Spent the day on Tuesday rolling around LA with my sister and her friend Natalie who are in town from Florida. We started off with a roll by of the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Always cool to see. When asked if there was a tour of the interior, we got the response "..yeah, if you want to sit through an performance." New levels of douchebaggery.
From there we headed to the pioneering development of Hollywoodland to do the hike up to the sign. After stopping at the Beachwood Market to grab some waters and snacks, we hit the trail. After about 2 miles of dodging horseshit, we came to the end of the trail, about a quarter mile short of the sign itself. We decided to offroad it a bit and got within about 200 yards of it. Definitely cool to look back and say we stood next to it. Or as close as we could get without some climbing rigs.
After that it was Mel's Diner for some nourishment in the form of a big ass turkey dinner and then down to the Chinese Theater to see some imprinted cement and movie history. Always cool. Ended the night with an hour long session at Amoeba and dropped about 50 bucks on records. Damn.
I am sorry to report, I almost did buy this:
Don't hate. What other show has a heartwarming story arc featuring an overweight black housekeeper and a gruff Polish police detective with a heart of gold trying his best to raise two daughters on his own? Yeah, that's what I thought. Nell was like a black Mr. Belvedere. Oh yeah, she died from complications from diabetes from her obesity. Big surprise there.
