Residence Inn By Marriott Los Angeles Arcadia

... of ribs, quite amazing!
On Saturday (17th) both Ricki & Lonne were off so we headed out in the car to Venice Beach. Venice Beach is where Baywatch was filmed and is very quirky with the sidewalk having loads of stalls out, a massive skate park, basketball courts where the film white men cant jump was filmed, tennis courts and is home to Muscle beach, which is an open air gym that huge men work out at with passers by watching them. Its where Arnold ...

Really our Blog ended as we handed the bikes back In LA. We had a fabulous 3 day cruise to Encinada aboard the Carnival Paradise. We were joined by my Canadian cousin and husband and I actually ...

... token photo with Mickey Mouse and watched the crazy parade! stayed at downtown disney for the night and had a meal - once again forgetting the portion size, urgh! Hel decided to take on the highway in the dark and had a small breakdown, think we ended up lost in the ghetto and the sat nav went wild, Kat took over for the final 5mins! Tues - Early start to return the car - tried to fill up with gas and only managed to squeeze 2dollars in...we thought that was a cheap ...

... millions of fossils that are still left in the ground in the area.  Our tour guide estimated there were enough fossils left to keep the discoveries going for over another century, amazing when you consider that it's all underneath the second largest city in the country!

... sure whether that is because I was drunk or not) but oh the Christmas lights and the fountain wow! Lots of photos and 20 minutes went way too fast, shuffled into the limo and headed to the Saddle Ranch (which is where the celebs hang out, as in hugh hefner and 7 of the bunnies were the Thursday limo tour before apparently riding the bull n stuff) it was pretty cool, bucking bull in the middle...but I was too drunk at that stage to get on as I was paranoid that I would throw up. So ...

... all cars have moved away. Has the world gone MAD?? Don't know when, why or how, but know one can get anywhere near the damn thing anymore. What was we going to do? Paint the thing Red? Take down an O?, no we were going to take a bloody photo!! We settle for a distance shot and drive away, thinking did that really happen?!? Back down the hill we begin to explore Hollywood Boulevard, my thinking was that you have to be someone special to get a star put in ...

... rpooled with N*ncy *nd Benny to V*ndenberg Air Force B*se *nd Sp*ce Comm*nd Center, in order to p*rticip*te in * regul*r Tuesd*y vigil th*t h*d been going on for *bout 30 ye*rs. We were * sm*ll group th*t d*y, but we felt lots of spirit. We were impressed with the number of positive gestures *nd honks from drivers-by. Currently most of the signs held by the vigilers focused on the problems of we*pons in sp*ce. At the end of the vigil we he*ded out on foot tow*rds Lompoc, where we ...

... through red traffic lights. CRAZY!!! Enough of that rant and back to the Universal Studios. Being mid-November there isn't much of a queue so you can cover most of the studios in 6 hours. Although my favourites was being a volunteer in the special effects studio where I was eaten by a big white fluffy monster, the 4D Terminator and Shrek movies and the Return of the Mummy indoor rollercoaster. However the studio tour was a big disappointment because I ...

... on a hunt for a "waveboard" for Keegan. He has been reading every book he can to earn money to buy one....$3-$5 per book. After going from store to store for over an hour and a half, we finally found a "Ripstick" at Walmart within his reading money budget. Keegan was the happiest kid in the world learning to ride it while Collin tried to run into him with his scooter. He worked so hard for the crazy skateboard and it was so much better to see him ...

LAX - Arrived in LA 4 hours before I left. I managed to score seat 11J - upstairs, front row right aisle, business class. I'm lucky if I got 90 minutes sleep so today is going to be a long one.Sat next to John from the UK. He designs flight simulators,including the ones used by Qantas. I had a Skybed - seat, bed, entertainment unit all in one. Food / drinks excellent. Opened the blinds just out from the ...