As the second largest city in the United States, Los Angeles attracts millions of visitors from across the globe each year. The city boasts a temperate climate, a beautiful coastline and a bounty of celebrities and musicians. Late November greets visitors with temperatures in the low 70s, which are perfect for travel and exploration.
Morning Run
The beachside city of Santa Monica is just a 15-minute drive from Los Angeles, and is the perfect place to start to the active visitor's Thanksgiving Day. Its endless trails from the water to the hills provide for short and long distance runs. Popular runs begin at the Totem Pole along Pacific Coast Highway and include routes along San Vincente Boulevard and Rustic Canyon. A morning run in Santa Monica allows visitors to see the sites while they keep fit at the start of the day.
Thanksgiving Breakfast in Los Angeles
Once showered from your morning run in Santa Monica, head over to one of Los Angeles' Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf locations. Founded in 1963 by Herbert Hyman, the shop is now one of the largest family-owned coffee shops in the world. With 22 types of java and 20 kinds of tea, the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf will be the kick start to anyone's day. You may even catch a celebrity or two picking up their Thanksgiving Day lattes.
Discovering Disneyland
While Thanksgiving Week is generally filled with crowds at nearby Anaheim's Disneyland, insiders say that Thanksgiving Day is the best time to visit the Magic Kingdom. At over 300 acres and home to its own Half Marathon race each September, Walt Disney's renowned amusement park affords guests who are inclined to stay active during their vacation plenty of opportunities to walk. Disneyland's Main Street connects miles of the park to over 59 attractions, 29 eateries and a variety of shops.
Thanksgiving Dinner
Los Angeles is known for its health-conscious residents, so enjoy Thanksgiving dinner where the locals do at one of the city's healthiest eateries. M Cafe de Chaya, located at 7119 Melrose Avenue features "contemporary macrobiotic cuisine," to its diners and is open for business on Thanksgiving. Its vegan holiday menu includes sliced seitan served atop an herb-roasted stuffing and a vegan pumpkin cheesecake. This innovative variation on turkey and stuffing will make your Thanksgiving in Los Angeles a holiday to remember.
Skating Off Thanksgiving Dinner
After a vegan Thanksgiving dinner in Los Angeles, you will not be feeling sluggish from any effects of tryptophan. This leftover energy is ideal for capping off your holiday in Los Angeles with ice skating at Downtown on Ice at Pershing Square. Visitors can enjoy an evening under the stars in downtown Los Angeles amid the skyscrapers. The ice skating rink is open until 9 p.m. on Thursday evenings, the perfect end to a Thanksgiving visit in Los Angeles.
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