Ocean Park Inn Santa Monica

... rides including The Pirates of the Caribbean, Splash Mountain, Indiana Jones, Big Thunder Mountain railway, Matterhorn Bobsleds and last but certainly not least, Space Mountain (freaky - but the coolest by far!). We also spent a large part of the day wet as they put James in the front of the log ride. He weighed about 20kg more than all other riders therefore ...

... will probably be the last blog entry until I fully update today's activities with a few snaps (when we get back in Oz), so we hope you have enjoyed checking out what we have been up to on our Grand USA trip, coz we sure have had a swell time doing it all.<br><br>See you all soon.<br>The Knipes<br>

... comparison to the rest of LA it is very green, pretty, civilised and pleasant to drive around. However the heart of Hollywood that we all know about amounts to about 3 blocks, names of stars are embedded in the boulevard between Vine Street &amp; La Brea Avenue. Either side the area is seedy and dedicated to adult entertainment. The most interesting part was a few shops dedicated to fancy dress, wigs and extravagant shoes &#8211; entirely fitting with the theatrical ...

Sophie: I am choosing the homeopathic way of the medicine world, I have since I was four years old and I'm 23 now so 19 years of health seems to point to success...<br><br>I am fully stocked with homeopathic droppers, pills, packets of my entire daily vitamin, fruit, and veggie needs. I am also carrying probiotics digestive aids and essential oils for most bodily and mind ailments ...

... br> Slightly nervously, we headed out and walked along the beach front promenade. After 15 minutes of walking along Venice beach we pretty much saw everything humanity had to offer. We took a left away from the beach up Washington, and found a nice looking Italian restaurant. We both needed a glass of wine... but unfortunately Luce was looking very youthful and not having her ID meant we had to move ...

... last bit of that against him, he is actually really cool!<br><br>On Tuesday, Danny, Enric and I wandered along Main Street in Santa Monica, and had brunch at Urth Cafe, allegedly a celeb hangout and I spotted Natascha McElhone of Californication and the Truman Show. We then went for a drive and out to Hollywood Boulevard, walked along the sidewalk of stars, drove along Mulholland Drive and viewed the mansions of Bel Air with Enric all the time saying "But why?" &#8220;I ...

... headed towards that to try and get some pictures...turns out it was quite far away!! But we got some pic's in the end so not all was lost! We took a different route back and stumbled across Hollywood Boulevard and all of a sudden we had found 'proper-ish' Hollywood! YAY!! No famous people, but we found the stars on the ground with famous peoples names... close enough! And we found the Chinese Theatre thing too... so a couple of boxes ticked!! We jumped back onto ...

... holders. A sharp exit helped us make our way over to Chinatown which again wasn't as impressive as we had both imagined. It was interesting nonetheless and so we decided to stop for a bite to eat. Only managed Dim Sum and Soup as the portions were pretty big, then back to the hotel via the web cafe for 30 mins and another night concluded by a bottle of red. Definitely the best hotel so far, a plasma TV and a huge bed, brilliant!!

... New Orleans would not be the city it is without people like Frenchy. © 2007 John Sinclair ************ I had one more phone interview, with Denise Sullivan of Crawdaddy magazine, and then joined Simmons, Wayne and Margaret Kramer for a delightful Thai dinner to close out a busy first day. Tuesday started out slow with a cancelled photo shoot and a single phone interview with Ryan Cooper of www.About.com/Punk, then Andy Scott picked me up and took me out to ...

... et autopilote se fait foudroyer par le tonnerre et decide de son plein ´gre´ de bombarder les villes - les gentils GIs vont-ils reussir a sauver la population?). Il doit y avoir un minimum de selection sur ce qu´ils peuvent exporter... Dinner dans un restau typique avec sieges en skai rouge, teles partout (pour pouvoir regarder le basket et le football americain en meme temps), decoration de neons et Harley Davidson... La pizza taille bebe est a peine finissable (en laissant la ...