Last week, Patrick's brother Eric and his girlfriend Sarah came for a quick visit. They had driven across the country from Virginia and were on their way to Oregon. We were happy to have them and happy to meet Sarah.
We took them to Hollywood to see the stars on the sidewalks and Graumann's Chinese Theater, where there are hand and footprints from celebrities and they hold lots of movie premiers. They saw the freak show, tourist-trap that is Hollywood Boulevard. There are dozens of people dressed up in costumes (Elmo, Spiderman, Spongebob, Jack Sparrow, and on and on and on...) and if you attempt to take their photo they want to charge you money. Then there are the guys trying to get people to listen to their rap album. Patrick had the same guy yell at him 3 times because he didn't want to listen to the guy's music. Then there are the people trying to get you to go on a celebrity home tour. Absolute craziness!
We also showed them the Kodak Theater, which is where the Oscars are held every year. Little does anyone know, while watching the Oscars, that the Kodak is located in a mall. We walked them by the steps of the building where the Jimmy Kimmel Live show is filmed. While walking by, we saw them filming a segment out on the sidewalk for the show. We didn't stay long because you can only handle this area of Hollywood in small doses.
After lunch, we spent the rest of the day in Pasadena and the next day they left to continue on to Oregon. We had a lot of fun with them and are so glad they took the time to stop by and see us.
Happy hour drinks at Barney's in Pasadena
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