{"id":1330,"date":"2008-10-26T11:30:05","date_gmt":"2008-10-26T16:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/womantalk.wordpress.com\/?p=1330"},"modified":"2008-10-26T11:30:05","modified_gmt":"2008-10-26T16:30:05","slug":"the-gentler-side-of-downtown-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/?p=1330","title":{"rendered":"The Gentler Side of Downtown LA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9kLw8lJLwKY]<\/p>\n<p>Chad, Christian, and I took the Metrolink train from Irvine to LA Union again. I think it will become a regular thing because we always enjoy ourselves so thoroughly &#8211; besides the fact that we get to see art which I can write about for extra cash. We learned that there is no 8:29 am train from Irvine to LA; it&#8217;s a train just to Orange &#8211; so we have to either take the 7:10 am or the 10:37 am to get all the way to LA. We opted for the earlier train as we like to catch the 4:30 train home (the only train after that is 8:45pm).<\/p>\n<p>We also discovered that our Metrolink ticket can be used all day long as a free Metro pass (normally $5). Bonus! We also had a complimentary lunch at the Omni Hotel &#8211; so it was a low-cost, but visually stimulating day.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i108.photobucket.com\/albums\/n18\/womantalk\/Picture695.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">We usually take a breather at Union Station.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i108.photobucket.com\/albums\/n18\/womantalk\/Picture681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown LA<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i108.photobucket.com\/albums\/n18\/womantalk\/Picture679.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Near the library tower<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i108.photobucket.com\/albums\/n18\/womantalk\/Picture678.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">What we call the library tower, although the library is actually in an adjacent building.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i108.photobucket.com\/albums\/n18\/womantalk\/Picture682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walt Disney Concert Hall<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i108.photobucket.com\/albums\/n18\/womantalk\/Picture684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Bock&#39;s installation at Redcat.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i108.photobucket.com\/albums\/n18\/womantalk\/Picture689.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">which was accompanied by a film.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i108.photobucket.com\/albums\/n18\/womantalk\/Picture694.jpg\" alt=\"Courthouse\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courthouse<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i108.photobucket.com\/albums\/n18\/womantalk\/Picture691.jpg\" alt=\"Green hideaway by the courthouse.\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Green hideaway by the courthouse.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i108.photobucket.com\/albums\/n18\/womantalk\/Picture697.jpg\" alt=\"Waiting for the train home.\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waiting for the train home.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9kLw8lJLwKY] Chad, Christian, and I took the Metrolink train from Irvine to LA Union again. I think it will become a regular thing because we always enjoy ourselves so thoroughly &#8211; besides the fact that we get to see art &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/?p=1330\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-los-angeles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}