an aside I remember attending a couple lakers games last season where the talent was very high. Lots of dolled up girls in pairs too. I got the vibe that it was the place to be seen. Very much the antithesis of a clippers game. Maybe guys should pitch in for season tickets and we can rotate tix or even host rvf out of towners.
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I used to live off of Goshen back in the day when I went to UCLA. Actually I do recall a lot of hot girls all over the place. Rolled solo to Q's a couple of months ago and didn't like it, but I can't deny the # of girls that go out around there. I've had a lot more success on Main St in Santa Monica, and Hollywood though.
But yes, thanks for all that info, very helpful.
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10-25-2012, 11:38 PM
I second what Qwest said about the area close to Q's. You see non-stop attractive girls there day and night. Walking dogs, jogging, and bicycling like it's going out of style.
ALSO, Let's not forget that area right around where Gorham and San Vicente intersect. Right at the starbucks, pink berry area along with all the other cafés and restaurants. Lots of beauties there too, except a little older on average.
I think of it as where the girls in Qwest's "triangle" go to live 10 years later.
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10-29-2012, 02:25 PM
busby's east is fantastic. UCLA asian girls galore on fridays/saturdays. Ahh, the prime wonder-years of college prior to the heavy alcohol and late-night pizzas marring those pretty faces.
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10-29-2012, 02:45 PM
@ all you above...not a fan of Asian girls otherwise I'd be all over Busby's. I used to go a lot back in 04-05, lots of hotter white girls there at that time but that's faded from now.
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10-29-2012, 02:47 PM
What bars in Culver City do you guys recommend for a solid date-spot during the week (in this case Weds)? Preferably something not too pricey, with some decent attractions/shops/deserts nearby?
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10-29-2012, 02:52 PM
Ugo wine bar. its fun to use their card swiping wine machines, a bit more interactive than just ordering drinks and you can do a lot of tastes, etc. only knock on it is the seating isn't that great for a date IIRC. If upstairs area is open at Rush Street its good too because they have couches up there and a decent outdoor patio.
If the shops nearby are less necessary, I really like the Bigfoot Lodge on Venice. there is more intimate seating and lighting is dim and the environment is more conducive for what you want to do.
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10-29-2012, 02:59 PM
I second Ugo. For a date spot it is great. The walking around to try different wines allows for easy touching and can make it into a game by betting on who chooses the better wine. If you get apps/food it can get pricey though, ended up dropping about $100 there last time I went.
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10-29-2012, 08:49 PM
Do you guys have any suggestions for places to roll dolo on weekdays?
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10-30-2012, 05:15 PM
Solid...Thanks guys.
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10-31-2012, 01:24 AM
I don't go out that much in LA to bars/clubs at all overall anymore. Dunno, just kind of over going to do it, its always hit and miss when I do it on the weekdays. BUT, lately I've been trying to get back into networking and private parties and stuff. Doing a few professional networking groups, parties, etc. They get moderately crowded, its easy to approach versus a bar/club and the girls are often better quality depending on the event you go to (for me, they're almost always better than bars/clubs).
I am trying to get out more than I have been, but mainly in a professional sense. Networking events....some of them throw GREAT parties where a lot of girls go there solo too in order to find a job, etc. Go to the marketing events and stuff, tons of good girls at those. I go to Mindshare events downtown, I've been meaning to go to those First Fridays at the Natural History Museum (too much traffic for me to get there after work though). A few Digital LA events. Next Wednesday i'm probably going to hit up a big real estate networking event in SM...I don't work in real estate (I put on my RSVP I worked at a holding company), but there were TONS of cougars and hot real estate agents last time there (lots of dudes, all suited up too). Sign up for a bunch of meetup groups, there are TONS of them and they'll give some heads up to some events and parties.
My networking and connections to get into these events used to be a LOT better (magazine release parties, studio events, etc) when I was a go-gettin' 20 year old..but to me, that's the thing to get into on weekdays. Alot of them do holiday parties so now is the time to build the ability to get on those lists.
As for bars, I've been meaning to roll solo to the Dresden Room again, used to be my old stomping grounds...i just like listening to Marty and Elaine and its decent crowd. I sometimes do the Brig on Abbott Kinney on Tuesdays too, I've done that solo in the past with decent results.
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11-10-2012, 06:16 AM
Why no mention of hollywood clubs like greystone?
slubu, when were you at UCLA? I graduated '04.