Today was a full day. We started off going to downtown Los Angeles where we saw City Hall (seen in the opening credits of the old Dragnet TV show), the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (where the Academy Awards ceremonies have been held in the past), Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Millennium Biltmore Hotel (also the site of past Academy Awards ceremonies).
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| Downtown Los Angeles |
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| Downtown Los Angeles |
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| Downtown Los Angeles |
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| Downtown Los Angeles |
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| Downtown Los Angeles |
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| Downtown Los Angeles |
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| Dorothy Chandler Pavilion |
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| Downtown Los Angeles with Walt Disney Concert Hall in foreground |
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| Walt Disney Concert Hall |
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| Los Angeles City Hall and Grand Park |
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| Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Pershing Square - downtown Los Angeles |
Then, it was off to Hollywood. We were at Hollywood and Vine! We walked down the Hollywood Hall of Fame to the Roosevelt Hotel (also the site of the first Academy Awards ceremony); then to the Graumann Chinese Theater where there are handprints/footprints and signatures of movie stars.
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| Sign on Mt. Lee |
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| Hollywood Walk of Fame |
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| Capitol Records building off Hollywood Blvd. |
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| El Capitan Theater on Hollywood Blvd. Built in 1926. |
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| Grauman's Chinese Theater |
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John Wayne's footprint and signature.
Seeing this reminded me of the I Love Lucy episode where Lucy and Ethyl stole it. |
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| Dolby Theater where the Academy Awards ceremonies are currently held. |
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| Some famous mice |
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| There were 2 of them! |
After the Hollywood Blvd. walk, we went to Beverly Hills and drove down Rodeo Drive (shopping district). Some of the cars there were normal like the kind we drive. We were noticing many Bentleys, Audis, BMWs, Mercedes, and the like, when a Rolls Royce pulled up beside us as we were waiting in traffic. What a hoot!!!
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| The sign |
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| A typical Beverly Hills home |
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| Another Beverly Hills home |
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| Another sign |
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| At the corner of Rodeo Drive and Santa Monica Blvd. |
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| Shops on Rodeo Drive |
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| More shops on Rodeo Drive |
After our fill of the lifestyles of the rich and famous, we headed down Sunset Blvd. and then on the the Santa Monica Pier. There my toes hit the Pacific Ocean for the first time. We watched a beautiful sunset there to cap off the night.
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| Santa Monica Pier |
U.S. Route 66 ends at the Santa Monica Pier. I saw the beginning of Route 66 in Chicago and I drove on Route 66 from Amarillo, Texas to St. Louis Missouri on my 2012 trip.
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| U.S. Route 66 ends at the Santa Monica Pier... |
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| ...and U.S. Route 66 ends in Chicago, Illinois |
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| Beachfront at Santa Monica Pier |
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| My feet in the Pacific Ocean today... |
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| ...and my foot in the Atlantic Ocean during my trip in 2012 |
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| Sunset at Santa Monica Pier |
