A day in Hollywood

Mel and Jas arrived changed and went to meet Lisa and her family. It was a lovely night and so nice to meet them all. Maddy kept us all entertained she is adorable and full of energy (a great playmate for Dallas). Thanks to Keith he treated us to dinner and drinks (some tasty Mexican).

Early start today we decided it was such a big city the best way to see it was on a hop on hop off bus trip ( not before a long walk through Beverley Hills) where we stumbled upon a stop finally!! 

First stop was LACMA and the tar pits, sadly LACMA is closed on Wednesday's.  We have put it on the list for next time that said had it have been open we probably would have wandered around and not made it anywhere else.

Next stop was Petersen's Car Museum, which was the proud owner of 140 cars including zz tops stretched and lowered Cadillac, the actual batmobile and bat bike, several of James Bond`s cars, some cool motorbikes and too many others to mention. Some amazing photos but none on the phone we are afraid.

By this stage we were ravenous luckily the next stop was the Grove and the farmers markets. Wow it was foodie heaven!! Jas said don't grab the first thing you see as he knows what a manic I am when hungry. Turned out to be good advice. We started out with a cup of pomegranate seeds which exploded in your mouth nice and tart and very refreshing. It was great to have such a range of fresh food. Lunch was a plate of beef shish kabob, fatoush, baba ganoush and flat bread - absolutely delicious. This was washed down with chocolate brownie (mel) and salted caramel and pistachio ice cream (Jas).  We rolled to the bustop after a peek at the shops bound for Melrose Ave.

A few purchases later in Melrose and we headed for Pink's hotdogs. Pinks are a hollywood legend and have been in the same shop since the 1930s. We thought it would be rude not to try one and settled on a spicy polish dog, a bit like a kransky with mustard onion and chilli mince. What a winner it was wild a bit hot but tasted pretty good.

We headed up to Hollywood Blvd and felt much like a refreshment. We found a groovy place called 33 taps (much to Jason`s delight.  It had 33 taps of beer not many of which he had not tried before. He settled on a perm pils and a red mermaid whilst I sipped on a French Collins.  We walked the walk of fame to the Chinese Theatre.

We popped into the Roosevelt for a look (That had been Mel`s pick for our stay and judging by the inside we will stay there next time).

Finally it was time to head to the strip (Sunset). We hoped off and walked the strip great views of the basin. We stopped off at a place next to the Whiskey a go go (the Whiskey was closed sadly). whilst walking back along the strip Jas saw Vin Diesel in a red Lamborghini. We walked home only (10 mins away). We are pretty tired but will head out for some Vietnamese a few doors  away. We don't have too many pictures as they are off the phone we can't download them from camera until we get home.

Next stop Hawaii, we are excited!! Until then au revoir