But I agree, if they advertised that there was going to be food options, they should have followed t

I ve been going to the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books for many years now. For as long as I can remember, it has always been held at UCLA, which was a great venue. Dubbed the largest book festival in the country (last year s attendance was around 140,000 ), I always have a great time at this festival and consider it to be one of LA s greatest cultural and educational events.
So I was very excited this year to see how the  LA Times Festival of Books would fare as it changed venues from UCLA to its new permanent home across town at USC in Downtown LA. Although wholesale travel group some may question the move to USC, I think it was definitely a smart decision to change wholesale travel group venues from an accessibility standpoint.
As the new Metro Expo Line nears completion, with an opening planned for this November, three new rail stations will serve the USC campus (one station is right in front of the school at South Trousdale). This will allow thousands of people next year to attend the book festival using public transit without having to deal with the headache caused by traffic, the constant increase in gasoline prices, and the incessant search for scarce and expensive parking. wholesale travel group Basically, a dream come true for Angelenos sick and tired of driving!
The Expo Line will be open for next year s LA Times Festival of Books, and I expect this particular station (USC/Expo wholesale travel group Park station) to be VERY popular as riders from all over LA attend the book festival without having to drive to the event
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We took the Gold Line to Union Station, then took the free Target bus to the festival on Saturday. We had a long wait for the free bus in the morning, but no wait at the end of the festival. I can t wait for next year to do the train the whole way.
My complaint about the festival was the lack of food. The advertisements in the newspaper had a long list of restaurants, Besides the student center (with ridiculous lines they clearly couldn t handle the crowds) and a couple of booths, we couldn t find any of the food. We asked at the information booths, wholesale travel group but the volunteers didn t know anything. We had tickets to more talks, and didn t have much time to wait in those lines for lunch. I really wish I had packed a lunch!
But I agree, if they advertised that there was going to be food options, they should have followed through. I m sure it was just some logistics issues from moving to a new venue. It should be a lot better next year (esp with the Expo Line completed).
Well, shoot. We must ve walked the wrong way off campus to look for food. I asked at two information booths for off-campus options, and they both had no idea and just directed me to the Student Union. Nothing was marked on the pull-out map. I ended up at a gas station convenience store.
In general, the help I got at the information booths was less than stellar. Eager and friendly, but they had to look everything up, which I could do myself. One time I asked to point which direction Bing hall was, and they pointed on the map. I explained I found it on the map, but I wasn t sure where I was, and they admitted they didn t know either?!
Oh well, enough complaining! The sessions I went to were fabulous interesting, well-run, and very entertaining. And as you pointed out, the events on the stages were fantastic, too! I also got two of my favorite books signed.
Like Cindy, for me the low quality of service at the booths and for food options was indicative of how far this event has fallen. (USC expects us to leave the campus in THAT neighborhood? Seriously???)
And I can t tell you how many times I heard that Oh,it s just their first year excuse. wholesale travel group The FOB has been going for 15 years. Its like they just forgot everything that worked and figured the bright shiny campus wholesale travel group would awe everyone into submission. Sorry, not buying it.
However, the food concession was very bad. Most of the food choices were in the new student union, and the lines wrapped around forever. Fortunately, we were able to find the dorm cafeteria, which was reasonably priced. But alas, most people had no idea where it was.
Seriously wholesale travel group folks, the festival was held in the middle of the day. If you honestly think your car is going to get jacked in broad daylight, with all the police presence that was out there, then you ve watched way too many movies or believe everything the TV news tells you. It s just funny to see how scared otherwise reasonable wholesale travel group people can be of people of color.