RaptorBoyASU Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 ^Just make sure you're back in England for my visit over New Years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrowfanman Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Â Â This installment makes me happy. Â Â Â Â Â Thanks Lou. Â -Jahan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRapidsNerd Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I too want the Lou credit (no, not THAT one) when she's back in the states. Love the DCA picks, especially before it gets redone. Â Guy, I have that same bush hat. Good taste man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Lovin the update Lou!! Â Jahan looks like he could have been working in WDW Frontierland with that shirt.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy T. Koepp Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I too want the Lou credit (no, not THAT one) when she's back in the states. Love the DCA picks, especially before it gets redone. Guy, I have that same bush hat. Good taste man.  Dude! The bush hat is my trademark.  Thanks for noticing. And you too have good taste for wearing such awesome apparel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 "If "California" had a U in it I would totally have posed in all three letters of my name" (Lou) Â Had you spelled it as the British spell "colour" or "favour," then it would be spelled "Califournia" and you'd be in business! Â I'm enjoying your updates; sorry I wasn't there. Â Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COASTER FREAK 11 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Great update Lou, even though you posted the pic of my crotch! And I remember our Ghost Rider ride was pretty brutal, sorry I couldn't make it stop. Â And about you could have just done 2 "o"s and cut off the top of one of them, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexTitan01 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Â I miss you guys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotdane Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I figure late this year (I'm definitely planning to be NOT in this country for Christmas this year) or else sometime in the next few months of 2009. I'll keep you posted. Â You would LOVE the Holidays at the Resort! OMG, come then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagemaster_b Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 ^ Really?! I knew from us talking in Japan that you had been in California, but didn't realise our schedules had coincided particularly closely!! We were at Disney Mon/Tues 27th/28th so if you were there those nights you may well have seen Chris, we were there til closing both days. Â Â I know for sure that on Monday I went to the science museum with my brother and his kids. I don't recall where I went on Tuesday, but I am thinking that was the one of the days I spent at Disney (I had a three day parkhopper). Or was that the day I went to Universal Studios? I can't seem to remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 You would LOVE the Holidays at the Resort! OMG, come then!  I'm seriously considering it. Because I did so much travelling this year I've got a bunch of miles saved up (not enough for a flight to the US, but enough that I'd only have to buy about £200-worth of them to make up the difference), so it's do-able even with sometimes inflated flight prices at that time of year, and my dad might donate some of his to me as well as he doesn't seem to use the Star Alliance as much these days... Then again, maybe if my financial situation improves slightly I'll use those miles towards trying to get back to Japan, or I could get my Europe flights for free... We'll see, but don't be too surprised if I show up at some point in 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted January 20, 2008 Author Share Posted January 20, 2008 Last Day in California - Tourism Time! Â On top of accidentally leaving my power adaptors at Robb and Elissa's when I moved to Chris's for our Disney days, I also left my camera charger, so thanks Kyle for lending me your camera for this day! Â Kyle was my Spain roommate and had promised to show me some of the sights during my California visit. It was nice in a way to have a guide who wasn't a native Californian. Despite everybody telling me how crappy and tacky some of it was, I couldn't wait to see the Hollywood sign and the Walk of Fame. We had gotten to Kyle's quite late the previous night, stayed up talking for a while, and then I got a much-appreciated lie-in the next morning! Thanks Kyle! Â Â This place was great, French toast whilst watching people walk by and a nice ocean breeze... Love it. Â Â After a wander on the beach and dipping my toes in the Pacific, we headed to the Jeep for the start of the tour!! I think I remember a lot of the road names and stuff, but at the same time my memory has failed me so much in this thread (and well, everywhere else, really), so I won't attempt to sound like I know what I'm talking about. Instead, I'll just say, this is a road and we're driving somewhere. Â Â I have so many of these random shots that are really of nothing and are badly framed, but I love them because to somebody who's watched movies and tv shows her whole life and said "I wanna go there!!!", THIS is California. Â Â I just finished reading a book in which somebody was murdered at one of these overlooks. Â Â California is so.... dry. Â Â Joey, why don't you study here? Â Â We did the Mulholland Drive run, and seriously, even driving as carefully as Kyle was, this road scared me. The fact that people drive so crazily up there is terrifying to me, though I guess they have to relieve the frustration of spending half their lives in LA traffic! Â Â Mountains. <3 <3 <3 Â Â Pretty views! Â Â This totally blew me away. I seem to remember Kyle pointing out a couple of houses here and telling me who owned/used to own them, but I don't remember now. Â Â When I win the Lotto, I plan to buy this house. As well as the one on the lake at Indy Beach. Â Â Blue sky! Â Â After passing 62 signs, I finally remembered to snap a picture of one. Â Â Apparently I am closer than I appear. Â Â After stopping off in a REALLY tacky store for me to buy some naff Hollywood souvenirs, we wandered into the Kodak theatre... I tried to find a column to snap that had all decent films listed on it.... It was surprisingly difficult, seriously, a whole bunch of crappy films have won Best Picture!! Â Â Graumann's Chinese Theatre. So cool! Â Â I LOVED looking at all the footprints... But all the tourists irritated me GREATLY and got too in my way for me to spend too long there. I'm such a hypocrite. Â Â Either Judy had teeny feet, or Kyle's are *huge*!!! You choose. Â Â Hi Wes! Â Â Think of Meryl Streep. (Bonus cool points for anybody who gets this reference.) Â Â We did walk along a chunk of the Walk Of Fame, though I didn't really take any pictures. I did pause to spit on Tom Cruise though. Â Â There it is!! It really *IS* much smaller than I would have expected. Cool to see though. I don't care if it's dirty and anticlimactic, it's still so iconic. Maybe I'll hike up there next time. Â Â Oooh! Oh, and I totally failed at pointing at it. I think I'm pointing at a valet parking sign. Â Â That's hot, baby. Â Â We sat and watched 10 Years Younger being filmed for a little while... I love how fake the "reveal" is!! "Hey, you, her sister and friends and stuff? Can you look a little bit happier and way more surprised? Much better, thanks." Â Â La Brea tar pits! Â Â This just made me think of Homer Simpson. Not sure what that says about me! Â Â I'm so immature, the bubbling noises amused me endlessly. Â Â The place was totally deserted, we saw one jogger and one scary guy and that was pretty much it. Â Â BLINDING sun!! Â Â It's tar.... THROUGH THE BARS. Â Â Oh no, Kyle is being attached by a giant beaver!!! Â Â Oh wait, he likes the beaver? Okay then! Â Â This place has better theming than most parks!! A cardboard pig and a hen?! Awesome!! Â Â I deemed this building cool enough to be photographed. Â Â There's that jogger I mentioned! The sun looks really cool in this photo. Â Â After leaving the tar pits, we went over to The Grove, a really nice shopping and dining area. I loved this place but my feet were tired and we knew we'd have to head back up to Valencia within an hour or two. This is another place I'd like to spend more time when I'm next on the West Coast, I liked the atmosphere very much. Â Â We parked on the top level so I could take a few more sign and building pictures. Â Â So much pollution! Â Â More mountains. I personally think that a mountain backdrop makes almost anything look pretty. Â Â Another (slightly distorted) picture of The Sign! Â Â I like how this picture turned out, credit to Kyle's camera, LOL. I was very excited at spotting the CBS building there. Anywhere that has anything to do with CSI excites me. Â Â It's a really attractive area. Â Â Kyle, do you remember all the effort we went to for me to get this picture?!?! OPERATION GOOD ELEVATOR. We were determined to get one on the right side!! Next time I come out I want to eat at that restaurant, the one with the red umbrellas. Â Â The Grove really is nice, they had a Crate & Barrel (new store for me, loved it) and a giant Abercrombie and Fitch with the funkiest decor and loudest music of any store I've ever been in. And naked men on the walls is always a bonus! The market area is gorgeous too, I can look at cheese and desserts for days. They had a ton of fresh pastries and stuff, and lots of international stuff, I stood and gasped at the expensive British stuff for a while! Â Â Gorgeous statue, as seen from near a very attractive fountain. I really did like this place. Â Â Beautiful pink sky at sunset. I should crop this really, but we've already discovered that I'm lazy. (And photographically incompetent, I made two attempts at this before Kyle took this decent one.) Â Â Taking a quick spin through West Hollywood (with rather a dramatic sky behind us!) before heading back through the ridiculously heated Valley and back to Valencia to have dinner with Robb, Elissa, Kristen, and Jahan. It was lovely to have a nice chilled out dinner before going back to the Alveys' to meet Ryan, and pack for Japan... Â Â Of course, me being me, I procrastinated over packing until 2 in the morning. I even went so far as to change into my pyjamas in an attempt to FORCE myself into the frame of mind of packing, only to have Robb and Jahan stick their heads around the door to say they were going to run an errand... So I pulled jeans on over my PJs and went along, only to procrastinate for a further hour upon our return. *sigh* But I got there in the end. And I was so excited to get to Asia... Which I'll post "tomorrow". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIP Psyclone Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Anywhere that has anything to do with CSI excites me. Â Valencia, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I think I remember a lot of the road names and stuff, but at the same time my memory has failed me so much in this thread (and well, everywhere else, really), so I won't attempt to sound like I know what I'm talking about. Instead, I'll just say, this is a road and we're driving somewhere. I loved this quote. It's a great example of why Lou's awesome. Â Â Oh, and don't worry about visiting touristy (tacky) stuff. It's there for that reason. If every place in the world were the same and void of that stuff, what fun would traveling be? Â Fame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRapidsNerd Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Oooh! Oh, and I totally failed at pointing at it. I think I'm pointing at a valet parking sign. Â No worries. California Valet Parking can be most noteworthy. Â The first thing I though of when I saw the mammoth in the tar pit pic was, the baby saying "You're doing it wrong!" Â You brought back a lot of great memories from my trip out there. I really love LA and the surrounding area. Sounds like you enjoyed it much. Â Looking forward to the next update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 heated Valley and back to Valencia to have dinner with Robb, Elissa, Kristen, and Jahan  *ahem*  I guess Oreos mean nothing...  dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Lou, does it ever freak you out to be riding on the "wrong" side of the road when you're here in the U.S.? Â And did you ride the trolley when you went to The Grove shopping center? Â Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnewton34 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Â Is this where the Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency is located at? I would have been so excited. That show is so trashy but so awesome at the same time. I'd love to go to California some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted January 20, 2008 Author Share Posted January 20, 2008 heated Valley and back to Valencia to have dinner with Robb, Elissa, Kristen, and Jahan  *ahem*  I guess Oreos mean nothing...  dt  DAMN IT!!!! I was so confused about who was there! In my defense, I do not remember where or what we ate or anything from that meal, I only remember arriving back at Robb and Elissa's and Kyle agreeing to stay for dinner!! I had to debate for a good few minutes as to whether Jahan was even there or not... It's your fault I forgot you because you stayed at a hotel instead of sponging off Robb and Elissa!   And don't EVER think that Oreos mean nothing.   Fame? If you didn't Google this, then you win one thousand Lou Dollars! You can't buy anything with them, but... Yeah, you win 'em. My favourite musical, pretty much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 It's your fault I forgot you because you stayed at a hotel instead of sponging off Robb and Elissa! Â Sorry, that bed at the Westin is too damn comfortable! And I knew I was going to need a good night's sleep before heading off to Asia for almost a month. Plus it's nice to not have to drive to the airport in the morning. I'm sure I'll be doing the same thing this year before going to China. Â And Oreos are awesome, aren't they?!? Â dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 ^ The Westin was a wise choice, at least you didn't have to listen to Ryan's voice half the night and all of the morning. Â My biggest regret of 2007? Not buying white chocolate dipped Oreos in Spain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Fame? Â If you didn't Google this, then you win one thousand Lou Dollars! You can't buy anything with them, but... Yeah, you win 'em. My favourite musical, pretty much. I actually married into a pretty talented family. Most of whom sing and act, including Shannon. So it's not unusual to overhear conversations about stage and screen. Yay for retaining (at the time) worthless information! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaptorBoyASU Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I <3 Beavers........ especially giant furry beavers..... Â I had so much fun that day doing the touristy things I only do when others are in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 And I was so excited to get to Asia... Which I'll post "tomorrow". Â Â Final Jeopardy music playing in the background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagemaster_b Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 And I was so excited to get to Asia... Which I'll post "tomorrow".   Final Jeopardy music playing in the background    I like how "tomorrow" is in quotation marks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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