Travel Blogs from Hollywood, United States
Our first wet day.
... studios take up. Next stop was the Hollywood In'N'Out Burger for a bite to eat as it was after 2. It wasn't far from the Hollywood High School (often seen on movies) and there was quite a lot of school kids in there. Funny to see the girls dressed like ...
Universal Studios
We set off this morning to Universal Studios. Had a pretty good drive in there too. We were going to pop in to see the Brady's on the way but silly me went and left the address at home so have had to give that one a miss for now. We all had a good day ...
A walk of jaded stars
... arrived in LA yesterday so we went over and met up with them to have lunch. I managed to programme in West Dr, West Hollywood as opposed to Westmount Dr so we ended up ascending a 1 in 4 hill to nowhere in particular before admitting defeat and calling ...
Jason Alexander and Malcolm-Jamal Warner!!
Last night I went to visit my friend, Brian, at his work at the TV sitcom, "Listen Up." It stars Jason Alexander (Seinfeld) and Malcom-Jamal Warner (The Cosby Show) and is on Monday nights, 8:30pm on CBS. I got the chance to watch a taping of the ...
LAX-Flight 3
... gave us those, $100 worth in fact so we were wrapped. We headed down town and found a young girl selling tours for the Hollywood experience, she said it was quite at the moment and if we went with another couple from Melbourne we could go for $35 for the ...
Back to the Future
... . We have a bathroom attached so I shouldn't moan too much! So that is LA so far for me, although I have also see the Hollywood sign... in the distance. The old moustached Mexican shuttle driver offered to drive me around after his shift finished at 12. I ...
Game 1 of a new Miami Dolphins season
Started tailgate at 9AM for a 4 hour eating and drinking ...
Welcome to Hollywood
... Lyon and Munich. I arrived at LAX on time got a shared shuttle bus to my hostel. When I arrived the hostel, which was on Hollywood Blvd, was very noisy but seemed full of cool people. I got to the reception and the guy behind the desk was from Paris. He ...
Jaxons Ice Cream
Diana and I met up with Barry, Marcie, Noah, Jamie, Bram and his new girlfriend Stacy. What better place for a bunch of adults to get together with their kids than Jaxons for ice ...
Rodeo Drive & Hollywood Walk of Fame
... ’t think we could afford anything from these shops anyway. Once done with Rodeo Drive we boarded a bus bound for Hollywood Boulevard. We were pretty underwhelmed with this part of town. It is obviously a tourist trap, with hawkers trying to ...
Time travel ain't that hard
... a walk around the local area to get our bearings. In a couple of hours we managed to walk along sections of Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood Boulevard (but not the famous bit) and Santa Monica Boulevard. On the way back to the hotel we stopped into the nearby ...
A Night at the Improv
We went to a Boston University Alumni event in Hollywood at the Improv. My husband went to BU for his doctorate, so we get notices for this type of thing now and then. It was hosted by Jason Alexander (also a BU Alum). In fact, all of the "talent" had ...
Day 11, Hollywood/LA
... to go to Venice Beach today but the weather wasn't too flash, huge storms hitting the Upper parts of California. Went down Hollywood Blvd and had a bit of a look round the cool shops everywhere, heaps of tacky stuff but all very cool! Decided on ...
Juuuuuuuuust kidding
... 't have to ask us the name of our vessel for his drawbridge log the third time through...), and went down to anchor in Hollywood, FL. Nice anchorage. Long day. Minor bummer that the crossing didn't work out, and we realize that Sundays are shut down in ...
Hollywood Stroll...
... down and buzzing a bit from our acid trip, we reached Hollywood and parked in a lot behind a building on the corner of Hollywood and Vines, then strolled down Hollywood Boulevard in total awe... I saw all the stars I wanted to see, all the Celebrities ...
Hollywood: Lion King The Musical
... our hotel (The Roosevelt), had a HUGE corner room overlooking Hollywood Blvd. We could see Grauman's Chinese Theater and the construction of Hollywood & Highland complex from our room. MIL and FIL met us there, and they had a room too. We all went to ...
Welcome to Hollywood...
... be written. We have a few days to spare anyways before meeting up with Lyle. Phew, now I just need to sort through a gazillion pictures... (We were in Hollywood so long that we actually made it to the Crab Night at the Seminole Casino the following ...
Day 10 - Universal Studios!
Universal Studios! YUSSS! We got up early and got the subway up to Universal City! Awesome place, and set up, kinda like Movie World but way better! We decided on doing the Studio Tour first, so we didnt miss out later on if it got too busy. It ...
Only in Hollywood
... wanted to travel with him anyway; it was too much like babysitting. Anyway, after checking in, I went off to explore Hollywood Boulevard. I discovered that Alfred Hitchcock has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, (one for television and one for ...
Saturday at the beach (Day 46)
... nbsp; We cleaned up and changed into our new clothes and then went to get some dinner. We're looking forward to walking around Hollywood during the day. Today we're headed to the farmer's market(that's right - we even managed to hit a farmer's ...
Lots of family and friends.....
... part of our Southern California adventure. I picked her up at the airport in Sac. and headed south. We landed in North Hollywood where my sister lives around 8 at night. Wasn't into doing all the Hollywood stuff, but we had fun doing Disneyland and ...
Day 8 - Las Vegas to Hollywood/LA
... everything, both of us have seen snow but never seen it falling! Was very cool and just watched it for ages! Once we got to Hollywood, after a good 7 and a half hours on the bus we walked to our hostel, we thought it was a bit closer but, oops it wasnt ...
See where the Stars fall from the sky!
... we toured Rodeo Drive (and tortured Alexis by not allowing her to enter any of the stores...yes, she is a shopaholic) and Hollywood Blvd. Alexis did some shopping there since we already did Hollywood Boulevard a couple of years ago (see Paul & ...
Opening Night at the Hollywood Bowl
... music programs in schools. Much needed right now! The night started with a performance of the National Anthem by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Then they played the Academic Festival Overture by Brahms. Next was the induction and performance of Jean-Yves ...
The Calm Before the Storm
Two more days!! Just two more days before we leave for our adventure. Exciting right?! Well oddly enough, I haven't been really thinking about it until this past weekend. A few months ago, I was brimming with anticipation. But ...
Hollywood
overnight at Trinity Towers RV Park - as it turned out, an enclave of Quebec RVers - in an evangelical protestant TV broadcasting site - see http://www.tbn.org/index.php/3/13.html - as our kids would say, "go ...
Waiting....
There's nothing worse than waiting in line. Especially if you're waiting in line to use the bathroom at a ball game, or waiting your turn at a buffet, or worse yet, sitting in traffic in the middle of June with no A/C on the 405 in ...
Celebrity spotting
... friends (there was only about 10 people in the bar, so easy to see/hear everything that was happening). We returned to West Hollywood on the bus at around 10pm and headed once again to LA Buns for some more delicious and cheap grub before heading back ...
