I sacked OUT that first night. Like, I was the first one in the shower, first one in bed. I don't even remember Holly coming to bed. I DO, however, remember Holly getting up in the morning and announcing that it was 9:20 a.m. And that THAT meant it was 11:20 in Arkansas time.
WHATever...
At that point, I seriously could've slept two more hours. At least.
But we got up and got all dressed and ready...and headed to Hollywood! We had lunch reservations at The Ivy!
The Ivy is a restaurant known for celebrity sightings and paparazzi. It has an outside dining area that faces the street so you can see everyone who goes by. All of the tables have these white umbrellas over them. There are beautiful flowers on the tables. The whole front of the restaurant has a white picket fence around it, separating the the patio/dining area from the street. I'm sure it is beautiful in the evenings. We could see Christmas lights strung on the fence and the trees around the property. There are also several inside dining rooms that are decorated so beautifully with lots of color and flowers. The tables are covered with crisp, white linens. Our dishes were a beautiful pattern of flowers.
We each ordered salads and they were soooo yummy! Holly just got water, but Leanne and I ordered iced tea. Our glasses came with tea (of course), but were garnished with mint leaves, a lemon and a piece of sugar cane.
It was all so awesome.
And now, apparently, I have turned into my grandmother...who, no matter where she was or who she was meeting or what kind of exciting sights she was seeing...only remembered the food.
After our lunch, we drove down to Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive. We did get out and walk around, but we didn't buy anything. It was fun to see, but honestly...not any of our styles. It was very pretty and fancy and all of that. I'm glad we went. After an interesting drive through an area with lots of rainbow flags, we made it back to Hollywood and got out to walk around. There were a few stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame that we wanted to see...Walt Disney (DUH), Ronald Reagan, Winnie-the-Pooh (who knew?). We walked and walked and walked. We were trying to find Ellen Degeneres' star for Morgan...she loves Ellen. We did find it and took a picture of it. I also took Holly's picture beside Reece Witherspoon's star. Legally Blonde...HOLLA!
We found a little Disney soda fountain along the way, and it was great to sit down and be refreshed. Leanne got iced-tea, but Holly and I shared what I called the "eye ball" ice-cream. It was mint chocolate chip ice-cream in a dish, garnished with cashews (for horns) and a cookie (like an eye-ball)...made to look like a Monsters Inc character. It was yummy.
Helloooo, Grandma (see what I mean about the food?).
We then took a drive up to the legendary HOLLYWOOD sign. Leanne had directions to an area just past a dog park where there was a look-out point...so off we went. I think it goes without saying that Suri (Siri) was our best friend on the driving portions of our trip. Seriously. We wound up through neighborhoods, one-way streets, etc...and tah-DAHHHH...there was the dog park...and then, tah-DAHHHH...there was the look-out place!
We got out and took a bunch of pictures. The few looking down was amazing...and the view looking up at the sign was really cool as well.
We drove back to our Home Base and spent the rest of the evening in the California Adventure Park of Disneyland.
At this point, I would like to mention the fact that we saw the corn-dog place when we first got there, but figured there would be another one somewhere else in the park (there wasn't)...walked around the ENTIRE park...and then came back to the corn-dog stand. YUM.
Just sayin'.
Such a fun day! Tomorrow, we are spending the day at Disneyworld. Leanne is making us get up at 6 a.m. so we can use our early passes to get in at 7 a.m.! So excited!
"I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart..." Psalm 9:1
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