Pedal Power: Nobody Walks in LA Package

Bed down at the Farmer's Daughter Hotel and get a comp pair of sneaks and free bike use.

FAIRFAX BY FOOT: The hoary notion that Los Angeles is a megalopolis obsessed with cars is... well, not really all that hoary nor dated nor wrong, really. You can't deny that it is a city crisscrossed by muscular, multi-lane freeways, nor that more than one regional museum is devoted to car culture. But LA is also a collection of neighborhoods, like all huge cities, and those snug clutches of restaurants and pubs and galleries are easily taken by foot. The Farmer's Daughter Hotel, which is smack dab in one of the city's thrivingest, liveliest neighborhoods, wants people to know that pedaling -- or pounding the pavement -- is an absolutely fine way to see Fairfax Avenue, The Grove shopping center, the historic Original Farmers Market, and The Miracle Mile, which is home to a few of the city's top museums. All of those sights can be reached from the colorful, farm-themed hotel by foot, though the group of bicycles out front all suggest that a couple of wheels and some leg power'll take you to where you need to be, too. The Nobody Walks in LA package is all about walking, and cycling, around this middle-of-LA neighborhood, an area that is best seen, and appreciated, from a close-up view on the sidewalk and not from the driver's seat. Bonus? There are swanky sneakers involved.

SEAVEES STANDARD COLLECTION... sneakers, in fact. It's an offbeat add-on for a hotel package, but a perfect one that matches both the hip-happy vibe of the Farmer's Daughter (check out the bright yellow rubber duckies in the pool) to the attraction-filled neighborhood. Book the Nobody Walks package and receive a pair of sneakers for your stay (and to take, too). Each guest booked gets a pair, in fact, and you'll also receive complimentary use of the retro bikes out front of the gingham-painted hotel and a Metro card, too (several bus lines go up and down Fairfax Avenue, which runs outside). And, yes, we did say "gingham-painted hotel." Haven't you ever stayed in one of those before? For all the info on the sneaker-swanky Nobody Walks in LA deal, and other stayover sweet spots, strut this way, city-loving pedestrians.

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