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• BEST TRAIL THAT INCLUDES WATERFALLS AND ISN'T ON FIRE

  Winding Way

  Thanks to the recent mountain inferno, these days you'll find fewer areas to hike. So while Switzer Falls isn't likely to be in great shape, Malibu is not on fire (for now), so gear up! About five miles north of Pepperdine, and just south of Point Dume, is a small road called Winding Way. You have to park just off… More >>

• BEST WAY TO GO HOLLYWOOD

  Hollywood Sign Trail

  Many years ago, in 2000, the Hollywood sign was lit up — some say poorly — for the millennium celebrations that were taking place around the world on New Year's Eve. In Paris, New York, London and other world-class cities, celebrants were dazzled by light shows and fireworks. L.A. managed only to shine a few laser beams at our most-renowned… More >>

• BEST HIKE TO KILL YOUR DOG

  Griffith Park

  Pick a really hot day. Go ahead, have a long, languid breakfast at the Alcove with your girlfriend and her mother, thereby ensuring that the sun is well overhead. Take excited and unsuspecting black-haired dog to Griffith Park (his favorite place) even though you know he doesn't really take to the sun. Do not, repeat, do not bring water, thinking… More >>

• BEST HIKE TO THE OTHER SIDE

  Ski Hut Trail from Manker Flats

  The highest point in L.A. County is Mt. Baldy (officially known as Mt. San Antonio). The most serious trail up the summit is the so-called Ski Hut Trail from Manker Flats. You start at approximately 6,000 feet and gain 3,900 vertical feet in the next 4.2 miles. This calculates to a mind-blowing 928 feet of elevation gain per mile. To… More >>

• BEST HIKE IN YOUR JUICY COUTURE

  Temescal Canyon Trail

  The Temescal Canyon Trail is a great little trek and a nice alternative to a hardcore survivalist hike. You are more likely to see hikers dressed in Juicy Couture than REI in this neighborhood hike for the well-heeled denizens of Pacific Palisades. Alas, you may not find the same esprit de corps of the hikers one encounters deep in the… More >>

• BEST PUBLIC BATHING

  Hankook Sauna and Spa

  Bathing, particularly in public, is the tradition of the Koreans, the Japanese, and the Turks. Getting naked with a bunch of locals and scrubbing the dead out of your skin is not an American pastime, not because it involves socializing or cleanliness or water, but because people here tend to prefer to be seen traipsing around in blue jeans and… More >>