Part 2: Celebrity Sightings

I guess Hollywood is the place for celebrity sightings. I didn't expect to run into so many while we were there. Maybe there was a "thing" going on that everyone was there for. We started by hitting the Skybar to see who we would meet. Our tour guide was right- a lot of celebrities hang out there.

Here is JD and Snoop! Couldn't BELIEVE it! And he was so cool about snapping his picture.


Then on our walking tour, we went to a movie set. Guess who was there!?! He's as goofy in real life as he is in movies!


JD met Jack Nicholson inside.


And then the PRESIDENT!?! What a trip!


"Yes, this IS my first time in Hollywood."


JD and George chillin'.


Oh wait. No WONDER no one would talk to us! These guys were great to take pictures with but awful conversationalists.


I've never been to a wax museum before, but this was probably one of the most fun things I think we did. They had props and you could touch them and we had a blast with the camera.


Doesn't he look real in this picture?


He doesn't. The light reflects off of the black skin too much. We tried to make this one look real.








Just try to mess with me.....


I think I got the role of the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz mixed up with Moses and the Red Sea. "I'm melting......"


"How DO you look so glam?"




"Lemme outa here!"


"Im going to make you an offer you can't refuse."




Life is like a box of chocolates.




"What's that!?! I think it's comin' for us!"


There's only one Italian Stallion.


And I'm married to him.


"Megan! Quite dumbin' around! Get in your places, everyone!"


Never mess with an ogre.


"And ACTION!"




"Simon, we may have named our cat after you, but that doesn't mean you can say such things about Megan's voice!"


The wax museum gives EVERYONE the opportunity to whack Tiger!




He's number one in a lot of ways.














CAREFUL! We invested a LOT of money in that brain!




The mold they used for Hugh Jackman.


"I wasn't prepared for this moment."

Spring Break Part 1: Hollywood and Beverly Hills

For spring break, JD and I decided to take a trip up the coast. Starting the very moment I got off of work Friday, we hit the road and traveled through LA, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Malibu, the Redwood Forest, Oregon Coast, New Port, Florence, Portland, Seattle, and back down through Boise and Las Vegas. We had a blast. I've never put in so many hours in a car in such a short time- we estimated around 50 hours spent driving from one location to another (not counting the days where we drove around the cities) in 10 days. We saw sun, rain, snow, hail, and clouds.

We started at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.






We then walked down the Walk of Fame.










We took a bus tour to see the sites. Here we are overlooking LA.




This is Meg Ryan's house.


This auditorium at a middle school was called the Michael Jackson Auditorium. Once the scandal with the child molestation broke out, they covered his name.


This is a club where a ton of the younger celebrities hang out.




This is the site where Lindsey Lohan got her DUI running into a bunch of trees. You can see where the new trees were put in.


Here's Dr. Phil's house. We saw a ton of celebrities' houses, but now I can't remember them all when I look at the pictures. But this one was by far the most beautiful house we saw. The Italian beveled glass was amazing!


This is where Michael Jackson was taken from his home in LA when he passed away.


This is the front yard of Bill Cosby. The man statue of the tourists in the front is a statue of Cosby himself.


Here is the famous Rodeo Drive.


This store requires an appointment to be allowed to enter. It also requires a payment of $2500 for the store owner's time.


This store is Prada. Apparently the designer decided he was too famous to have to put his name on his store. It's just a blank front.


The Kodak Theater- home of the Oscars.


We saved some serious coinage on this trip through some nifty tips we found on the Internet. We knew all of the cheap places to park, eat, and stay. We also brought most of our food with us. Here we are in the parking garage enjoying lunch!


The car. We got looks and comments, but we thought it was fun!


Mohammad Ali is the only star that is not on the ground. It's against his religion to step on a name. JD is wearing a headset from our walking tour we took.


More back at the Chinese Theater.








We took a tour of the Kodak Theater. These are the steps that the celebrities walk up to go to the Oscars. The steps are build wide and short to accommodate heels.




See the Hollywood sign through the plaza?


Rodeo Drive- We walked around the street there to look at the crazy expensive shops.






This is the hotel where Pretty Woman was filmed.


I kinda have a thing for Valentino. I'd love to have one of his dresses someday. And where would I wear a Valentino? Haven't gotten that far. To the grocery store?




One of the cheap eats that we heard about. The best Cuban food I've ever had. Which isn't saying much since I haven't had much of it.....