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Day 2 – Saturday July 17th, 2010 – Hooray for Hollywood
We woke up early, as I was suspecting, as we weren’t used to the time change yet. I think it was around 6 AM, so not as bad as it could have been! We had breakfast, packed some food, and then the plan was to head out to Hollywood and just drive around and see the sights. That’s pretty much all we did. It was warm today in LA. They were on the tail end of a heat wave, and it was probably 85-90 (mid 70s at the beach).
They had these baseball Mickey’s all over the city in various areas, since the All-Star game was in Anaheim the week before. We never found the Red Sox one though, although they did have a listing of where you could find them all.
The kids has soft serve ice cream, and I had a soda. It was nice, since it was so early, there was hardly anyone in there and we had it pretty much all to ourselves! Back on to sightseeing!
From there we drove thru West Hollywood, and onto Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive. We didn’t get out of the car, as the kids were being cranky and had apparently already reached their limit of touring! It was a Saturday afternoon, so it was pretty busy.
Then it was off to Santa Monica. The beach was calling our name!
Batman and friends were there to greet us!
We had lunch at Mariasol, at the end of the Pier. It was okay, nothing special. http://www.mariasol.com/
Alexa and Matt somewhere on the coaster! Colin and I rode the Pirate Ship.
Alexa on the left end
After Santa Monica, the kids were tired, so we headed back to Duarte. We hit a bit of traffic west of LA (we took the freeway back) but made it without issue. It was a quiet night. The kids of course wouldn’t rest when we got back there, so Matt’s Aunt took them out to In & Out burger to get our dinner. YUM-O! There’s nothing better than fresh grilled onions on a burger. Great fries too! That was about it for the night. Matt took some pictures of the kids out in the garden.
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Great update! In-n-Out Burgers are soooo goodDis you get a milkshake there with your burger??? It makes me miss my brother who just moved back to Cali in February...we will be venturing out west next year with a stop at DL for a few days!
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Marnie, I'm so glad you're writing a TR! And I can't believe how big your kids are getting! Also, Alexa looks so much like you! And Colin looks like Matt! You got so much done on your first full day (but I'd expect nothing less from you!). I enjoyed revisiting many of the same places I saw on my trip earlier this year. Keep it coming!
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You sure accomplished alot that day, holy cow! Love all the shots of the stars and foot/handprints. Funny how the kids are tired and exhausted until you've reached the end of the day and are back at the hotel (or house) and they suddenly come up with all this energy.... why do they always do that??
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Great start Marnie, how nice that you could visit family, get some touring in and visit DL all in one trip Loved the pictures from your Hollywood touring, looking forward to hearing more.
Great update! In-n-Out Burgers are soooo goodDis you get a milkshake there with your burger??? It makes me miss my brother who just moved back to Cali in February...we will be venturing out west next year with a stop at DL for a few days!
Can't wait to read more!
No milkshake, unfortunately! But I'm craving one of those burgers right now!
Great first day.... Love all the Pictures. Oh how the kids have grown. I never tred In and Out Burger when we were there. I don't know why we didn't. YOu did pack in quite a day,even with jet lag....and trying to get the body to be in the right time zone..
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Love all the photos! 
Dis you get a milkshake there with your burger??? It makes me miss my brother who just moved back to Cali in February...we will be venturing out west next year with a stop at DL for a few days!
Our 3 princesses LOVE the RED SOX!!!!
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I don't know why we didn't. YOu did pack in quite a day,even with jet lag....and trying to get the body to be in the right time zone..
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