Hollywood
Today was allocated for sight-seeing in where else but the glitzy Hollywood!!
But well oh well, it didn’t turn out to be as glitzy as I thought it would be. Haha..the main stretch of Holly wood is this road called Hollywood Boulevard.
It’s just like any other big street in a shopping district, malls on both sides, some theatres, some other souvenir stalls, restaurants yada yada.
Then main difference is that on both sides of the road, on the sidewalks, you have loads of stars inscribed in the ground..each holding a special name from a forgotten era, from an era just past or from a current era…
That’s right, the Walk of Fame! Haha…I betcha didn’t know that Godzill has star to his name as well….as does Bugs Bunny haha..I saw stars for Michael Jackson, Alfred Hitchcock, Bette Davis, Woody Allen, Robin Williams etc etc etc..
I saw street performers from Zorro to Captain Jack Sparrow, from Catwoman to Charlie Chaplin and even Tigger and Winnie the Pooh. Hahaa..
Went past Ridley’s Believe It or Not Museum as well, but din not step in. HC said he’d get nightmares if we saw too many grotesque stuff haha.
Visited the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and had lunch at a Disney Café..loved the printed napkins which came with Mickey and Minnie Mouse emblazoned on it.
Shopped a little there and then my eye caught sight of a shop which made my jaw drop.
I saw a Giordano there. Kaozz.
Haha…but it was super upmarket there. Nothing like the Giordano you see back home. Different styles, and expensive pants.
We saw the famous Hollywood sign on top of the hill…but was too far away to take any nice pics of it. Wasted.
Didn’t get to see any celebrities too. Wasted!! Haa..
Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive, Sunset Boulevard
We explored Beverly Hills as well. Oh well, drove past rather..haha.
Went into some of the little streets to see the big big houses there. I was told Britney Spears lived somewhere there and had hordes of paparazzi camping outside her gates. But I didn’t get to see any of such stuff. ;p
Same thing with Sunset Boulevard. We drove past the stretch. It was in the afternoon and nothing was really happening there. I guess it was really more of a pubs/restaurants/cafes kinda place which would be more lively at night…
We took a walk down Rodeo Drive as well. One of the famous roads in West Hollywood. For the uninitiated…Rodeo Drive was the place where Julia Roberts went shopping in the movie “Pretty Woman” lol. All the big brands were there again. Bebe, Coach, Giorgio Armani, Thierry Mugler, Miu Miu, etc etc etc.
Farmer’s Market and The Grove
And finally we ended the day at Farmer’s Market and The Grove, one of the attractions in downtown LA. I loved the place!!
It was more like a mini town on its own. A very mini town filled with one or two storey buildings. Each was a store or a restaurant. Some brightly lit, others dimly lit. But all exuding the same charm over people who walked by. There were push-carts as well selling little trinkets and knick-knacks.
There were even little streets within this mini town…a large fountain area with some small bridges over it. The street lamps resembled those from the 1950s. Tall and black, looped over at the top with a hanging lamp from it
There were speakers all over, blaring jazz music. Felt like as if I was ensconced within a huge surround sound system. The weather was cold. I was huddled in my jacket, had gloves on and was strolling through the mini streets whilst the jazz music permeated through me…It was a lovely lovely feeling.
Dinner was at the Farmer’s Market section..BBQ chicken for me and some shish kebab thingy for HC..each of us has a hot drink…J
Ahhh…If only life could be like this everyday..Cool, relaxed, musical, lovely, without a care in the world…
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