LA: Day 2

Day 1 was exhausting! After waking up early due to the lovely time difference, I waited around for the girls to wake and we headed out to Hollywood Boulevard.

We parked a block over and walked to Grauman's Chinese Theater where the movie stars put their hands in the cement. I got a shot of my beloved Harry Potter cast' complete with their feet and wands:

After that we moseyed down the blvd. We stopped at a fee souvenir shops, including the Disney store where I bought my sweet son a book of his new favorite movie:

  We ate lunch at Mel's Diner, a staple dating back to the days of "old Hollywood."

And they had a Monte Christo on the menu. Knowing we were going to spend the majority of the day on our feet, I was sure I needed to make a different choice, but, as my friends reminded me, this is vacation. So I ordered this:

DE-lish. Of course I didn't eat it all, but it was wonderful all the same!
We headed to the Hollywood museum next...which was alright. They had a big Marilyn Monroe exhibit and I did learn that one of her alleged fathers (apparently they don't know for sure who her father was) had the last name Gifford. So maybe I'm related to Marilyn Monroe. Probably. I'll go with that.

Next was the celebrity homes tour. We rode in an open-topped van and went all over Hollywood and Beverly Hills.

This wasn't our van - ours was fancier - but it was similar.  If you look closely you can see the "Beverly Hills" sign above it!

This was Danny, our tour guide.

We saw more than 40 famous people's pads. Some of those most notable are:
Denzel Washington
Eva Longoria
Justin Timberlake
Tom Cruise
Will & Jada Pinkett-Smith
Jennifer Aniston
Kiefer Sutherland
Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie
Carrie Underwood
Jennifer Lopez
Drew Berrymore
I was the recorder of the group and the other girls were the photographers. Once I get a chance to go through their pictures, I'll post some. But here is one:

Recognize it? It's the Regent Beverly Wilshire from "Pretty Woman." The penthouse on the top floor does not exist, by the way!

It was a blast - much more fun than I expected! We also passed a wedding outside a super cute church, so I snapped a pic of it, too!

We headed to Madame Toussaud's wax museum next, where I got my picture taken with a few of my heroes:

Oh, Robert Downy, Jr., if only I could hug you for reals.

And JT was for my husband :)

Fun fun. We headed back to Anne's place to chill and clean up before heading out for some yummy Mexican (but crappy service!) at Don Cuco's.

It was 930 by the time we left the restaurant, so I headed back to Anne's to crash while she and Alicia headed out to the Universal Studios city walk. I was kind of bummed about missing it, but I slept from the moment my head hit the pillow to 715 the next morning! This pregnant body was in serious need of some sleep!