Many people visit Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida – but there is also a Universal in the home of movies…Los Angeles. If you’re headed for Hollywood, then you must stop by and see what Universal has to offer – including their unique Hollywood museum. Can I get a tour of the Studios? Yes. The Studio Tour will let you see the sets of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Desperate Housewives and The War of the Worlds. The Tonight Show with Conan is also filmed there. The Studio Tour also contains an element of surprise because lots of the movies and TV…
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Everything You Need to Know About Universal Studios – in Los Angeles
Monday, October 5th, 2009 at
11:52 am
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An Eventful Flight Home From San Francisco to Sydney
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 at
11:59 am
The days starts out pretty ordinary, we have breakfast at the Terrace Cafe at El Rancho Best Western and then we go to the office to find out what there is to do in Millbrae until our shuttle at 7pm. It appears there isn’t anything to do where we are so, so we think we should go and drop off the bags and go back into San Francisco to spend a few hours. We get to the airport really early and Qantas doesn’t open until 6:45pm to take check in for our 10:40pm flight. Damn so here we are at…
First Ride on a San Francisco Cable Care
Friday, March 14th, 2008 at
4:35 am
After arriving back at the pier we walked up Jefferson and had lunch at Johnny Rocket. Just love eating at this diner. Then it was back to the hotel before heading off to Hyde St to catch the cable car. The weather became very overcast and we had just purchased a 3 day ticket for $18.00 when it started to rain. We joined the queue and at the start it wasn’t too bad but as we shuffled along the sky opened and it began to pour. We were both drenched, well so was everyone else except for those smart enough…
Flying with Southwest Airlines – Review
Monday, February 25th, 2008 at
7:03 pm
Up once again at 6am to go to Las Vegas. It is quite cool and raining, in fact it has been cool and raining since we got to LA. The hotel have arranged a car for us because the shuttle buses don’t start running until 9am and we have an early start. The ride in the car (which cost us $55! plus a $5.00 tip) is way more comfortable than the shuttle bus and our driver John is very friendly and chatty. We spend the time chatting about everthing from the lousy weather to travel. It turns out that John is…
Dinner at Johnny Rockets Restaurant Hollywood
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 at
5:52 am
We had dinner at the Johnny Rocket restaurant in Hollywood and Highlands. What a great place to eat. The decor is reminiscent of the 1940′s and 1950′s with it’s red leather seating and chrome accents on the tables. Each booth has a tabletop jukebox that plays tunes for a nickel (5cents). There are also full bottles of ketchup provided free of charge although each order of fries comes with a paper plate on which the staff have made a smiley face of ketchup. The staff are dressed in the attire of the period and are extremely friendly and accommodating, the…
The Hollywood Celebrity Hotel – Los Angeles – Hotel Review
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 at
5:12 am
After a rather long day having set out from our Hawaii hotel at 5am, and finally arriving at The Celebrity Hotel at around 6pm we were just looking forward to having a shower and having a cup of tea. Paula had already advised me not to expect too much from the hotel as it was only 2 star. So it was nice to be pleasantly surprised when we arrived. The check in process was easy and the receptionist was friendly. The foyer has pictures of stars and some comfortable chairs to sit while you wait for transport and it is…
The 80th Academy Awards 2008 – The Oscars!
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 at
2:04 am
Now that the writers strike is over, the Oscars are going ahead and we have arrived here in Los Angeles right in the middle of all the preparation. Actually the 80th Academy Awards takes place tomorrow night, we of course will be in Las Vegas at the Affiliate Summit so will miss all the live excitement. The annual Oscar presentation which recognises the best in their field for the past year, has been held since 1929. A large block of Hollywood Boulevard has been cordoned off with steel fencing and the lighting and speakers and the red carpet have all…
Grauman’s Chinese Theatre – Los Angeles
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 at
1:24 am
Yesterday we made a visit to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre – or to be exact, the outside of the theatre which is famous for the foot and hand prints of some of Hollywood’s most famous celebrities. The theatre is set within a courtyard and is quite sought after for studio premiers in Hollywood. Of course it was packed with tourists all wanting to take plenty of photos of the hand and foot prints. It was also full of touters trying to sell us things including a young man by the name Jamal aka Young Mystro who pushed his CD into our hands…
Arrival in LA
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 at
11:12 pm
Landing in LA this time is so much different from the last time, when we were on our way to New York. The flight from Hawaii is of course a domestic flight within the US so as we had already been through customs we did not have to repeat the process. LA airport is not very user friendly. We collected our bags and made our way outside to find a shuttle bus. This proved to be somewhat challenging as the signage is almost non-existant, but we finally found where the shuttle buses leave from and had a short wait for the shuttle…
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