List 100 things I can do for free (or for very little money)

11. Have a really interesting conversation
12. Read the newspaper
13. Write poetry
14. Lay on a park bench
15. Take pictures of flowers
16. Play with a child
17. Garden
18. People watch
19. Cuddle
20. Explore the city on my bike

1. Take my dog for a walk
2. Read a book
3. Play guitar
4. Bake cookies
5. Write a story
6. Email a friend
7. Play Scrabulous
8. Listen to a good cd
9. Window shop
10. Dance!

21. read my Twitter friends’ tweets
22. read my email
23. read my RSS feeds
24. request books from the library on some topic that I may someday pursue, like sewing
25. read my 43T friends’ posts
26. listen to music on Accuradio or Pandora (at least for a few more days :( )
27. play Boomshine
28. search for new reading material using the library’s Novelist database
29. find new recipes to try on epicurious or the Food Network
30. hang out in the librarians’ chat room in Meebo

1. Swap meets all over Los Angeles County
2. Antique fair, Whittier
3. Used book sale, friends of Whittier library several times per year
4. Volunteer: take kids trick or treating if you know any that have parents who can’t (or won’t) take them.
5. Sit on the porch and talk to the neighbors, swill a few brewskis.
6. Swim laps at the park pool
7. Have a make-up and facial night with girlfriends (slumber party style)
8. Beauty Bar in Hollywood, manicures and martinis for $10
9. Independent movie theater in Pasadena
10. Take classes through local rec. center (very affordable)...physical fitness and other interests.

1. Happy hour at several hundred places throughout LA
2. Go for a hot cocoa with a friend
3. Volunteer: Habitat for Humanity
4. Grand Performances free outdoor plays
5. Hermosa Beach Art Walk
6. Mural tour in Los Angeles
7. Bowling
8. Nickel Nickel (nickel arcade)
9. Buy a 4 lb. burrito and split it with 3 other people.
10. Read ghost stories to a group around a fireplace

1. Organize a game of baseball, hide and seek, capture the flag, etc.
2. Join a running group or marathon training group
3. Work on my cross-stitch or other crafts
4. Volunteer: Food On Foot
5. Volunteer: tutor children
6. Volunteer: local library or rec. center
7. Coach a little league or children’s team
8. Join a co-ed softball league (well it doesn’t have to be co-ed, but that’s the most fun)
9. Someone takes a picture of themselves somewhere in LA and you have to find them (this is one of my goals)
10. Make a ridiculous amateur movie

1. Silverlake reservoir, jogging or walking with a friend
2. Tea at The Doctor’s house park in Glendale
3. Tour landmarks
4. Second hand stores, Magnolia blvd. in No. Hollywood
5. Strawberry festival, ventura
6. Chili bake-off, Whittier
7. Gay pride parade, LA
8. Christmas lights in Griffith park
9. Tennis in various parks in LA
10. Basketball at the park

1. Low rider car shows throughout LA County
2. Monthly drum circle at the downtown Music Center Plaza
3. Autry museum on Thursdays
4. Japanese American Museum on Thursday
5. LACMA on second Tuesday of the month
6. Museum of Neon Art, second Thursday of the month
7. Page museum, La Brea tarpits, 1st Tuesday of every month
8. Walking tours, organized by the studio for California history
9. Sierra Club
10. Fishing off the pier.

1. Museum of Contemporary Art on Thursday nights
2. Wells Fargo History Museum
3. Rancho Los Alamitos in Long Beach
4. KCET Studio tour
5. LA Fire Department Museum
6. Forest Lawn Art Museum
7. Academy of Motion Picture Arts Tour
8. July 4th fireworks at Huntington Beach
9. Rose Bowl Parade
10. Arboretum

1. $3 movies at the cinema on Telegraph and Painter
2. High school and/or college concerts and plays
3. Sunday buffets…Mex. food
4. Annual pancake breakfast at the hospital for a small (or large) donation
5. Genealogy library in Pasadena
6. TV show screenings (free!)
7. Go see all the stars and footprints at Mann’s Chinese Theater
8. Tour the mansions of Beverly Hills
9. Placita Olvera
10. Tours through Los Angeles Times