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Sunday, April 13, 2008

Los Angeles

I stayed at a Howard Johnson’s on Santa Monica Boulevard. This is in the heart of Boys Town. We had a plumbing issue & they were pretty slow coming up to fix it. The toilet was overflowing, water everywhere. Granted, it happened in the middle of the night. They had a hard time getting in touch with a plumber.

Sunset Boulevard is an interesting strip of mainly bars. It’s great people-watching. We went to Johnny Depp’s place, the Viper Room two nights in a row. The main bar was pretty loud but we managed to get into the VIP room, which was nice and very laid back. The Whiskey-A-Go-Go is an L.A. classic. We saw Robbie Krieger and Ray Manzarek (formerly of the Doors, if you don’t know) perform there with a Jim Morrison impersonator.

The Universal Studios tour is fantastic no matter how old you are. It’s a road trip from LA, but not that far. The shark from Jaws jumps out at you, the New York subway train cars rattle from an earthquake, it’s awesome.

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