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First Ride on a San Francisco Cable Care »

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 […]

Flying with Southwest Airlines - Review »

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 […]

Dinner at Johnny Rockets Restaurant Hollywood »

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 […]

The Hollywood Celebrity Hotel - Los Angeles - Hotel Review »

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 […]

The 80th Academy Awards 2008 - The Oscars! »

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 […]

Grauman’s Chinese Theatre - Los Angeles »

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 […]

Arrival in LA »

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 […]