Best free date ideas

If you’re down to be a bit macabre, LA’s cemeteries 1) are beautiful, and 2) host a ton of famous people. If you’re on the Westside, you can leave a pink lipstick kiss on Marilyn Monroe’s wall at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park, and also visit Rodney Dangerfield and Dean Martin while you’re there. Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City is home to Sharon Tate and Rita Hayworth. And of course, there’s Hollywood Forever, which isn’t just a place to watch movie screenings: Johnny Ramone, Bugsy Siegel, and voice-of-Bugs Bunny Mel Blanc (whose tombstone actually says “That’s All Folks”) are all there.

Throw an empty-the-pantry picnic

If even a picnic is too extravagant for your pocketbook, get creative and empty your pantry and fridge, then create faux-extravagance by heading to the Hollywood Bowl - where you can picnic for free during the day and evenings when there isn’t a concert, which, now that the season is officially over, is... most days. And evenings.