Fridays off the 405 at the Getty … Repost

Sunset at the Getty, Photo by djsoren

One of my favorite things to do in Los Angeles is to go to the Getty Centers’s Fridays off the 405. (see my previous post here) I’ve only been once but it’s great. I mean it’s not like a club or a big party or anything like that, it’s just a really relaxed low key spot to chill out on your way home after a busy week.

Happening once a month all year long, it’s the perfect place to meet up with a group of friends to kind of get the weekend started off right. Take off work early, take the tram up the hill to the Getty, get a drink at one of the several cash bars, watch the sun set while listening to some live music, wonder around the galleries and just breathe. (I mean after all you are above the smog line) It’s a desperately pretty view. Just the perfect night really.

Photo by RayReadyRay

The Getty Center is one of my favorite Los Angeles escapes. You can escape LA without having to actually leave it. The art collections aren’t that great, but they sometimes have some great traveling exhibits and combine the architecture of the place and the gardens and it really makes it well worth while.

Photo by Malingering

They also have several cafes and a white table cloth restaurant that I have read is very good. But it’s very expensive and hard to get into.

Here’s Gayot’s review.

“What you’ll get for your (top) dollar are table settings worthy of a museum and beautiful-to-behold contemporary cuisine presentations. Appetizers include carpaccio of seared ahi and crab timbale with gazpacho sauce, while entrées feature a porcini and artichoke risotto with onions, and seared big-eye tuna with horseradish potatoes and a roasted shallot vinaigrette. The view is the most breathtaking in L.A., especially at sunset.”

Yah did I mention the restaurant comes with a view overlooking the LA and the Pacific?

Photo by adamCL

Check out the event calendar at http://getty.edu/visit/calendar/ for when they are going on.

February has been canceled so the next one is March 16, 2007 from 6PM-9PM. Don’t know who the musical guest is yet. And it’s FREE except for parking which is $8. But everything else is free except the drinks. The music guest (which is usually a well know GOOD indie type artist) are always grand. Sometimes it’s a DJ sometimes it’s a whole band… sometimes there are two bands. Really, just, I’m done talking about it, just go!