Downtown LA & a new RALPH's supermarket

Last weekend I took a free bus tour (& free parking!) of 6 downtown LA LOFT buidings & Los Angeles Condo Conversions sponsored by www.downtownla.com.  It was a fabulous tour & extremely informative, well-run & even included pastries & coffee! The tour lasted 9 - 1 on Saturday morning. You can sign up on their website.  Remember not to "register" at the buidings because you will be denied free use of your Realtor. I will be going again in September if anyone wants to join me (elanza@prula.com or 323.769.3371) to see 6 different buidings. They started our tour at the new RALPHS - a huge beautiful supermarket new to downtown. It is actually the nicest supermarket I have EVER been in - wine-tasting, dry cleaner, full deli & salad bar, carving stations, coffee, pastries, sushi - clean & well laid out. Last month this supermarket was all over the news. They did $750,000 in business the 1st week (expecting to do $250,000).  See quote below: