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#CatTravels: Top 10 L.A. moments

By Catherine Toth Fox • October 21, 2013 • #CatTravels, Food

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It’s amazing how hard it was to narrow down my favorite moments in Los Angeles to just 10.

And we were only there for five days!

There was our first meal, right off the plane, at In-N-Out Burger. Or the melt-in-your-mouth soup dumplings Din Tai Fung Dumpling House in Arcadia with a new group of LA pals. Or meat pies from Mac’s Chips & Fish Shop in Santa Barbara.

But the best part, hands down, was just spending time with my mom, whether it was watching “The Heat” on my laptop on our room in Topanga or walking around Disneyland (above), something we haven’t done in more than 30 years.

So here are my Top 10 moments in L.A., in no particular order:

1. DK's Donuts & Bakery

1. DK's Donuts & Bakery
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On our last day in LA, we decided to stop off at DK's Donuts & Bakery in nearby Santa Monica. (We're Instagram friends) This 24-hour donut shop was definitely a highlight of our trip.

Thanks to everyone who followed our adventures in Los Angeles here, on Instagram and on Twitter. Hope you had as much fun as we did! Diet tomorrow!

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5 Comments

  • Reply M October 21, 2013 at 2:35 pm

    Hello Cat!
    Thanks for the great pixs!

  • Reply Annoddah Dave October 21, 2013 at 4:11 pm

    CAT: Thanks for sharing. I did not know you have 2 sisters.

  • Reply Dennis October 22, 2013 at 6:19 am

    Thanks Cat for introducing LA to me! A must visit when I retire.

  • Reply jaydee October 22, 2013 at 7:28 am

    Thanks Cat for sharing. I’ve ben on the main-island for quite some time now and there are still things to see and places to go. I love hanging out in Santa Barbara though. A nice weekend getaway.

  • Reply Glenn D October 24, 2013 at 5:07 am

    Mahalos for all da great pictures!.. I’ve always wanted to go to Din Tai Fung but never had chance yet. There is a Porto’s in Downey now which is close to where I stay. Their meat pies are great but they are really famous for their cheese puffs. I hope you had a chance to have some. As for donuts….well I think you can relate…nothing even comes close to Mister Donuts pon de ring. Enough said. Next time you in town, please take a side trip to Hawaiian Gardens for some real authentic Mexican food like tortas, sopes, menudos, patas, albondigas, chuletas, and bif de res. You can also get some real great Mexican breakfast like Huevos Rancheros.

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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