There's also plenty of entertainment to enjoy in the great outdoors, including an array of alpine street food pop-ups at the foot of Mount Battersea, with schnitzel burgers, mac and cheese, stone-baked pizza and crêpes on the menu.
The first interchange is with the north end of Figueroa Street at Alpine Street, and the freeway then meets the north end of Hill Street at a complicated junction that provides access to Dodger Stadium.
But at the time, Angeleno John McKay recalled a snowfall in 1882, the year he arrived in Los Angeles from Ireland, and getting spanked when he ran away from his Alpine Street home to go sledding.
Alpine Street: 1887 Before it was named for one of California's 58 counties, it had been known as the Street of the Virgins, a place where the young ladies of the pueblo strolled with their duenas (chaperones) past admiring caballeros (gentlemen).
America's pre-eminent female Alpine skier, Street remembers when racecourses were straighter, too, and gliding between gates was a requisite art form.
The Olympic Alpine skier Picabo Street announced her retirement last spring, but she made it official today at a teary ceremony at the Chevy Truck America's Opening, this year's first World Cup stop on American soil.
No, that's not even Mile 12. And, by the way, I'm making this sound too easy, leaving out turns on Alpine, Spring and Main streets, Grand Avenue, Edgeware Street, Bellevue Avenue, etc, etc.
The young couple knew that the scene had been shot on location in a church in the small town of Montbovon, a couple of hours drive from this Alpine village of winding streets, low chalets and abundant geraniums.
Unlike many top high school teams that lure talented players from outside their immediate area, Lone Peak, which has a student body of about 2,300, pulls players from the pruned streets of Alpine and Highland — small communities tucked in the foothills about 30 miles from Salt Lake City, so named by Mormon settlers because the landscape reminded them of the Swiss Alps and Scottish Highlands.
A couple of favourite places are Vic's Coffee 2680 Broadwayy Street at Alpine) – an awesome place to start the day.
