Being stuck at an airport is never any fun, whether it’s long ground time between flights, or a flight cancellation and serious delay.  Wandering an airport can be fun. . . for the first couple of hours, at least.  But when you’ve checked out every last gift shop, book store, restaurant or bar, and what have you, it’s easy to become bored to tears.
So what are you going to do?  Well, at LAX, if you have enough time to get away, you can leave the hustle and bustle of the airport and head to the beach!

he Ocean Express trolley service …read more

You can’t miss seeing it when you fly into (or out of) LAX.  Although it looks like something out of The Jetson’s, the Theme Building, home to the Encounter restaurant, is an oddly comforting sight.
The Theme Building is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Los Angeles.  It looks like a giant insect hovering over a building, and with its ever-changing lighting scheme, an alien insect at that.  Those parabolic arches are over 130 feet tall!
The building was originally completed in 1961, and housed a coffee shop where travelers could grab a quick meal.
A few years back, Walt Disney Imagineering …read more