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<font color=purple>It's much more fun on the boat<
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2001
Thursday morning had us up and ready to leave the resort around 9:30. It's always a little sad to leave, but we really had a great time, and we still had a few more days of vacation left. we were meeting one of Mike's interviewers who lived in LA, and we were having lunch in Venice Beach. We weren't sure how traffic was going to be and we wanted to have plenty of time, and we did get to the area with plenty of time to spare. We met Barbara, and walked along the boardwalk (or whatever you call that area) for a while, checking out the locals and the shops. I bought a few postcards, sunglasses for Joel and I, and a magnet before we headed back to the restaurant for lunch. We ate at a place called the Figtree Cafe, and it was really good! I wanted to get something California-ish, so I had a chicken sandwich with sprouts and avacado- it was delicious! Joel had a chicken & cheese quesadilla, which was really a grilled cheese sandwich with chicken, but he ate it. Mike had an omelet, as they serve breakfast food all day. As we were walking out, a gentlemen sitting behind us stopped us and said he comes here all the time, and there are so many wild, unruly kids that come in, and that Joel was probably the best behaved kid he'd ever seen in there. It was really nice to hear, especially since he was starting to get a little restless.
Anyway, we parted ways with Barbara, and decided to spend a little time on the beach. It was a little overcast, but the views were still amazing. The water was cold, and we weren't really swimming but Joel managed to get hosed by the waves. From there we decided to head down to the Santa Monica pier; we squished some pennies there, and rode the ferris wheel. By the time we were done there, we were ready to check into the hotel. We started heading over toward Hollywood, and Mike decided we should see where Pink's hot dogs was so we could go there for supper. We found it, and since there was no line, we went. Joel -mr. hot dog at home- decided he wanted a cheeseburger, but Mike and I got hot dogs. I got the Today Show dog, which was 2 beef dogs with chili & cheese, onion and guacamole. It was kind of gross to look at but really good! Mike got much more tame dogs; I think one was a straight chili dog and the other had cole slaw on it. We thought we saw a guy who looked like Dave Chappelle walking buy, and there was a girl sitting behind us who was talking about having a speaking role in a movie, but we didn't know who she was.
From Pink's we did go to the hotel. There was traffic getting by the hollywood bowl - i believe soul asylum was playing- and then traffic getting to Universal as it was some Alice Cooper halloween night thing. We checked into the Universal Sheraton, and it didn't seem too different from when we stayed there in 2006. We decided we'd head over to Citywalk to check stuff out, and maybe get a snack. We trekked over and popped in and out of stores, and got ice cream from Ben & jerry's before heading back to the room. Joel got a bath when we got back to the room- he was so sandy from the beach he left a ring around the tub!
Friday we're off to the park!
Anyway, we parted ways with Barbara, and decided to spend a little time on the beach. It was a little overcast, but the views were still amazing. The water was cold, and we weren't really swimming but Joel managed to get hosed by the waves. From there we decided to head down to the Santa Monica pier; we squished some pennies there, and rode the ferris wheel. By the time we were done there, we were ready to check into the hotel. We started heading over toward Hollywood, and Mike decided we should see where Pink's hot dogs was so we could go there for supper. We found it, and since there was no line, we went. Joel -mr. hot dog at home- decided he wanted a cheeseburger, but Mike and I got hot dogs. I got the Today Show dog, which was 2 beef dogs with chili & cheese, onion and guacamole. It was kind of gross to look at but really good! Mike got much more tame dogs; I think one was a straight chili dog and the other had cole slaw on it. We thought we saw a guy who looked like Dave Chappelle walking buy, and there was a girl sitting behind us who was talking about having a speaking role in a movie, but we didn't know who she was.
From Pink's we did go to the hotel. There was traffic getting by the hollywood bowl - i believe soul asylum was playing- and then traffic getting to Universal as it was some Alice Cooper halloween night thing. We checked into the Universal Sheraton, and it didn't seem too different from when we stayed there in 2006. We decided we'd head over to Citywalk to check stuff out, and maybe get a snack. We trekked over and popped in and out of stores, and got ice cream from Ben & jerry's before heading back to the room. Joel got a bath when we got back to the room- he was so sandy from the beach he left a ring around the tub!
Friday we're off to the park!