If you live in LA, here are some of the things one must experience to expose one’s mind to new ideas and fresh thoughts

• Visit Annenberg space for photography for delightful photo exhibitions
• Get membership to CA Science Center(CASC) – Some of the best IMAX movies of our time regularly open at CASC not to mention finest hsitory and science exhibits from around  the world. (Eg: Pompeii exhibit at the CASC)
• Everyone goes to Catalina but visit Channel islands for a quieter natural experience. Snorkeling is must do here not so much for the fish and corals but for the thrill of hanging by a sharp cliff of secluded small island.
• Hammer museum is a little gem right by UCLA deserving more attention than it gets.
• Drive by HW 210 E and 2 South on a crisp morning with LA National Forest on one end and many small and large communities sprinkled on hills with LA skyscrapers in the distance.
• Jog by Santa Monica Beach.
• Full Moon Hike in Pacific Palisades – This is one of the rare spots in the middle of metropolitan city and yet one can easily get scared in the darkness of the forest. Hike ends with a dramatic view of moon light shimmering on the pacific ocean.
• Full Moon Hike in Griffith Park – This is a guided hike with park rangers. Its a fine group experience.
• Stroll on main street in Santa Monica for small, cosy boutique stores to find trinkets unimagined.
• Visit Japanese American museum – You are sure to be astonished by Japanese history in America. I bet most people don’t know how xenophobic everyone was in the 30s and 40s so much so that there were encampments even under otherwise progressive government of FDR.
• GETTY & LACMA are staple diets for LA museum scene. Won’t write more on these two.
• Watch a drama at GETTY Villa Roman theater. This theater is in a nook on a hillock with views of ocean in the upper reaches and a fine roman theater as a backdrop.