Sending Off 2012 Los Angeles

birthday cake!

Once in LA, Kamran took me to his office at the studios and we had birthday cake and breakfast. We then went to down to the Warner Bros lot where I got a private tour of the outdoor sets. I got to see the filming location of Heart of Dixie (it was also the Gilmore Girl and Music Man set). It was surreal to see the forests, houses, and cities. They were all scaled down, and just facades. I got a new appreciation for the work that goes into making films.

Hey, where is the rest!?!

We went to the costume museum. Audrey Hepburn really was tiny and Tom Cruise is really short. The whole upstairs was dedicated to Harry Potter. I got to try out the sorting hat, I now belong to Slytherin. I always knew I had an evil streak.

We then headed to the Hollywood sign and down to Hollywood Blvd. The star walk and Grauman's Theatre are not so exciting as you would think, but it was great to see it any way. We wandered around checking out footprints, stars, and tourists before heading to a Thai place for lunch. After lunch we drove downtown and walked around the sky scrapers.

And I'm stuck.

We finished off the night at a rooftop bar. Nice atmosphere, but the wind made it freezing cold! We suffered for a bit before the waiter (an interesting Australian guy who randomly did pull-ups from the awning above the elevator), showed us to the pool area, which was protected by the wind. This is where we discovered the water bed pods. Of course I sat in one and promptly sank and had to crawl and climb my way out--not so easy in a dress and heels!



At seven that evening, I said goodbye to Kamran at Union Station and road the train up to Santa Barbara.