Santa Anita Inn Arcadia

... used to workout and was spotted. We had brunch on the beach and explored all the shops and just people watched really which was great fun. The beach there is huge. It takes 5 minutes at least to walk to the waters edge and is full of golden sand. From Venice Beach we headed to Ricki & Lonne's son's house who lives not far from Hollywood. We picked up Greg and headed into Hollywood. He is in the film or television business (I'm not sure which ...

... to celebrate my 50th the 1st night aboard the ship to continue to follow the story of our holiday check out the grils blog @ http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/ch rissief13/2/tpod.html

... works very differently out here, apparently when it clicks it does not mean its full!! Raced back to catch our bus to Universal, had a jam packed day - great fun rides like the Simpsons, Terminator (scary!) and The Mummy (even scarier) went on an amazing back lot tour...loads of film locations and recent sets - even saw them filming desperate housewives!!! went to citywalk to do some shopping and have some food before heading back to LA! Weds - Managed to get a small ly ...

Last week we heard about trips of Chinese investors heading over to the US to snap up cheap recession-hit properties. This week, there's stories about efforts to entice Chinese tourists to their Dream Destination - the U S of A. http://marketplace.publicradio.org/disp lay/web/2009/02/03/chinese_tourists/

... cheered on my new friends and gained a friend called ben, easy to remember, he was underage too which made for good future antics (read on I guess) and he was going to Canada the same day as me so it was enough to continue conversation. So headed back to the hostel a few hours later and way too many drinks later and kicked on in the bar. Hanged out with YoYo the chilian porn editor and yeah made a fool of myself on the dancefloor but it was all good cause everyone was as drunk as me ...

... pavement, but it looks like every Tom, Dick and Harry has been dropped in. We started walking east from N. Highland Avenue thinking we'll walk the full length and see who we recognise, over a mile later we're still walking and the so called stars are still coming thick and fast, by the time we reach Vine Street we had no inclination to see any more stars so we head back the way we came. Side Story: Whilst we were initially walking down the Boulevard we ...

... st*y the night. It w*s * very ple*s*nt w*lk with sunny skies *nd be*utiful, semi-desert l*ndsc*pe. As Louis w*s w*lking tow*rds * brushy spot for * pee bre*k he suddenly le*ped over on * very l*rge sn*ke th*t he w*s just *bout to step on. Me*nwhile, the sn*ke h*dn't moved, so we thought *t first it might h*ve been ro*d kill. But * gentle poke with the w*lking stick *roused it, *nd it fin*lly slithered down * ne*rby gopher hole. We bre*thed sighs of relief *s we noticed there were ...

... t see much of the special effects as I was sat on the wrong side of the road train. (HINT - sit on the left side of the road train. Day 3 and the bus tour of Los Angeles. 49 US$ for a 6 hour minibus trip around Rodeo Drive, Hollywood, homes of the rich and famous and Beverly Hills. Unfortunately I wasn't too impressed with the tour. You get to see alots of high hedges and gates of the rich and famous, and for some reason we spent one hour driving along ...

... it rather than buy it for him as a gift. Chris stayed back at the RV today cleaning, doing laundry, catching up on life stuff and greeted us with cheese, crackers, and wine by the campfire when we got home. He thought he'd get some beach time today, but the clouds rolled in and put a damper on that. We had a great time hanging out together by the fire while the boys played. We're on the go so much, they love their play time at the RV parks. -Kelly

... to a clear blue sky. Pulled up at the gates at 9:35 - 10 minutes early. Got to Customs and had been told to fill out the wrong form. Doh! Delay. Filled it out and was told to remember for next time. Yes boss.Got it.Collected baggage and luckily didn't have to spill it out to be inspected. Had met up with Michael from IBM as we disembarked. Rechecked luggage for the Las Vegas flight later today. Oops ...