Blogs from Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States, North America - page 6

Saturday 8th February to Saturday 15th February, 2009. As is increasingly becoming the norm being the impatient soul that I am I once again found myself stretching my timekeeping skills to the limit. A dislike for waiting around had meant I'd delayed departure to our appointed rendezvous until the last possible moment thus ensuring a foot to the floor white knuckle ride up the 405 Freeway but thankfully as I bounded through the doors of Los Angeles International's Terminal 6 around 8.30pm on Saturday evening she immediately came into sight, directly ahead of me and zipped up to the neck in her fur collared brown suede coat staring vacantly yet inquisitively at the empty baggage carousel, glasses and silver hair twinkling in the bright lights, grannie boots unzipped to the full allowing her tiny swollen feet ... read more

January 16th 2009 We’re on a cruise through Beverly Hills and Bel Air, and this is where the Beckhams used to live. Can you spot Jay Leno’s home from behind that massive wall of hedges? No? It’s O.K. because he ain’t there… He’s at the NBC studio practicing his lines, not that it made any difference to his comedy. He speaks with his chin, and boy is it funny. Hugh Laurie slinked on stage looking sheepish until the roar died down and George yelled DARLING (Hugh’s character’s name on Black Adder). Dr. House looked right up at us, then cracked a massive grin and said, “Tally ho!” He continued to then grizzle about how hard it is for a Brit living in LA at Christmas time because woolen items are of no use here! Alas, the ... read more

Oh my goodness, you'll never believe where I woke up this morning! In the home of PRISCILLA PRESLEY! This journey just keeps getting better and better. Priscilla told me she'd only just returned from Cairo and is due to set off again on another jaunt tomorrow, so I guess I was lucky we linked up in a rare quiet moment for her to sign my fine fibres I would love to have stayed longer and talked to one of the most famous women in the world about oh so many things, but Priscilla explained to me that I myself had a schedule to keep as I was soon to leave the US headed for the United Kingdom on the final leg of my journey. But if you want to know more about Priscilla and some of ... read more

My goodness! I am no longer in the Southern Hemisphere! I have made it all the way to HOLLYWOOD!! In fact I am in the home of the incredibly beautiful, gracious, and warm-hearted iconic and legendary star of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" TIPPI HEDREN!!! And you know what? Tippi lives in a big cat preserve called SHAMBALA that she's been running for over 30 years to look after all manner of huge felines that have been cast off by private owners, circuses and other unsuitable facilities! Michael Jackson's tigers are even here!!! I was a bit worried I was going to be eaten at one point, but Tippi took me into her loving care and signed me oh so beautifully I do hope I bring an enormous price at the end of this year-long, globe-trotting voyage ... read more

Hallo allemaal, Daar zijn we dan eindelijk!!!! Vanuit een zeer zonnig en warm Los Angeles/Beverly Hills. Na een goede maar toch wel lange vlucht zijn we donderdagavond (lokale tijd) in LA geland. Achteraf hadden we Washington een normale tussenstop met 2.5 uur wachttijd (het reisbureau had gezegd dat het een directe vlucht zou zijn). Op de luchthaven toch altijd wel even een gedoe om de weg naar het eerste hotel te vinden. Het meisje van het reisbureau had aangegeven dat het loopbaar was en dus de auto huur pas op dag twee in laten gaan. Natuurlijk was dat naief want in Amerika is NIETS loopbaar :) Ik meende mij te herinneren dat ik op de website van het hotel had gelezen dat ze een gratis shuttle service hadden. Maar ja, waar stopt die he.... Met veel ... read more