We decided to go to Santa Monica today. The traffic was quite heavy so we crawled along the freeway for a while then decided to go a different route (off-freeway) and we eventually got to the sunny shores of Santa Monica. David wanted to hire bikes to cycle up and down the beach-front, but we decided on a spot of lunch first. We had lunch at "Bubba Gump's", which was an experience! We had never eaten there before and the staff were very chatty (a bit scripted th...

In Summary :Neil Diamond wrote "LA's fine the sun shines most the time, and the feelin' is laid back" - but not if you're a Warner Brothers security guard! In the guards own words, he had to do a "matrix-like move" to avoid being hit by my car as i reversed - oops. Also, i should have heeded the singer's warning about the sun shine - as i look like a microwaved panda now! Sunglasses may look cool when you're wearing them, but not when you take them off after f...

Made it here! That's a lot of hours on a plane. We did get extra legroom seats for free so that was a bonus, but the screaming toddler was not! Usual stress trying to get used to driving in USA and add to that the fact that David can't use my iPhone, so using the map app was a bit scary! Now we're here I'm too knackered to do anything! We did haul ourselves out of the hotel and went to griffiths park where you can see the famous LA skyline and also see the Holly...

Surprise, surprise! Thanks to Tony, Elaine, David, Vanessa, Jenna, Nicholas and Luke for coming out to wish David (uncle planet) a happy 40th birthday. It was lovely to see you all. David thanks you for the lovely gifts (despite the finger prints all over them!!)

Well, I'm sat here with a sad doggy on my lap. I think he's sussed that we are off on holiday and he's making one last ditch attempt to make me stay by being all clingy! The only thing this has succeeded in doing is to leave lots of White hairs on my black outfit. Poor Oscar! David' still at work and sporting a massacre of a haircut. New clippers will be thrown in bin when we get back! Looking forward to tonight!!!