US/UK equivalents

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Now that would not surprise me - there is another citysearch comment comparing it to the bar in Mos Eisley in star Wars. Sounds about right. Is Delilah's still around on Lincoln?

I miss going out in Chicago, so much better than going out in LA

[no name 1]

Now that would not surprise me - there is another citysearch comment comparing it to the bar in Mos Eisley in star Wars. Sounds about right. Is Delilah's still around on Lincoln?

I miss going out in Chicago, so much better than going out in LA

I miss taxis.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I suppose you could take a taxi to Hollywood from where you live - it would cost something like $50 each way!

[no name 1]

I suppose you could take a taxi to Hollywood from where you live - it would cost something like $50 each way!

Yeah.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

There's the taxi, and then there's the 'tude - if I went out locally to, say, Abbott Kinney, I might suffocate from all the self-conscious hipster fauxhemian vibe. You could say the same thing about a lot of places in NYC. Chicago people (for the most part, in my experience) just know how to get drunk and have a good time.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Robin -- do you mean there's nowhere good to go out and just get drunk and have a good time in LA?

*starts hyperventilating*

dev -- any thoughts on this?

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

No, I don't believe it. I know that there are at least *some* Irish people in LA (Irish people, not the makey-uppey Irish-American people who pronounce their own names wrong) and they have survived. So there must be a way to go out and get drunk and have some fun without having to go to a silly poser club or something.

There just has to be.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Robin -- do you mean there's nowhere good to go out and just get drunk and have a good time in LA?

*starts hyperventilating*

dev -- any thoughts on this?

oh there is - it's just you gotta live near them! Venice (where I live) is surprisingly dead though.

I have the solution to this problem, however - maven and poiteen have to move to within a $10 taxi journey of me and D. If nothing else, you will not be without drinking buddies

Edited April 15, 2008 by rkl57

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

No, I don't believe it. I know that there are at least *some* Irish people in LA (Irish people, not the makey-uppey Irish-American people who pronounce their own names wrong) and they have survived. So there must be a way to go out and get drunk and have some fun without having to go to a silly poser club or something.

There just has to be.

Poiteen, I think Robin's right about this. We have no choice but to 1) have a weird UK VJ enclave in LA and 2) open a speakeasy for VJ folk only.

To enter, knock three times and whisper the secret password, which is of course: DUVET.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I can honestly say the only time I have been flootered since I moved here was when an ex-colleague was staying at the Roosevelt on business and we went out on Sunset and behaved outrageously (we got kicked out of the saddle ranch - don't ask) and I was able to crash on the floor of her hotel room.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

I can honestly say the only time I have been flootered since I moved here was when an ex-colleague was staying at the Roosevelt on business and we went out on Sunset and behaved outrageously (we got kicked out of the saddle ranch - don't ask) and I was able to crash on the floor of her hotel room.

Love it! Must remember that one as an ace synonym.

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

see I knew there was a reason all the Irish people always stick together, and open their own bars (it's just a pity they don't resemble pubs in Ireland or the UK)

I can honestly say the only time I have been flootered since I moved here was when an ex-colleague was staying at the Roosevelt on business and we went out on Sunset and behaved outrageously (we got kicked out of the saddle ranch - don't ask) and I was able to crash on the floor of her hotel room.

now if you were from my neck of the woods, you would have spelled it fluthered.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

flootered is an excellent word and should be used frequently! I never heard fluthered before - gotta start working it in my vocabularly.

Now for English pubs, in our neck of the woods there is the King's Head - sometimes the expat celebrity can be spotted here (I have seen Johnny Lee Miller and Damian Lewis), but it seems generally more favored by middle-aged Scouser expats. I beer can be a bit flat and sometimes I am less than satisfied with my food.

http://www.yeoldekingshead.com/

There is the ####### and Bull - favored for watching the football. It's run by Irish people I think. Favored by the Scouser expats who look like they may have been to prison, but generally a mixed crowd. Sometimes if you ignore the weather outside, you could pretend it was a night out in Essex, but they do salsa dancing on the weekend which undermines that slightly. the foor looks terrible, I;ve never tried it but the beer is good

http://losangeles.citysearch.com/profile/163743

for irish pubs, there there is finn mccool's

http://losangeles.citysearch.com/profile/163704?raid=2641199

and O'brian

http://losangeles.citysearch.com/profile/1...restaurant.html

both of these are on Main Street in Santa Monica. Both kind of plastic paddy, though Finn McCools is run by an Irishman and the bar staff are Irish. Food at Finn McCool's is pretty decent, though they have things like "irish quesadillas" Not the most hopping places, and have a certain frat boy element to them, but generally good - I've done more afternoon drinking here than evening.

My favorite LA English pub is the Cat and Fiddle (rumored to be favored by Morrissey when he lived in LA) on Sunset in Hollywood. Good beer and wine and food and the courtyard is a very agreeable place to have a few lagers. Unforuntately, I always have to limit it to a few, because I have to drive home!

http://www.thecatandfiddle.com/

[no name 1]

My favorite LA English pub is the Cat and Fiddle (rumored to be favored by Morrissey when he lived in LA) on Sunset in Hollywood. Good beer and wine and food and the courtyard is a very agreeable place to have a few lagers. Unforuntately, I always have to limit it to a few, because I have to drive home!

http://www.thecatandfiddle.com/

I love the kitty & the fiddle! Sadly, a $50 cab ride for me, and more for R.

There's plenty of places to get drunk (I could easily get schnockered at Backstage, R) but it's just that you have to plan in advance & take cabs - which are not cheap.

I can walk to several kick a$$ divey bars.

Edited April 15, 2008 by illumine

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

oh no we killed the thread

anyone got an equivilent for More4 in america??

or for that matter any of the TV channels. I already miss RTE2 from Ireland. I'm soon going to miss a whole new set of channels. Is the BBC iPlayer still only for IP addresses in the UK?