Last day in LA, so went down to Venice Beach to see the famous boardwalk. After that I did some shopping; managed to pick up an autographed copy of Neil Gaiman's latest book. Yay. In the evening Rachel was so kind to give me a tour of the Grove, Rodeo Dr (where all the stars shop) and Beverly Hills (BIG houses) After that it was an eery ride back to San Diego where I'll be taking the flight back home tomorrow. [View Full Entry]

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Glendale Los Feliz neighborhood drove down Sunset Blvd Beverly hills - saw papparazi Bel Air Malibu Santa Monica Pier Venice Beach Drove up PCH - highway 1 ate at Marie Calanders in West Hollywood I had Hand-Carved 14-Hour Slow-Smoked Angus Tri-Tip loaded mashed potatoes, asparagus, onion straws, bourbon BBQ sauce Adrian had Char-Grilled Chicken & Vegetable jasmine rice, feta cheese, balsamic reduction or did u have Meatloaf with Shitake Demi-Glace crispy onion straws, mashed potatoes saw the aflac duck in hollywood saw the guy from UFC [View Full Entry]

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Mostly Eating/ Drinking :Frozen Yowwguurrt, Gin Martinis, Vanilla Sours Cocktails Saying a lot: 'Err. Wow' Stye status: Definite reduction, replaced by wrinkle caused by sun damage Listening to: Stars, Genova Heights, Bob Marley and lots of Raggae Celebrity sightings: Top notch!! A list ============================================================== Hello Blogs and Blogettes, My lasting memory of San Francisco was a homeless man extracting his willy and weeing at me as Danielle and I struggled to the bus stop to catch our ride to Santa Monica. However we cheered up because, after abi [View Full Entry]

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Arrived in L.A on wednesday afternoon, feeling tired after a long but ok flight. Staying at the Venice Beach Cotel, first impression was how hot it got as we went higher up the stairs; we were staying on the 3rd floor. Room itself ok, bathrooms shared but clean enough. L.A., particularly Venice Beach, is full of extremes. Filthy rich and destitute, calm spaced out hippies and impatient frantic need it now yanks. We went to a recording of 'Deal or no deal' and it was surreal! It was hard to believe it was a real person playing a real game. The [View Full Entry]

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Sunday 6th July to Wednesday 9th July, 2008 After a lazy Saturday spent recovering from the July 4th celebrations by simply taking a leisurely ride up the beach for a spot of lunch and very little else I deemed Sunday to be another day of exploration and decided there was no better place to check out than the adjoining neighbourhoods of Santa Monica and Venice Beach, forty five minutes drive north of Long Beach. The two areas, in particular the eclectic and vibrant Venice, are recognized as two of Los Angeles main must see attractions as much for the eccentric variety [View Full Entry]

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Monday 30th June to Saturday July 5th The fourth of July is a big day for Americans, in fact it's by far and away the biggest day of the social calendar. A day more than any other when they celebrate their overbearing sense of national pride combined with their Independence from us Brits by essentially doing two things; i) bedecking anything and everything in stars and stripes and ii) getting pissed out of their tiny little minds. Anything goes and if it wasn’t for the boys in blue no doubt a lot more would too, the only irony of it [View Full Entry]

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Well we finally returned from Vegas as hard as it was to leave it was just burning a hole in our wallets! I finally understand what they mean when they say "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" cause they were just determind not to let us leave! We spent about 7 hours in the air port trying to re book our plane tickets back to LA, also while extreeeeemly hung over from our last night of partying i was ready to cry! We had some stuff up with our tickets so we missed our first flight which was meant to [View Full Entry]

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Tim: The drive into LA was mad with traffic dodging and weaving accross 6 lanes of traffic. So we arrived in LA after a 6 hour drive from San Fran. Tom guided us to the hostel like a lazer guided warhead. I am now driving a Crysler 300C which is very nice to drive (big engine) and looks a bit like a Bently. At the hostel We met some other English lads, one of whom lives just down the road from me (small world) and went out for a few pints down in the bars on Venice beach to chase some [View Full Entry]

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Meeting at the airport with parents in tow we found each other with ease. A good start! Get to the flight lounge and we meet our first celeb...Mike Tyson, oh yeah! After a delay of two hours sitting on the plane we set off on a 13 hour stretch of food, films and no leg room. We arrived in LA hot and disheveled and go have a chat with our new mate Mike. See photos, we no lie. We found our hostel, get checked in and off to the beach for a look around. On the beach there was a massive [View Full Entry]

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