1) You can talk to all manner of bizarre people in the hotel lobby. [My tutor at journalism college urged us to always speak to four strangers every day. The emphasis in LA being on 'the strange' part of strangers]
2) And you get to see sights like this:
It's a shame the city gets shrouded in smog - and more recently, smoke from wildfires - from about 8am.
You can get an awful lot of work done!