Jess and I had a busy first day in LA. We got here so late on Thursday night because of plane delays that they had given away our room. We ended up at a dumpy hotel next door that smelled of smoke. Friday we got it figured out and now we are back at the Pasadena Rodeway. Friday we toured Caltech and then Harvey Mudd. Both of them are great schools but neither of them are much too look at. Last summer on the East Coast, all the colleges looked like beautiful fancy old schools. The California schools just look a lot different.
We really got around yesterday. Had breakfast in Pasadena (Dennys), Lunch in Claremont (In n Out), dinner in Hollywood (Hard Rock Cafe) and dessert in Santa Monica (ice cream on the pier). After the colleges, we went to the La Brea tar pits. The museum was almost closing but they let us in for free for the last 15 min. to see the animal bones that they found in the tar pits. Amazing how many stupid animals there were.... We then checked out the art museum next door and saw a bunch of picassos and other great paintings although we didn't stay long because we were hungry.
Made it down to outside of the Chinese theater and saw the Hollywood walk of fame. Not that exciting and we didn't really see any interesting restaurants so we went to the Hard Rock. Overpriced food but a fun atmosphere. We then drove out to the Santa Monica pier. The rides and the rollercoaster looked lame so we just kind of walked around and had ice cream.
Today, we will be heading to the UW-USC football game at the LA memorial coliseum. Nothing else planned but I am sure we will have another busy day. Hoping to hear from Meg and Joe who are in New Mexico...
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