You're Going to Hollywood!

We spent the first few days of our Spring Break vacation in Santa Monica. It was a great central location for some authentic Southern California beach culture and a spin through Hollywood. On Friday, we went on a great 2.5 hour open double-decker bus tour of Hollywood which departed from Grauman's Chinese Theatre where we got to walk around a bit and see all those famous hand and foot prints.


It was a sunny, warm day so Palmer got to wear a hat for the first time. He didn't like it very much but he stuck with it.



We drove through Beverly Hills and got to see Rodeo Drive where there is a massive sculpture of a nude woman's torso. That really made Connor's day.



From very far away we got to see Iron Man's house (actually, Steven Spielberg owns it.)




Connor spent most of the tour at the very front of the top level watching and listening closely.




Palmer was pretty impressed, as you can see, with some Hollywood birds. Maybe they were Alfred Hitchcock's!


We got to see all kinds of other sights such as the famous Chateau Marmont, The Viper Room where River Phoenix died, the actual Car Wash from the Car Wash movie, the El Pollo Loco where Brad Pitt worked in a chicken suit, and the Sunset Strip. It was really fun and I'd recommend it highly to anyone who is a first time visitor.