The Ultimate LA Weekend

Jason's younger brother, Chad, and his wife, Katelyn, were in California for a cruise. After their cruise they had some time to meet us in LA. It was a great excuse to go to LA and do all of the touristy sight seeing. We spent the first few hours with them visiting the Griffiths Observatory, eating lunch at Pinks Hotdogs, and seeing the handprints at the Chinese Theatre. 

Hollywood sign in the distance.

These stairs not only look like a piano, they are a piano! As you walked up them they played music!

Chinese Theatre selfie. It was so hot out.

 Chad and Katelyn had to head to the airport to return their rental car and catch their flight so we were on our own to make the most of our trip up there. First stop, Bottega Louie. My dad would bring us home cupcakes once every few trips he'd make to LA. Unfortunately they stopped making the cupcakes but they have a variety of other treats to make up for it.

 Next was Venice Beach. It was fun showing Jason around there because he's played video games based off this area and I had fun pointing out the similarities. 

Next was the Santa Monica Pier for dinner at Bubba Gumps. Jason's video games also used many features from the pier so pointing out the similarities continued. And of course we ran into a break dance group! They were a group that had been on America's Got Talent. They were really incredible and fun to watch. By this point we were exhausted. The heat and all of the walking had drained us. We sat in silence at our table at Bubba Gumps. Our poor waiter probably thought we were fighting, he kept trying to break the silence.

Jason with his Bubba Gump leftovers in the shrimp boat box.

We wandered around Santa Monica for just a few more minutes after dinner and then headed home. We crammed a lot into one day. I'm glad Jase had a chance to spend time with his brother and see another piece of California.