It is a huge mall just outside LA to the north. Where all the locals go shopping and all the usual suspects can be found there, as well as great eating options. It is the sort of place you imagine when you think of an American mall - much better than the (outside) Grove though, admittedly, a drive away.

On the way back to LA you can cut left and drive back down Mulholland Drive as well.

www.westfield.com/topanga/index.html

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Los Angeles is great for vintage/retro clothing, and these two stores, right across the road from each other in Venice Beach, are definitely worth a visit. Aaardvark has plenty of retro T-shirts, shirts and suits, while Gotta Have it has more dresses, vintage knitwear and accessories.

Gotta Have It
1516 Pacific Ave.
Venice, CA 90291
Aaardvark's Vintage Clothing
85 Market St.
Venice, CA 90291

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If you are staying at a hotel in LA they can organise for one of the many bus companies running shopping trips to Mexico to come and take you for the day. It's a long day out for the return trip to Tijuana, Mexico.

Cost?
Varies but allow USD$40-$50 return

Why go?
Tijuana is a paradise for bargain shoppers! Browse for leather goods, clothing, jewellery, pottery & more.

Note - a multiple-entry visa and passport are required for non-U.S. or non-Canadian citizens.

Tijuana Mexico - south of the border

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I love this store, it sells everything from electronic items to fashionable very reasonably priced clothes and shoes. I lived in Long Beach for 16 years and went here weekly as do the majority of americans!

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A great place to see the cool and relaxed side of the busy city. It’s best at weekends, if you have never seen a mum pushing her child in a buggy while rollerblading, this is the place to go. Street markets and entertainers abound and the whole atmosphere is friendly.

Head north-west up the coast and you can't miss it.

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Try going on a Saturday night for Karaoke night, really over-the-top OAPs getting down to some of the worst singing you've ever heard. Go REALLY early to get a seat (5.30pm)

Great food, dozens of different open-air restaurants. Argentinian, Middle Eastern, incredible Mexican, Creole, Chinese, French, diners, bars, everything.

You can also buy truly hideous souvenirs here, snow globes with palm trees, bare-breasted salt and pepper shakers, kittens made of rabbit fur (eeek!) deeply un-chic, and perfect gifts for your boss.

It's next to the newer open-air shopping mall called "The Grove", as in Coconut, I expect, not Notting Hill. There you can find a big department store and tons of Gap, Crate and Barrel, Anthropologie type shops.

Great inexpensive day and or evening out.

On the corner of Fairfax and Third

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Little Saigon has some fine gold outlets if you're ooking for a nice 18, 22 or 24 crt gold piece.

It is in Westminster - Orange County. Close to Garden Grove.

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If you are looking for caps, sneakers, hip hop clothes or want your nails done (ladies) then this a must visit place. Looking for a superfly suit?

Slauson Avenue. It is closer if you get off from the I-5.
Tel: 323 778 6055 1600

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If you are obsessed with cinema this is the store filled to the rafters with the books of your dreams.

Hollywood Blvd. across from Musso & Frank's Grill.
www.larryedmunds.com

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A Mexican market. It's bustling, fun, great atmosphere. And while there, you can visit the oldest house in LA (on the same street) and walk around the grounds of the beautiful church nearby. When I was there, there were also street performers in the square at the end of the street. You really feel like you've not only left LA, but left the country! It's great - by far the best LA experience I had.

www.olvera-street.com/

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Tourists head to Rodeo Drive hoping to see the celebs shopping, and all they find are other tourists. That is because the real stars are shopping on Robertson Blvd in West Hollywood.

Go to the Newsroom Cafe for a very reasonably priced brunch or lunch and settle down for a spot of celebrity watching.

120 N Robertson Blvd (Between Beverly Blvd. and 3rd Street) Los Angeles, CA 90048

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Possibly the world's best record store, this place has hundreds of thousands of records, CDs, posters and more, new and used, and I have spent many hours sifting through the endless aisles of every genre, picking up obscurities, bargains and the general good vibe of the store.

Sunset Blvd, CA

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