Los Angeles California

Known as the City of Angels, Los Angeles, California is the largest city in the state and the second-largest in the United States. The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metropolitan area is home to 13 million people. The Greater Los Angeles Area encompasses 5 counties and an estimated 18 million people.

Los Angeles, often abbreviated to L.A., is one of the world's centers of culture, science, technology, international trade and higher education. L.A.'s global fame and international status stem from the city's production of motion pictures, television and recorded music.

Los Angeles has globally famous landmarks such as Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Disney Concert Hall, Kodak Theater, Griffith Observatory, Getty Center, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angelels County Museum of Art, Mann's Chinese Theater, the Hollywood sign, Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles City Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Watts Towers, Staples Center and La Placita Olvera.

L.A.'s night life includes hot spots such as Downtown Los Angeles, Silver Lake, Hollywood and West Hollywood, which is the home of the world-famous Sunset Strip. Some popular clubs and bars include Fantasy Club, 2nd Street Jazz, Weiland Brewery Restaurant, Jones Grain Mill, Club Soho, Club Bahia Inc., La Hacienda Real, Mayan Night Club and La Zona Rosa.

Shopping in Los Angeles is second to none. Some of the most well known shopping areas are the Hollywood and Highland complex, the Beverly Center, Melrose Avenue, Robertson Boulevard, The Grove, Westside Pavillion, The Promenade at Howard Hughes Center and Venice Boardwalk.

The Hollywood and Highlands Center includes stores such as ALDO, American Eagle Outfitters, Ann Taylor Loft, Apostrophe Cards & Stationary, Argenti Cigars & Tobacco, Aveda, Baly's, bebe, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Claire's Boutique, Express, Fossil, Gap, Grauman's Chinese 6 Theatres Box Office, Hot Topic, Kodak Theatre Box Office, Le Cloquette Couture, Louis Vuitton, Lucky Brand Jeans, Neighborhoodies, Nine West, Oakley, Origins, Polo Ralph Lauren, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Sephora, Swarovski, Venetian Design, Victoria's Secret and Virgin Megastore.

Melrose Avenue has glamorous shopping at trendsetting stores such as Betsey Johnson, Cynthia Rowley, Jonathan Adler, Miu Miu, Soolip Paperie and Press, Soolip Bungalow and Fred Segal Melrose. Hardly a day goes by without seeing the faces of A-list celebrities walking through the doors to buy the latest fashion.

Popular stores such as Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Robeks, Firefly, Popkiller Second, Dish Factory, Suss Design Retail, Guess?, Art Cruz Retail, B Dalton Bookseller, Valley Book &