Pacific Park Papers

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Searching for Santa Monica date ideas and feeling more than a little overwhelmed? We get it. It can be tough to choose from so many creative date ideas in Los Angeles. You love exploring Santa Monica, but you’re looking for one place that has it all—enough fun, magic, and romance to make your date a […]

Smorgasburg is a pop up food market where small eateries and chefs set up for a day of dining, tasting, and celebrating the diverse culinary scene of Los Angeles with emerging chefs and unique dishes. The weekly food festival began as offshoot of a funky, hip craft market in an industrial part of Williamsburg, a […]

I recently took a trip to Southern California and couldn’t pass up the chance to visit the Santa Monica Pier to ride the West Coaster, which has to be one of the most frequently filmed roller coasters in the U.S. It was surreal to be standing at a place that I’ve seen on screen so […]