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Hotel Normandie vs Hotel Roosevelt?
Roosevelt would obvi… I'm planning a solo trip to LA for February, I'll be doing 4 days in Vegas then 4/5 in SF then 5/6 in LA, and I'm currently facing a choice paralysis trying to decide on a hotel!
Roosevelt would obviously be my choice in a perfect world, location wise, history etc. my trip is going to be very Hollywood history centric. But the Normandie looks really good and classic Hollywood style too and for more than half the price... £500 vs £1200 for 5 nights! But the issue with the Normandie is the location, the things at the top of my list are studio tours and Academy/Grammy museums which Roosevelt is more convenient for, and I've read not so great things about the public transport, so I don't know if the Roosevelt would save on the hassle and costs of transport.
I'm also trying to decide between 4/6 nights in SF and LA or staying 5/5 - ideally I think I'd like 6 as there is more to do in LA for me, but that would rule out the Roosevelt as it'd push the price to £1500. Or even trimming my Vegas trip to 3 days as I'm only really going for concerts and don't love the idea of being there alone for too long.
It's a tricky one and I'm feeling under time pressure now, what would you guys recommend? Is it worth saving my money and staying at the Normandie or should I go with being in and about the action in Hollywood?
ngl i'd do 3 nights in vegas and put that extra night towards LA with the Roosevelt. the grammy museum is in dtla which is like a 15 min uber from both hotels anyway, but from the Roosevelt you can walk to the Hollywood Museum and the Max Factor building which are both worth it for a history buff. the Normandie is fine but you'll waste time and money on ubers to all the hollywood stuff and that walk to the purple line from wilshire is doable but not great at night alone. if you book the Roosevelt on a weekday in february it might be closer to $200 a night, check their direct site or a flexible rate
yeah honestly koreatown where normandie is has way better food than hollywood anyway, you'll be eating well. and the red line goes straight from koreatown to universal studios if you're doing that tour, super easy
honestly if you're doing 6 days in LA and hollywood history is your thing, i'd say go Normandie and use the savings on ubers. the Roosevelt is cool but you're paying a premium for the pool and the bar scene, not the history. the Normandie is actually more old-school hollywood vibes in my opinion, it's where a lot of writers and musicians stayed back in the day. you can uber to the museums and studio tours for like $10-15 each way from koreatown, and the metro purple line is a 10 min walk from the Normandie if you want to save a couple bucks. the Roosevelt's location is walkable to the walk of fame and the chinese theatre but honestly that stretch of hollywood blvd gets sketchy at night and you'll prob still uber to the grammy museum anyway since it's downtown. so you're not really saving that much hassle imo
How can I find mobile hot dog vendors for a private event?
honestly the SGV has a ton of licensed cart operators who mostly do private stuff now. look up "hot dog cart catering San Gabriel Valley" on Yelp and you'll get a handful that are fully permitted, which matters if your venue needs a health permit on file. expect around $400 to $700 for a few hours plus a per person minimum, usually 50 or so. the ones based in Alhambra and Rosemead tend to be cheaper than Pasadena because they're not paying that rent.
fwiw the county health dept keeps a public list of permitted mobile food operators, its searchable by city on the LA County Public Health site. filter for "pushcart" or "MFF" and you'll get vendors cleared for SGV zip codes, which saves you the headache of a venue asking for paperwork later. also worth checking with the Old Town Monrovia or Alhambra farmers market folks, the carts there are usually booked solid but they know who's free and they'll pass along names. just dont wait till the last week, good ones book out 2 to 3 weeks in teh summer.
You could try hitting up the folks who set up outside Home Depot or the DMV in El Monte on weekends, a lot of those carts are owner operated and they'll do private gigs if you ask. Just walk up and grab a card, they usually have one taped to the cart.