If you are in DTLA and want to do something that can include kids, be a date night, or kick off a night out, I highly recommend visiting OUE skyspace in the afternoon. Kids & adults can enjoy the slide down on the side of the building and the wonderful views of the city that span all the way to the ocean. If it's a date night, you can package the slide and entrance tickets with a small snack and a bottle of wine for $75. There are other bites and non-alcoholic options as well. Best view of LA by far!

Another of those skyscrapers observation tower kind of place with a high level (Level 70 for this one) bird’s-eye view of the city. Nothing new for major cities I guess. Everyone needs a tall building to look out from/to show off the city from above. After ticketing and security checks, the lift first goes up to Level 54, where there’s a brief history and recap of all things LA. Including a red carpet mock up with flashing cameras, mini recording studio and touch screen Graffiti wall. Then at the end of the exhibit, there’s another lift that brings you to Level 70. This is where the true highlight of this Tower lies. A slide made entirely of glass, on the exterior of the building! With the City below you. Highly recommended! Entry to the Tower is USD25, and the ride on the slide is another USD8. You also pay a USD1 processing fee when you purchase your ticket over the counter onsite. An hour is more than enough to cover this place unless you are into non-stop selfies and neverending photos.

By the time you reach the top of the seventy story SkySpace Tower you reach the Reinforced Glass Slide. The staff reassure you that if it were to break - which I’m sure is entirely near impossible - you would only fall one story. But you only realise that it doesn’t feel like that until you are hurtling down this slide which surely is the only way to travel if you run a South Korean Horror Film Studio. It felt like I had gone back in the closet and accepted a marriage proposal from the girl in ‘The Ring’ whom the audience collectively willed (just for me) to be sealed to permanent damnation down the stone well in Tom Hank’s back garden (We love you Tom!). I only wish I could have posted the video which records my iPhone slamming into the wall of the slide half way down and landing on my ass as I hit the crash mat at the bottom! It’s exhilarating and if I had known about it: I might never have done it. But I’m glad I did! I love you SkySpace!