3rd street promenade in santa monica, basically for shopping, but for good food as well, and there´s a mac-store too! get some "organic" food (whatever that means...) in famima, asian style stuff, ready to eat or to go, sushi in the evening in a box, just 7$...tastes great! there´s an amazing bookstore at the end of 3rd, forgot the name, i have to get there and every night you meet "artists", people entertaining, dancing, makin music and selling their cd´s, little girls of 5 singin and actin like a diva...