Leaving
Las Vegas, we headed West across Death Valley to Tinseltown USA, also known
as
Leaving
Las Vegas, we headed West across Death Valley to Tinseltown USA, also known
as
Hollywood, California
There we stayed 4 days on the Sunset Strip at the famous Hollywood Bel Age hotel. The hotel is conveniently located not 15 Feet from Johnny depp's notorious 'Viper Club' where River Phoenix OD'd from Acute heroin poisoning.
Also steps away was the infamous Hotel Chateau Marmont where paramedics brought out a horizontal John Belushi, who'd had one too many speedballs over 20 years ago.
First full day had us enjoying universal studios. Kathy's highlight was being licked lovingly on the ear by Count Dracula. Check Out These Pictures From Universal Studios
Check Out These Pictures From Hollywood And Santa Monica
One
of the true Hollywood highlights was a pilgrimage brad and I made to the grave
of curly howard, 
our
Favorite member of the three stooges. Buried in a Jewish cemetery in what
is now very dicey East Los Angeles, Brad and I Had a great time.
Check out the Curly Howard Pilgrimage by Clicking here.
The key to any successful vacation is seeing new sights and Making New Friends. Luckily we were able to achieve both of those goals when we took in a LA Dodger/SF Giant Baseball game at historic Dodger stadium. A real squeaker, San francisco beat the Dodgers 12-0, with Barry Bonds banging out 2 homers for the giants.
To our fortune, seated in front of us were some lovely local folks that I would surmise were most probably gangbangers, err I mean, perhaps Members of local Los Angeles neighborhood associations. The young lady shown adjacent was particularly enjoyable.
A
diehard Dodger fan, OOOOhhhhh
she had a colorful command of Both the English, and Spanish languages. I even learned a few
phrases that night. Bradley and brettie, I can tell you, learned a
whole new vocabulary. Check Out These Photos
of her warmly greeting fans from rival teams.
Our New Friend Greeting A San Francisco Giant Fan
Our New Friend Greeting A San Diego Padre Fan
Showing Us Her Well Placed 'LA Dodger' Tattoo
A great time in hollywood was had by all.
as Arnold Swarznegger says - 'We'll be back.'
