What better time is there to explore Los Angeles than in the summer? Because let’s face it–everything is better in the summertime. We’ve created the ultimate bucket list with 50 things you can do to have a kickass summer. Learn how to get into hotel pools (legally.) Listen to A Girl in LA’s beachside Playlist. Start planning the picture-perfect Fourth of July. Have a bonfire on the beach and make some bacon S’mores. Whether you’re looking for date night ideas, places to go with friends or things to do with your kids, you can find it all right here. It’s time to try something new and create some incredible memories this summer!
Attend an outside concert at The Hollywood Bowl, Santa Monica Pier, or a free concert at Grand Park.
Build the perfect sandcastle.
Pick fresh flowers at The LA Flower Market.
Host a BBQ.
Pretend to be a guest your favorite hotel and use their pool and spa without actually booking a room (starting as low as $15 per day).
Attend a sample sale to score designer labels up to 80% off retail prices.
Head to Santa Monica and alternate between spending time on the sand and swimming in the Annenberg Community Pool.
Ride a Ferris Wheel at the Santa Monica Pier.
Collect seashells and get crafty making a seashell box or candle.
Spend some time browsing at The Last Bookstore.
Make tie-dye shirts.
Go shopping at the Rose Bowl or Fairfax Flea Market.
Create the perfect beach playlist.
Catch fireflies.
Attend a music festival like Burning Man, Ohana Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival, Life is Beautiful, Arroyo Seco Weekend, Fools Gold Day Off, Echo Park Rising, FYF Fest, Kaaboo, The Classic West, Mad Decent Block Party, Hard Summer or Outside Lands.
Make homemade strawberry lemonade.
Take surfing lessons or watch a surf competition.
Go horseback riding at Sunset Stables.
Go on an East LA Taco Crawl.
Take your workouts outside and go for a run or a hike.
Get your friends and family together for an outside movie.
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Spend the day at Paradise Cove where endless movies and TV shows have been filmed and eat at the beach cafe.
Pick the perfect Summer 2017 song and make a photo collage to it at the end of the summer.
Buy fresh fruit and veggies at The Original Farmers Market.
Make bacon s’mores by the campfire or at Dockweiler State Beach.
Have dinner at Grand Central Market.
Check out one of Los Angeles’s many caves, like the “Bat Cave”.
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Feel like you’ve left LA and gone to Mexico by spending a day walking around Olvera Street.
Go parasailing.
Find the ideal spot to watch the Fourth of July fireworks.
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Take Instagram worthy #sunset pictures on a rooftop or at the beach.
Spend a hot summer day in an air conditioned museum.
Start a cactus collection.
Host a summertime Soriee and create the perfect menu.
Go on a boat ride.
Take a trip to Catalina.
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Spend a lazy Sunday going from estate sale to estate sale.
Book a backlot VIP tour of Warner Brothers Studios.
Make this amazing and guiltless, dragon fruit bowl for breakfast or an after workout snack.
Host a summertime movie night and stream the movie outside.
Update your summer makeup and toss out the old.
Treat yourself to something new from A Girl in LA’s must have summer shopping guide.
Xx. Kristie