Friday, February 09, 2007
LA - Hollywood & Universal
We were staying in the Santa Monica area and actually moved nearer to the pier to a cheap motel after one night. We visited the pier and beach, watched sunset, had a drink in Buba Gump's Shrimp Shop (Forrest Gump fame), dinner in Ye Olde Kings Head and walked home. It was cold - two jumpers sort of weather. In fact it was the coldest it had been at the time of year since 1931 - sounds about right for us!
The next day was a tour of Beverley Hills, Hollywood, seeing the sign, seeing the celebs houses (or large grown hedges and big gates), the stars in the pavement by the Chinese Theatre and all the tacky things that go with it. Lots of the celebs, particularly US TV stars we hadn't heard of but we did see homes belonging to the Regans, David Hasselhoff, Phil Collins, Leonardo de Caprio, Madonna, Phoebe from Friends, Dean Martin, Shirley Temple, Nicole Kidman etc. We saw the wall OJ Simpson jumped over but the house had been demolished and rebuilt. We went to the hotel where Pretty Woman was set but we didn't see anyone famous - or at least no-one famous enough for us to recognise them. As the driver said all of Hollywood is rather plain but glamed up for TV and the Walk of Fame didn't look much at all with lots of t-shirt and souvenir shops bordering it. We ate lunch outside Universal Studios and in the afternoon visited China Town and where LA started with the first 11 families settling. The day had been what we expected - tacky but fun.
It was Thursday which was ladies night at the bar we went to so we got free pool which was always a bonus. We played for an hour and had 5 games....
Q what was the final score?
It was nice to be in Budweiser land and we bought it by the pitcher as it was cheaper. A late-ish night but we did leave before the place shut.
The next day was a tour of Beverley Hills, Hollywood, seeing the sign, seeing the celebs houses (or large grown hedges and big gates), the stars in the pavement by the Chinese Theatre and all the tacky things that go with it. Lots of the celebs, particularly US TV stars we hadn't heard of but we did see homes belonging to the Regans, David Hasselhoff, Phil Collins, Leonardo de Caprio, Madonna, Phoebe from Friends, Dean Martin, Shirley Temple, Nicole Kidman etc. We saw the wall OJ Simpson jumped over but the house had been demolished and rebuilt. We went to the hotel where Pretty Woman was set but we didn't see anyone famous - or at least no-one famous enough for us to recognise them. As the driver said all of Hollywood is rather plain but glamed up for TV and the Walk of Fame didn't look much at all with lots of t-shirt and souvenir shops bordering it. We ate lunch outside Universal Studios and in the afternoon visited China Town and where LA started with the first 11 families settling. The day had been what we expected - tacky but fun.
It was Thursday which was ladies night at the bar we went to so we got free pool which was always a bonus. We played for an hour and had 5 games....
Q what was the final score?
It was nice to be in Budweiser land and we bought it by the pitcher as it was cheaper. A late-ish night but we did leave before the place shut.
# posted by D&M Travels @ 9:17 AM 
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Well done Jim, but no Dave didn't pot the black. In fact that is why he didn't win - he didn't pot the black and let me pot it.
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