Hollywood, Here We Come!

That's right, Hollywood. It's true when they say that if you go there once, you never have to go again. I don't actually know if anybody says that, but they should, because it's true. We had a blast in LA, but we really did everything I think we wanted to do there in one day. It was a busy day though! First we went to Westwood Village, which is right next to UCLA. It was a really nice neighborhood with really great frat houses. The main reason we went there was for Stan's Donuts. They are delicious. We got a peanut butter banana donut and as pictured below, a peanut butter Reese's pocket donut. Yumm, yumm. Then we went to a really popular place called the Griddle cafe. Yogurl had the French toast which was made with chocolate bread and stuffed with chocolate chips and then covered with cocoa powder and whipped cream. It was so rich, I could hardly eat it. Boy oh boy was it good.
We didn't just eat, though that would have been fun. After brunch, we headed down to Grauman's Chinese Theater. Now Yogurl had never heard of this place before coming to California, so just in case her sisters haven't heard about it either, I'll explain. It is the most famous movie theater on Earth. That pretty much sums it up. While we were looking at the footprints, Yogurl got excited about that chump Gregory Peck's little spot. So I got a picture with my favorite movie star, too. Yeah, Sophia Loren. What a hottie. I mean... ummm... what a great actress.
After seeing everything in Hollywood, we drove to Beverly Hills so we could watch rich people. No better place than Rodeo Drive. We saw this store there named Bijan's which is apparently the most expensive store in the entire world. Men have to make appointments to go shopping there, and it isn't uncommon for a man to spend $100,000 on a single trip. Meanwhile, no more than 500 feet away was a public park with a dozen or so homeless people. It was unreal.
Our big treat came next. We went to the La Brea Tar pits! It was actually super cool, as nerdy as that sounds. The best part was that Yogurl and I got in free since I'm in the military. It's nice to feel appreciated. We learned a lot about the animals that used to live in California and about the tar pits, which actually should be called asphalt pits.
But the journey didn't end there. We went to downtown LA, where we saw all sorts of cool stuff. Really beautiful buildings and artwork, the world's shortest railroad, and some sweet water fountains. Check out this video of Yogurl acting as reporter.
We ended the day with a trip to Olvera street, which was surprisingly empty today. We ate some yummy authentic Mexican food and went home. All in all, it was a really great trip.