About a week ago I really needed to get out of the apartment and experience a bit of culture. Don’t get me wrong, the student life and the area around USC is great and all ahem ahem but sometimes I just need to switch gears and refresh my mind.

I have been wanting to go to a Japanese of Chinese garden in LA for a while, but it seems that everytime I think about it it’s the wrong season or too late in the day, so I looked up the culture section of the LA Times online and took a quick look at the “cultural” reviews they had up. The result was actually a suprisingly satisfying road trip down the annals of Los Angeles automotive history at the Peterson Automotive Museum.

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Me and the Car of the Year 2005, 2006 and 2007. It has no steering wheel or pedals, yet can still be driven - yes sir, I think I’ll take the James Bond meets Crenshaw Blvd edition.

I have to post this picture here because this car is just so stylish. If I could have my pick, I might pick this one.

The way the museum details the interesting rise of the car culture in Los Angeles combined with the wide assortment of beautiful and strange cars makes this museum a must see for me and anyone I’m showing around Los Angeles. Try to catch it while they still have the lowrider exhibition up!