We haven't been here very long, but we've seen some pretty cool things, so far. One of the first nights we were here we went down to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. We walked around Mann's Chinese Theatre and the Kodak Theater (where we took some pictures on a little machine). We saw a few museums (Guinness Book, Ripley's, Hollywood Wax, History of Hollywood...), but most of the places were closing down once we got around to them. Three of us wanted to watch 'Starsky and Hutch' at Mann's (which was the current celebrated movie premiere), but one of us thought the admission price was too much of a concession. We'll come back...

It's seems like everytime we go for a drive, we end up stumbling over something accidently. I think we've seen just about every broadcasting station and quite a few production studios already, without even trying. Yesterday, Chuck and I decided to go driving around looking for new grocery stores (food is alittle expensive-$4.40 for a gallon of milk? $3.00 for a dozen eggs? That's crazy!) and ended up detouring and finding Mulhulland Dr., so we took it. The road is a very curvy, up the hill and back down again type of road. As we started on the road, Chuck noticed a great view of the city. I couldn't see it from my side and he looked to find a better view from the road, instead stumbling across a little spectator point. We got out and looked at the city. It was amazing! The sight was just like a helicopter shot of L.A. you would see in a movie. As we started to leave, Chuck exclaimed how after this great sight and all the time we've been here, we still haven't seen the Hollywood sign yet. Just then, I hear, "Hey! there it is!". It was right behind us. How funny is that? We drive down a little further and found a small hiking trail. We trekked around it a bit and fell in love with the area. I think we'll start going there on a regular basis. The day before, we found a HUGE park that seems to go on forever. It's right next to the L.A. Zoo, apparently, but we didn't see it. It had a little Choo-choo for kids to ride on, which is nice. There was a softball field with a lighted scoreboard, and mountains...lots of mountains (very green, very pretty). There was a small film crew there, as well, but we couldn't tell what they were setting up for and we had places to be. Actually we had nowhere to be, but whatever. It's so funny, when I left Michigan I said goodbye to nature, but I've seen more nature in the last few days then in a year of being in Michigan. It was beautiful. If you get a chance, come see it. Our couch is always open...