Out and about in LA
June 17, 2008
Tara and I went up to LA for perhaps the last time on Sunday to see Nic, do some shopping, and generally hang out. Had a really good day so I though I would share some photos.
First up, driving out to Santa Monica we noticed that Rodeo Drive was shut with lots of people milling about. Intrigued, we parked up and had a look. Turns out it was a classic car show (with some modern cars) so we drooled over some of the cars and walked up and down Rodeo (why is it called ro-day-o rather than ro-dee-o?) for the first time ever - it’s just not our “scene”.
We then headed out to Santa Monica and walked around the shops, went on the pier, and got some fab Belgium chocolates. Grabbing a coffee, we noticed a lot of police cars heading up the street and wondered what all the commotion was - turns out a taxi had knocked a biker off his Ducati, who promptly took off his helmet and attacked the taxi driver! A bit overkill with 8 cars, 2 bikes, 2 EMTs, and blocking the road off (many are out of shot in the pic), but I guess there’s not much for the police to do on a Sunday afternoon there 
A must for the day was to head up to our favorite place in LA - Griffith Observatory. Both of us love that place so much if we lived any closer we’d be up there all the time. Grabbing a drink and watching the sun go down from this place is a must-do experience.
Finally we headed out to the Sunset Strip for dinner and a few drinks at the Rainbow Room. The Lakers were playing a must-win game, so the place was pretty packed. At the table next to us was Billy Zane, who was really nice and wasn’t getting hassled at all, and Justin Hawkins (from The Darkness) arrived just as we were leaving.
So, that might be about it (unless we make it up again on the July 4th weekend) for LA for us - lots of packing and other things to finish up. To all of our new friends and work colleagues who made us feel welcome, our eternal thanks - I’m sure we’ll be back and will certainly stay in touch. To all of the rest of the wannabees in OC/LA, I’m glad I won’t have to put up with you for much longer 
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