Ultimate iPhone Campout Guide: Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade

Forget Yankee Doodles and head to Harvelle's on 4th Street when you're ready to unwind with a drink and some live music. The self-proclaimed "oldest live music venue on … the westside," Harvelle's offers a martini menu with drinks named for the seven deadly sins. Also on the menu are gourmet tapas: $2.50 each or three for $6. [link]

The main branch of the Santa Monica library is conveniently located on Santa Monica Boulevard at Sixth. It's only a few short blocks from the Promenade and offers free … wifi and restrooms. [link]

Just off the Promenade at 4th and Wilshire, Wahoo's offers more than your typical fast Mexican fare, with choices like Maui Onion Rings, Banzai Veggies Pan-Grilled in … Teriyaki Sauce, and of course their famous fish taco combo platters. [link]

Jinky's became famous as a breakfast place, but their menu features much more than bacon and eggs. American, Southwestern, and international flavors infuse their … salads, sandwiches, and specialties such as chicken pesto linguini and steak casadora. Reasonably priced, quality cuisine at 2nd and Broadway, just a block from the Promenade. [link]

It's cheap, it's fast, and you can eat it on the run: those are just a few things about falafel that makes it one of the world's greatest foods. Falafel King is just south of Arizona on the Promenade. Tell them what you want in your pita, or put together a plate of Middle Eastern salads and pay by weight. [link]

Most of the parking structures surrounding the Promenade feature free, public restrooms, and parking structure 2, is super close to the Apple Store. [link]

There are free, public restrooms on the pier, as well as within Pacific Park, the amusement park on the water. [link]

Located on Broadway at the south end of Third Street Promenade, this indoor mall is home not only to sprawling food court and a number of shops and boutiques, but to … free, public bathrooms, which can be very hard to come by in this area. [link]

Not in the mood to share your room with seven international backpackers, but still want something inexpensive? Book yourself into one of the six rooms at the American … Motel on Lincoln, which is only about six blocks from Third Street Promenade. It's easily walkable and shouldn't cost you more than $65. [link]

You want cheap and easy? Hostelling International's Santa Monica location is gorgeous, modern, recently renovated, only a block from Third Street Promenade, and will cost … you a meager $26. The hostel offers a self-service kitchen, high-speed internet, laundry facilities, a video games room, a courtyard, lockers, and more. [link]

The Apple Store on Third Street Promenade is located on Third Street between Arizona and Wilshire across from Victoria's Secret. The store is open Monday through … Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Sunday, 1 a.m. to p.m. [link]