Cheremoya Ave, Hollywood

Although Cheremoya is a beautiful wide street lined with apartments and bungalows, it can become frustrating when the crowds descend on the quaint little row of shops, theaters and restaurants that run east from its base at Franklin Avenue, making parking almost impossible to find.

If you do find parking, however, you will be able to enjoy an otherwise quiet residential street that houses the bulk of the historic Villa Carlotta where Jim Morrison lived for a short while, and across the street from the magnificent Scientology Celebrity Center - a castle-like structure where many very famous Hollywood figures attend meetings and ceremonies.

At the corner of Cheremoya and Franklin one finds the Daily Planet - a small and excellent magazine and book shop, The Bourgeois Pig - a unique coffeehouse with Wi-Fi, pool tables and a very sexy bean bag lounge where one can sip tea with a date, La Poubelle - an excellent Southern French restaurant and a community theater.

If you intend on living on Cheremoya, be sure to secure a parking permit!