Hollywood Bowl

If everything works out as I hope, I will be leaving the LA area by late this year/early next year. I'm not the biggest fan of Los Angeles. It's incredibly smoggy, there is traffic 24/7, and everything is spread apart way too much. On the plus side, no other city save NYC can match LA in things to do. So I decided to make a list of things to do before I leave LA. One of those things was the Hollywood Bowl.

Last Wednesday, I worked out of the Downtown office, and since traffic going east is horrendous after work, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to cross the Hollywood Bowl off my list. So after work, I walked over to Union Station and took the red line to Hollywood/Highland. Although it is a pretty leisurely walk to the Bowl, there is also a shuttle service that takes you there. I got one of the 8 dollar seats in the back. Normally, I am all about the cheap seats, but these were a wee bit too far. Next time I go I will probably pay the extra five dollars to move up one section. On the plus side, I had a whole row to myself, and I could stretch out in comfort.

The performance of the night was Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand performed by the LA Philharmonic, LA Master Chorale, and the LA Children's Chorus. Although it wasn't the best symphony I've heard, it was still beautiful. The piece was extremely complicated but somehow the multiple components seemed to fuse together perfectly.

All in all, I would highly recommend the Hollywood Bowl to anyone. The acoustics aren't the best but that could be because I sat about seven thousand yards away. This would be nice place to take a date. They let you bring your own food in, so it would be nice to have a little picnic, relax, and listen to some classical music. Too bad I don't know any girls and too bad I'm too chicken shit to do anything about it.