April 28, 2012

It was a day of some anticipation, knowing that the traffic would be some of the worst, however still being early in the morning for Californians, (10:30) we breezed into Beverly Hills to make it in time for a trolley tour around Beverly Hills. The tour guide, out of respect for peoples privacy mentioned past owners, or the location where the movie was filmed.

This was the trolley where we started the days activities. The tour guide was excellent and didn't overbear us with too much trivia.

This was the witches house used in the Hansel and Gretel movie.

This is the front gate of the Avakian hotel made famous in the movie "Pretty Woman"

This is the front entrance of Graumann's Chinese Theater where many a movie was first premiered. It's screen is 90 by 50 feet and is claimed to be the worlds largest.

Outside of Graumann's you find the hand or foot prints of many famous actors and actresses. Alice's favorite was Shirley Temple.

Even though there were so many prints to choose from, Ron Howard has been one of my favorite actors...and directors. The latest set of prints belonged to Kim Novak's, done on April 12th

Out on the sidewalks, stars were placed on the sidewalks as a tribute to the many stars who have contributed to the arts and motion picture industry. Who would not agree that Bob Hope was one of the great contributors to all...well at least for us older people.

Besides the sidewalks being full of tourists, there were people dressed up as all sorts of characters, who would let you take a picture of them with you, for a fee of course. Charlie Chaplin was there too.

I was trying to get a picture of a famous person with the Hollywood sign in the background but I couldn't get them both in focus.

Ok kids, and grandkids this is a reminder...even though the famous person above isn't going to be around for the big day, get creative and have a party at her house, but don't forget to clean up after. To the rest of you out there, this is a reminder, not a warning....and Doug, it's also your anniversary, that is a warning.

I did manage to get my own picture, so if you want to by the rights to my picture...

I took this one for Tyler, it is a huge statue right where we had dinner, and yeah, we didn't have the steak dinner for 43.95.