We started out the day trying to find some stars handprints and signatures in front of the famous Grauman Chinese Theatre. It did not fail to please for my goal of the day was to find Frank Sinatra's handprints. I think I may have figured out his many marriages, his hands were the same size as mine own. You know what they say about men with little hands.....or what gross assumptions are made about men with big hands. Either way, it was great. We walked around and found more signatures. The great artist (with lots of sarcasm intended), Bruce Willis. His block was noteworthy for including Yippy kiyay in his. Humphrey Bogart gave Sid Grauman a lovely threatening message. Whoopi Goldberg created a picture of her dreads. There were many more that were different and special, but I liked those the best.
We went to Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, as I had recognized it from several trashy novels that sometimes make their way into my readings. I usually read Tolstoy! I swear!
We meandered back to the Motel 6 in Hollywood, where we were lodging. It is barebones, but cheap, clean and has free Wi-Fi. We had decided at the hotel that we would make the long hajj to Venice Beach. Google Maps informed that it was 13 miles, but we were pretty pumped so the warning went unheeded. We walked down Hollywood Blvd to La Brea to Wilshire to Hauser to Venice to Beethoven to Washington Blvd (See map to the right).
It took us about 5 hours.
In those 5 hours of walking, we saw nothing of interest except for a few cute animals and a few gorgeous homes. We didn't take a single picture, or find anything intriguing, noteworthy or memorable. The only thing memorable about the walk was that it was just so dull.
The walk was still worth the trouble when we got to Venice Beach. By the time that we had reached Venice Beach, it was 6:45 pm. It was chilly and windy, and we were exhausted. We walked down one of the piers and stood by and watch the sun set. It was a illustrious sight. The light illuminated the waves and the fog (smog?) made the peninsulas seem under a cloud or some sort of mystery. We hailed a cab and headed back to the hotel (47 dollars American) and promised to ourselves that we would return to Mecca of Bodybuilding and Weird Human Trickery on Monday.
Restaurants : IHOP (I do love the Butterscotch Pancakes, these places can be found all over the United States)
- Black Dog Coffee (FREE WI-FI :) Great for us lost soles/souls!)
- Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (White Chocolate Coffee thingie? was delicious)
- Mercedes near Venice Beach (Enchiladas Florentine were delicious, as was the fried Calamari, but it is not cheap. Be prepared to drop at least 40 dollars and that's if you don't want any alcohol)
Stores:
- Target (Nicer less evil version of Wal-Mart and that's what Christopher Columbus would have wanted)
That's What She Said :)
Christina Columbus
No comments:
Post a Comment