Thoughts on Californism Part III

Here's some type of Best Of to do list:
Best food: Burma Superstar
Like I said before, never had food as tasty as that. And the fact that you have a common table and everyone can eat from the dish of the other person and..just go there, best thing ever.
Best fastfood: In-N-Out
Despite Fatburger, Carl's Jr and whatever else, In-N-Out still rules in terms of freshness and taste.
Best sand: Venice Beach
Well, Venice...washed out, but what can I do? Still the best place to swim, surf and everything else.
Best place to avoid: malls and outlets
Don't waste your time going there, even if you are into shopping.
Best coffee: Peet's Coffee
Whoever told you that there is no good coffee in the US has been lying. Peet's ist just as good of a coffee as you can get outside of Italy. I personally can't think of an Austrian coffee shop or café serving better coffee. It's not all Strabugs.
Good city to visit if you stay off the redneck areas:
San Diego(Don't miss out on Balboa Park)
Best channel(TV): ESPN
I wished all US channels were like ESPN and that ESPN would show some European football too. But really, the people who work for them, apart of Stephen A. Smith, really know their sports, unlike European(German) Sports channels were mainly people talk lots of blabla not worth the money. But watching ESPN is one of the better things you can do, as there's probably no sports channel almost as good as them.
Best channel(radio): NPR
NPR is the one perfect channel. It has great in depth analysis on politics and news, it plays decent music, it's hosted by people with some sense of humour not taking themselves too serious(unlike an Austrian "alternative" channel) and you can basically listen to them all day. Make sure to download the excellent podcasts as well, specially All Things Considered.

Some other things to see include the Amoeba music store, The Getty, Downtown L.A., Fisherman's Wharf(but mainly for the seafood/only if you like seafood) and Berkeley. I haven't done all of that yet though, you got to keep something open for next time.