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Where to stay in LA (also a thread of Alexes)
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:03 am
by alexshred420
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?
Re: Where to stay in LA
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:01 am
by yourfriendclaire
The homies [mention]alex[/mention] and [mention]lake[/mention] have a lil backhouse! Do you have their email?
Re: Where to stay in LA
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:47 am
by alex
This [mention]alex[/mention] does not have a backhouse nor live in LA, not sure about any others
Re: Where to stay in LA
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:49 am
by yourfriendclaire
Sorry I meant [mention]mrbrown[/mention] whose name is also Alex! We are dealing with an ABUDANCE of Alexes here
Re: Where to stay in LA
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 9:17 am
by alexshred420
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!
Re: Where to stay in LA
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 9:46 am
by alex
Lol [mention]alexshred420[/mention]
Re: Where to stay in LA
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:16 am
by RCH
Bonus: Sasha is a nickname for Alexander or Alexandra in Russian
(Another cute nickname from Sasha is Sashenka, pronounced SOSH-yen-ka)
Re: Where to stay in LA
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:24 am
by alex
I was almost called Sasha by my parents instead of Alex
Re: Where to stay in LA (also a thread of Alexes)
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:57 am
by m o l l y
Re: Where to stay in LA (also a thread of Alexes)
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:14 am
by yourfriendclaire
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
Re: Where to stay in LA (also a thread of Alexes)
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:29 am
by alexshred420
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!
Re: Where to stay in LA (also a thread of Alexes)
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:56 am
by willowowow
My cousin is Alexander and goes by Sasha- we are Russian Jews on my mom's side.
Re: Where to stay in LA (also a thread of Alexes)
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 10:31 am
by m o l l y
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!
Re: Where to stay in LA (also a thread of Alexes)
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:20 pm
by alexshred420
Re: Where to stay in LA (also a thread of Alexes)
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2020 4:14 pm
by meadows
that looks really nice
Re: Where to stay in LA (also a thread of Alexes)
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2020 7:22 pm
by yourfriendclaire
Looks like it’s real close to the freeway! But for a short visit that might be more of a feature than a bug
Re: Where to stay in LA (also a thread of Alexes)
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:52 pm
by alex
What are you doing here
Re: Where to stay in LA (also a thread of Alexes)
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:33 am
by alexshred420
[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.
Re: Where to stay in LA (also a thread of Alexes)
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:43 pm
by alexshred420
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.
Re: Where to stay in LA (also a thread of Alexes)
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:50 pm
by alexshred420
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/
Re: Where to stay in LA (also a thread of Alexes)
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:22 pm
by yourfriendclaire
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
