1. Take an empty suitcase/virtually no clothes.
2. On arrival head straight for the Mall (that seems to be the name they use for a shopping centre)
3. Buy all the clothes you need happy in the knowledge that they are half the price they would be back home
4. If you happen to be in Macy’s go to their customer service dept and ask for a tourist discount voucher (the branch in LA certainly does them) and you will get 10% off everything you buy – probably worth asking at any big stores you go to.
5. Lobby Bar – Marriot Hotel 55, 4th St looks like the best bet as the “new Fairmont”.
