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40 Awesome Things You Do in Los Angeles When You’re Hanging Out With The Love of Your Life

August 5, 2015 by Brian Champlin

As I look back on the journey of We Like L.A. over roughly the past two years I feel like like the luckiest guy on the face of the earth. And it has nothing to do with site traffic or social shares or email subscriber growth, but rather it’s about the unique opportunity I’ve had to work on a project day in, day out with the person I’ve grown to love the most in the world.

Granted, it’s not always easy to be on clock while simultaneously cohabitating with someone (there’s no such thing as leaving work at the office…), but I’ve found the rewards to be incomparable.

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Case in point, I was browsing through our Instagram account the other day and I was astounded to see just how many things Christina and I have been able to experience together. Quite literally, it was all there, like a neat little social media time capsule documenting all the cool stuff we’ve been able to do together and places around the city we’ve explored.

With that in mind, I had a notion I might share a chronological overview of some of those experiences, blog post style, hopefully in the process inspiring a few ideas about how you (our reader) might explore L.A. with the love in your life.

It’s almost like watching a diary of the evolution of our relationship.

And this is how it starts…

(btw, we just started a Snapchat account welikela if you want to add us there and follow along as the adventure continues)

1. Go on a cruise in Marina Del Rey

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2. Have a fancy dinner night

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3. See Shakespeare in The Park

4. Sing karaoke together in K-Town

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5. Have a random guy in a coffee shop gift you tickets to the Dodgers (or you could just buy the tickets yourself…)

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6. See Patton Oswalt read Moby Dick

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7. Eat (many, many , many times) at L.A. food trucks

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8. Go to The Hollywood Bowl Together

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9. Watch the Rose Parade together

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10. Catch an amazing sunset at the Getty

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11. Attend a Lakers game together

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12. Run a 5k together

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13. Move out of your old place (and move in together)

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14. Attend a wake for the Riverside Bridge

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15. See a Sunken City

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16. See dinosaur bones at NHM

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17. Climb the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook

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18.Go to the LA Zoo together

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19. Add a new member to your team (thanks Pasadena Humane Society)

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20. Hang out at a Rooftop Bar Together

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21. Dress up for the Reddit Halloween party (Indiana Jones and Short Round FYI)

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22. Eat chicken and waffles after hiking in Griffith Park

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23. Go shopping for vintage sodas

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24. Stay home on a Saturday night and work on your dream together

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25. Try to look cool (but mostly fail) while posing for Instagrams

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26. Organize a BIG group hike to the Hollywood Sign

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27. Go on late night foodie excursions

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28. Have life remind you about how short your partner is at Trader Joe’s

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29. Read notes at The Wisdom Tree

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30. Walk in a Big Parade

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31. Eat (lots of) ice cream together

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32. Take pictures of L.A. street art

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33. Hike with Ranger Ernie to Amir’s Garden

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34. Party on a boat

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35. See an outdoor movie screening together

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36. See The Chandelier Tree together

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37. Get caught in a thunderstorm (yes, those occasionally happen in L.A.)

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38. Try lots of new restaurants together

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39. Make new friends together

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40. More than anything, you just laugh together at the absurdity of Los Angeles

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I guess it just goes to show the most important thing is it’s not what you’re doing, it’s who you’re doing it with.

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Love you Babe.

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