Geo: 34.0533, -118.245After a day of laying around the house and resting up, we headed off to the Los Angeles Zoo for 3 hours. It was a warm day but it was a nice trip. Naomi actually admitted to sweating for the first time. Nice to have those genes. While some of the animals were hiding in the shade, others were out and about. One of the nice areas was the new Elephants of Asia section. The elephants get real close to a nice viewing area. Another area I witnessed a very funny monkey incounter that was funny. See the pictures to view what I saw. When we stopped by the Giant River Otter area, one lone otter was agitated either for its mate/relation in a nearby pen or wanted his lunch. It kept calling out. ... read more

Geo: 34.0481, -118.526Naomi and I visited the Getty Villa. The Getty Villa is one of two locations of the J. Paul Getty Museum. The Getty Villa is an educational center and museum dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria. The collection has 44,000 Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities dating from 6,500 BC to 400 AD. It was a wonderful place to visit. Lots of Greek and Roman artwork and statues. After spending 3 hours there, we headed back to my home for an early night before heading back to Comic Con tomorrow.... read more

Geo: 32.7157, -117.162After getting up early, we headed to the Gaslamp area to park in a parking garage for $12. Then we headed to go wait in line for about 2 hours. The line started outside, then it went inside, up the escalator, around the west side of the building along the back side, and then back to the east side. We sat for about an hour. At 9am they let us go down the escalator and into the exhibitor hall. Some people were actually running! Naomi and I split up since she was interested in different things than I was. Outside of the exhibitor hall, sessions were being held to discuss a wide range of topics regarding comics, whether in comic books, movies, tv shows, art work, or anime. I attended one regarding Battlestar Galactica. ... read more

Geo: 34.0533, -118.245After leaving the restaurant, we visited the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to see the Tim Burton exhibit. We looked at some of his early work, his films, and his later work. We even got to see a short film he did based on Ansel and Gretel for 30 minutes. We left there and head for home.... read more

Geo: 34.0983, -118.326After a quick trip to Griffith Park to see the Hollywood Sign, we headed to a costume shop in Hollywood so that Naomi could get some items for her costume for Comic Con. Then as we drove past Madame Tousads Wax Museum we decided to go visit it. As we came out of the Nokia Theatre mall, people were setting up the area outside the El Capitan Theatre across the street for the premier of the Captain America. We then walked along the Hollywood Walk of Fame and visited the wax museum. It was worth the price of admission and much better the Wax Museum we visited in San Francisco. ... read more