A couple of weekends ago, while it was doing this in Salt Lake, we flew to Long Beach, CA.
We stayed in sketchy Inglewood, but went to a few fun places around town:
These donuts are famous.
Then we headed to Hollywood to see some stars :)
I was SO HAPPY to find Ray Bradbury's star. We were pretty much done with the Walk of Fame, then I wondered if Ray had a star, because if he didn't he should!...so we asked at the information desk and they gave us the exact address of his star, which was only a few feet down from where we had decided to abandon our walk. So we went all the way back there to see it :)
The closest I'll get to hugging him.
We hung out at the big Hollywood & Highland shopping center and saw the Hollywood sign...
a cool candy store....
Harry Potter made of Jelly Bellies...
a "kids' only" door just my size...
Then we drove to downtown Los Angeles, and Darren dropped me off at the public library because it was too expensive to park anywhere...
I went inside; supposedly Ray Bradbury used to do some writing here.
An intersection right by the library was recently named "Ray Bradbury Square."
Lots of Bradbury stuff...Darren was a good sport. (this building is named for a different Bradbury)
We ate lunch at Philippe's Original, supposedly the inventor of the French-dip sandwich.
Then we drove here for some people-watching and laughs...
It was chilly on the beach...we kept our clothes on.
We spent the next day at Six Flags Magic Mountain (no pictures). It was a little cold but we rode some really fun and crazy roller coasters.
We also ate some tasty Mexican and Thai food, and we got to drive around in this cute little car:
It was a fun weekend getaway!
We ate lunch at Philippe's Original, supposedly the inventor of the French-dip sandwich.
We spent the next day at Six Flags Magic Mountain (no pictures). It was a little cold but we rode some really fun and crazy roller coasters.
We also ate some tasty Mexican and Thai food, and we got to drive around in this cute little car:
