There's something incredibly gritty about LA. It's the kind of city where anything can happen at any time. From the glitz and glamour of Beverly Hills and the more Europhile, laid-back beach life of Santa Monica, to the charm of the Hollywood Hills and the bars of Sunset Strip, Los Angeles sprawls from Downtown all the way to the ocean. There's a lot more to LA than Hollywood and its associated trappings. Discover a myriad of ethnic communities, each with their own lip-smacking cuisine, get down at pool parties that are a hedonist's heaven or hang out at the beach and watch the surfer chicks and dudes strut their stuff.