Where to stay in LA (also a thread of Alexes)

alexshred420 · Post by **alexshred420** » Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:03 am

This is wayyyy in advance, but Sasha and I are going to road trip down to LA for her PSU Spring Break to GTFO of Portland for a bit in March. I'll be working remotely. We have been/will be very safe re: COVID and are looking for an inexpensive or free place to stay.

Anybody know of an ADU or spare bedroom type situation?

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:01 am

The homies [mention]alex[/mention] and [mention]lake[/mention] have a lil backhouse! Do you have their email?

alex · Post by **alex** » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:47 am

This [mention]alex[/mention] does not have a backhouse nor live in LA, not sure about any others

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:49 am

Sorry I meant [mention]mrbrown[/mention] whose name is also Alex! We are dealing with an ABUDANCE of Alexes here

alexshred420 · Post by **alexshred420** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 9:17 am

That IS a lot of Alexes. "Alexes, play that one song by Blonde Redhead about Alex"

Thanks for the tip, I'll email Mr Brown!

alex · Post by **alex** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 9:46 am

Lol [mention]alexshred420[/mention]

RCH · Post by **RCH** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:16 am

Bonus: Sasha is a nickname for Alexander or Alexandra in Russian

(Another cute nickname from Sasha is Sashenka, pronounced SOSH-yen-ka)

alex · Post by **alex** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:24 am

I was almost called Sasha by my parents instead of Alex

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:57 am

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:14 am

Should we just use this thread to discuss notable Alexes from history?

First famous Alex who comes to mind is Alex Shulgin, commonly known to his friends as Sasha, a biochemist most famous for introducing MDMA into psychopharmaceutical use, and author of one of the great books of this tripper's canon, PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Shulgin

alexshred420 · Post by **alexshred420** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:29 am

Is it bad that Alex Jones was the first famous Alex that came to mind? Fuck that dude.

Here's the first famous Alex
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great

It's crazy that he died/was poisoned at 32. He did so much war so young!

willowowow · Post by **willowowow** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:56 am

My cousin is Alexander and goes by Sasha- we are Russian Jews on my mom's side.

m o l l y · Post by **m o l l y** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 10:31 am

I have a half-Ukrainian friend here in Belgium called Alexander Popowycz. We call him Popo but I will call him Sasha starting next time!

alexshred420 · Post by **alexshred420** » Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:20 pm

Should I book this place y/n:
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/plus/11187 ... zW2Cxb1blG

meadows · Post by **meadows** » Fri Oct 23, 2020 4:14 pm

that looks really nice

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Fri Oct 23, 2020 7:22 pm

Looks like it’s real close to the freeway! But for a short visit that might be more of a feature than a bug

alex · Post by **alex** » Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:52 pm

What are you doing here

alexshred420 · Post by **alexshred420** » Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:33 am

[mention]alex[/mention] Mostly just visiting all of our friends who moved to LA in the past decade and some who are imminently moving there.

alexshred420 · Post by **alexshred420** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:43 pm

Booked it! Going to be in LA from March 22-26. Let's social distance, Angelenos?

Socially distanced Guerrilla Happy Hour in somebody's yard where [mention]kmikeym[/mention] and I Square cash you a dollar per glass of wine you drink? I dunno.

alexshred420 · Post by **alexshred420** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:50 pm

Also I have a question about LA: Why are places like Silverlake/Glassell Park etc sometimes referred to as "East LA" when they are north, and sometimes even west, of downtown? Shouldn't the areas EAST of downtown be East LA?

Update just found this:
https://laist.com/projects/how-to-la/un ... /eastside/

yourfriendclaire · Post by **yourfriendclaire** » Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:22 pm

East/West is highly contentious! Generally speaking "Eastside" really just means "gentrified neighborhoods that are East-ish," i.e. Silverlake, Echo Park, Highland Park, Glassell, Atwater, etc. Sometimes also referred to (by real estate agents) as NELA, Northeast LA.

As this LAist article correctly points out actual East LA long predates this more casual "Eastside" nomenclature.

West is also confusing because "West LA" is a neighborhood (boundaries unofficial, but basically Sawtelle zones bisected by the 405?) distinct from the larger Westside, which is (also contentious) West of the 405 or La Cienega.

LA is big

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