I hate early mornings.
And when the alarm
screeched in my ear
at 4:30am...
I was really unhappy.
I know the feeling having done the same thing only a week ago....
For whatever reason,
I had always thought
I'd never get to Los Angeles.
I'd never had any desire
to go to the original
House of the Mouse.
I was quite happy
with Florida, thank you.
But see????? Now you're coming back again!
Yeah... It's dark.
It's four freaking thirty!
I wouldn't normally know such things.
Within moments of us arriving,
a gentleman came up offering
curb side check in.
Nice! We usually have to hunt them down!
"What if that was just some
random guy who just stole
our suitcases?"
"Nope." Kay replied.
"He had a nice hat. So he's legit."
I like that! They don't have hats in LA, but they're still legit.
Soon enough, we boarded our craft.
It was my first time on a Boeing 717.
I did like the 2-3 seating.
Really? Actually now that I thank about it the planes I'm thinking of are smaller and have 1-2 seating. Not sure if I've been on one of those, oh wait, that was in first/business class. Not sure what they had "beyond the curtain". Which BTW, we really miss now that we have "fallen from grace."
"You have to sit down.
The plane can't take off if you're standing."
Some people are too stupid to fly.
Sad but true....
The pilot came on the intercom
and announced that due to
LAX restrictions, our departure
time was now 8:02.
(It was 7:31.)
I'd advised many a pilot of EDCTs,
(Expect Departure Clearance Times)
but this was the first time
I was a victim of one.
I didn't like it.
I wonder if that's what happened to us. I was so comatose that I didn't even notice how long we sat there on the tarmac, but that's a story for the first real chapter of the upcoming TR.
we made a bee-line
for the bathrooms.
I hate doing that.
No. Not going to the bathroom.
I mean, not going straight
to the baggage carousel.
That's another thing that makes us so late, being females we always have to use the restroom before going to the baggage carousel.
I always assume that
if I'm not at the carousel
of hope and despair
when (if) my bags come out
that someone will steal them.
Nah, they'll just end up in the "We think you're a terrorist and have abandoned your luggage, so we put them off to the side" area.
I had to pick between
a few, and Venice came out on top.
So that's where we went.
I should have known, that's the cool beach. Jim Morrison hung out there.
I parked right beside
this nice little path
that led back to the beach.
Good thing you didn't get mugged, or offered drugs.
When she was born, she wasn't like that.
But when she became a teenager,
she had corrective surgery
to attach her phone to her hand.
It's been there ever since.
I notice that. Most regular people try to keep their phones away from water.....
I was disappointed to not see
Jaws appear and devour one.
Makes for bad PR, they only do it when no one is watching....
(Get the connection?
Bonus points if you tell me if you do or not.)
No, I don't. But your other readers seem to think it has to do with Pretty Woman. So I'll go with that.
Okay. Here's what happened.
We walked along a section
of Rodeo Drive;
ogling all the high priced stores.
We found a shop that was advertising
50% off, so we popped in.
Kay found a top she didn't mind.
And hey! It was on sale, so...
$1,560.00
We went back to our car.
Tails between our legs.
I told you that you really didn't want to go there. Nothing for average people like ourselves.
I did take photos
of stores I will never shop at, though.
Enjoy.
Not a truer word has been spoken. I doubt they need many sales in one day to make their quota.
Leaving the rich behind us,
we wound our way up
to Hollywood and Highland.
We parked the car
and set out on foot.
And right away, we were among
the stars.
Literally.
And figuratively.
Yes, I know of this phenomenon.
Personally, I think it's a shame
how he's been reduced
to carving the cracks
in the sidewalks.
But whatever pays the bills, I guess.
Did you really sneak that pic without him seeing? Those guys go postal on people who don't pay them for pics!
We left Wolverine to his work,
crossed the street and walked
ten minutes down North Orange Drive to...
Dang! I've done that same walk!
Seriously though.
Doesn't he remind you of the
Cameron Frye character
from Ferris Bueller's Day Off?
Sorry, never saw the movie!
Right?
Am I right?
Tell me whatcha think.
Bonus points.
Like I said never saw the movie so I don't know who the character is, but he looks like the guy whose picture you posted....
Sorry. I was hungry.
I took a bite before
I remembered my TR
writer duties.
So.... oh well.
I notice several things in that picture,
most notably, how did Kay get corrective surgery between the Beach and In-N-Out to remove the phone from her hand so she could eat? And
What the Heck kind of burger did she order??? Yours looks fine, but hers looks, well naked! And with an extra weird layers in there....and I'm kicking myself because I've even been to that In-N-Out and should have thought about it being there. You put that Shake Shack in there there to lead me off course!
What were our thoughts of In-N-Out?
For a fast food chain,
it was certainly better than McDonalds.
Mind you, that's not saying much.
It was better than most
fast food chains.
But over all... I've had much better.
If I want "the best burger", in-N-out is not where I go. But if I'm really craving a decent burger and don't have a lot of time (but enough to wait in their crazy lines) I'll pick there. All other fast food burgers are for "we need to eat and this is the closest thing."
I saw a familiar face
and said hello.
She asked me to sit for a bit
and I asked if it was okay
if Kay took a photo of us
as a keepsake.
She was very happy to accommodate.
Classy!
dunno....
I saw this picture in her phone
and it looks like she's pretty taken with him.
Now... be the ball. Be the ball, Tiger."
At least he has that going for him, which is nice....
I really enjoyed looking at
the hand and foot prints.
Nostalgia... it's a real thing.
Having seen everything that LA
has to offer...
... we retrieved the car
and headed out to the hotel.
Of course you saw everything there is to see....
"Dad!" She called out.
"The Hollywood sign!"
I glanced up just in time
to see it disappear behind
another building.
Kay was disappointed.
It was on her list of things
she wanted to see/do this trip.
"Not to worry." I confidently stated.
"We'll see it again any second now."
And we never did.
It's like it was removed
right after we spotted it.
Considering the direction you were going I'm not surprised you didn't see it. You get a better view when driving from DTLA to where you ended up.
But aren't you excited about seeing
yet another photo of a couple of beds
and a bathtub?
Well of course I am!
I mean, those paintbrushes!
Just perfect!
I wanted to bring them home.
Of course in my house they'd look stupid...
But I still wanted them.
I'm sure Ruby would have stopped them at the front door....
Here is a photo
(albeit, horribly blurry. sorry!)
of the chef preparing our
Peking duck.
Yum. I've always wanted to try it....
How was it?
Well.... truthfully, it's hard to say.
By the time it arrived,
we were both really full!
Hard to really judge a meal
when you really don't want to eat it!
I'll say that if we had been a little less....
greedy, and not ordered so much already,
I think we would've enjoyed it.
Bummer. I hate when that happens.
We popped back into the Potter store
where Kay bought some Pottery.
She bought the complete set
of books.
That's a bulky souvenir to take home!
Ingrates. Shoulda stuck to dogs.
Totally get that. Why do you think I have cats?
franandaj - 4:45, average, delayed, chip & shirt, Santa Monica, Thor, shake, seconds, Mexican, clothes, bo, saw it - 65 points.
Still suckin' after all these years!
1. We do actually go to Universal.
Do we:
a. purchase ($70 each)
Front of the Line passes?
b. Or do we do rope drop?
c. Or both?
C. Both
2. What's our first ride?
a. Flight of the Hippogriff
b. Forbidden Journey
c. Shrek 4D
d. The Simpsons Ride
B. Forbidden Journey
3. What happens on the ride?
a. Drink spills on Kay.
b. Kid throws up.
c. Ride breaks down.
d. Lose my hat.
C. Ride breaks down.
4. Which (if any) of the following
do we see? (Pick up to 3)
a. Studio Tour
b. Special Effects Show
c. WaterWorld
d. Animal Actors.
e. Walking Dead Attraction
A. Studio tour and D. Animal Actors.
5. What souvenir does Kay buy?
It's a fairly obvious one,
so no clues... except that one.
Okay... and it's more than $20.
But that's it!
A wand.
6. Which one of the following
do we not ride?
a. Flight of the Hippogriff
b. King Kong 360 3-D
c. Despicable Me Minion Mayhem
d. Fast and Furious - Supercharged.
B. King Kong 360 3D
7. Of the following, which is Kay's fave?
a. Jurassic Park - The Ride
b. Transformers - The Ride-3D
c. Revenge of the Mummy - The Ride
A. Jurassic park
8. Butter Beer.
Yeah, we try it.
It comes in frozen and non.
Which do we try?
a. Frozen
b. Not frozen
c. Both
C. Both
9 Which ride do I refuse to go on.
a. Transformers - The Ride-3D
b. The Simpsons Ride
c. Flight of the Hippogriff
d. Shrek 4D
B. The Simpsons Ride.
10. Ya gotta eat. Where?
a. Suds McDuff’s Hot Dogs
b. Jurassic Café
c. Plaza Grill
d. Krusty Burger
Krusty Burger
11. Are you sick of this contest yet?
a. Yes.
b. No.
c. Yes. But I'm too polite to say.
d. No. But I lie a lot.
C. Yes. But I'm too polite to say.
Bonus: Did you see it?
Of course you did.
But did you see the other one?
PM your guess.
Posting will result in deductions.
Hope to PM at some point today.
