Extendedstay L.A.-Valencia Stevenson Ranch

... await. We're gonna go see that, then drive down to San Diego, Santa Monica Boulevard, Venice Beach and along the Coast. See ya...


Day 8 - 7.00pm Francesca here. Rained all day today! got absolutely drenched in the rain waiting to see Robert Downey Junior- however, couldnt wait any longer as car on meter... boo hoo. Drove down to coast in search of the collagened filled beaches we have heard so much about. First one we ...

... shirts off (ewww...) and we watched some black dudes playing basketball with some white dudes who seemed to play better than them! We got hassled by some wanna be rappers trying to give you their 'next big thing' CD and when we said no thanks they were: "Yo you Aussies need to, like, loosen up and, like, totally go with the flow" or something like that. Mike was wearing his Australian Soccer T-Shirt that day, so we had "Australian tourists" written ...

... was given the 2009 BUinLA Honored Alumni Award at the end. Prior to the show starting, there was a reception with wine and hors d'oeuvres. We met a lady who was there by herself so we adopted her. When it was time to be seated, we lucked out and got great seats that were to the side, but up front. Unfortunately, the hostess backed up into my arm, and my RED wine splashed all over my light tan trench coat ...

... the pollution and its affect on the surrounding city. From here we went on to travel around the richest suburbs of LA. I was blown away by how big some of these houses were and the amount of money that was flying around. All the time I was just thinking in my head, i thought these people were in the middle of a recession.. Anyway, I got to see the houses of, David Beckham, Tom Cruise, Tom Jones, Keanu Reaves, Leonardo de Caprio, Christina ...

... typically Californian. Has a great pier with a fun fair and restaurants. We got there fairly early to beat the heat so the fair was not open - let me off riding another roller coaster....... We then went to the Walk of Fame in Hollywood - it was soooo hot, must have been in the high 20s Celsius. The Chinese Theatre was superb - all the stars with hands and feet in concrete - latest was the actors of Harry Potter. We saw the Hollywood sign there as well ...

... time greyhound leaving that night getting us to Hollywood the next day, essentially saving us a night's accommodation. Well done Jake as I got stressed, which is ridiculous as everyone knows I never get stressed...cough... The greyhound was appalling, I had an obese guy sat in front of me who quite literally made up for the fact that I hadn't seen any yet really and bloody hell he flew that obesity flag high and proud ******* and breathing heavily ...

... nother *re* of Bill's *ctivism, which is zero, or even neg*tive, popul*tion growth. There w*s * sign s*ying, "M*ke love, not b*bies" *nd *nother s*ying, "Copul*te, don't popul*te." There w*s *lso * picture of * wedding couple cutting the c*ke with * smiling, very pregn*nt bride *nd unh*ppy-looking groom *bove the words, "Only 2% of condoms f*il." To underscore these exhort*tions, someone h*d t*ped p*ck*ges of condoms to the w*lls in the room. We got quite * chuckle from *ll this un ...

I'm now here in sunny Santa Monita staying at the HI. I'm in the Santa Monica library as it gives 1.5 hours of free internet per day. A lot cheaper than $2 for 20 mins at the HI. Looks like I wont be able to upload any photos here, can't at the HI either. But can charge my phone and pocket pc via the USB ports here. The bus trip was really great. We all got picked up from the Green Tortoise hostel at 7am on Monday. I think there was maybe 22 on the bus, the max size is 36, so ...

... putting his social practice on the line as well as his tunes and performances. The Tuesday night soirees at Hotel Café are held as benefits for Tom's many favorite charities; there's no exact cover charge, but a $10 donation is suggested; the place is packed with people, and an array of Morrello's fellow consciousness characters show up to play. Ben Harper is the act before ours, and Cypress Hill follows. No one is getting paid, and everyone is having a ball ...

... cold. Maybe that is how i got the head cold. Later that night, I ended up in "Thai Town", essentially a concentration of restaurants and a market or two on a stretch of Hollywood Boulevard. I thought the spirit-house was a pretty cool. I had some pretty good food, the number of thai people in the establishments acted as a testament to the quality. ------------------------ Last night I went to a Dodger game with my friend ...