My meat visited Los Angeles, CA a month and a half ago for summer holidays. These photos are posted in reverse order so the beginning of the week is the last picture. Blogger and I did it that way to make things unnecessarily confusing. Los Angeles is definitely a fun city and we still didn't get to do everything we wanted to do after a week. We did get sunburned -- after our first day at Santa Monica and Venice, my sister and I both had burned dickies (a dickie is not someone's weiner, but rather a little piece of cloth that looks like a bib but has a neckline like a collared shirt/turtleneck so you *look* like you're wearing a collared shirt/turtleneck under a sweater or cardigan).
My meat is by the Universal Studios fountain in sunny Los Angeles. It was sunny the entire week -- and by that, I mean zero clouds, hardly any breeze. Prime sunburn conditions.
My meat is by the red carpet in front of Universal Studios. To quote a great man, "Yo V.I.P., let's kick it!". That great man? Vanilla Ice.
My meat is trying to obscure some lingering tourists at the Universal Studios sign. They really wouldn't budge.
My meat is by the entrance of Universal Studios. This is the fountain just by the ticket gates. We're on our way out at this time... we were supposed to catch a fireworks and music show at the Hollywood Bowl.
My meat is in the streets of "London" at Universal Studios. I have a sneaky feeling that they filmed the initial Austin Powers dance sequence here for the movie "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery". Also, that girl has an amusing "WTF?" look on her face. We got that a lot.
My meat is posing in front of the most famous great white shark in the world, Jaws. Excellent shot, if I must say so myself. Look at how huge that fish is!
My meat is at the conclusion of Jurassic Park the Ride in Universal Studios in Los Angeles. We liked this ride so much, we rode it twice. We meaning my sister and I, not me and meat. There was much more screaming and getting wet the first time around when we rode at the back of the raft.
My meat is in the gardens at the Getty Centre in Los Angeles. Check out the excellent architecture of the buildings in the background - not only does it combine angles with curves in a perfect balance but it also features a lot of bulk on stilts... and all the travertine tile used for the buildings/walkways/patio areas was imported from Italy. The gardens were designed in a geometric circular pattern and had a vista of downtown L.A. The architecture, gardens and displays (which featured late Rembrandt religious portraits) were all extremely impressive.
My meat is going down the escalators at the Bunker Hill Steps in downtown L.A. At the bottom of the steps is the downtown public library, which features a rather nice mosaic on its roof. You can check it out while riding up/down the escalators on the Bunker Hill Steps -- or if you're trying to be healthy, while actually walking up and down the steps. It's a bit of a climb, so I was winded afterwards and had to catch my breath.
My meat is still in front of the Disney Concert Hall. There's a small sliver of the new cathedral in the shot. I had no idea we had this many shots at this location.
My meat is still in front of the Walt Disney Concert Hall (home of the L.A. Philharmonic, I think) but this time we're facing the downtown core of Los Angeles. That middle sized building in the centre of the shot is the gas company's building, where the first action sequence of Speed was set. Remember the elevator rescue scene where they had to yank people out of an elevator stuck in between floors before Dennis Hopper could blow them up? That was set there.
My meat is in front of the Walt Disney Concert Hall - a new futuristic addition to the architecture in downtown Los Angeles. It's right next to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and across the road, somewhat, from the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (or MOCA, as the locals call it).
My meat is in front of the Kodak Theatre inside the Hollywood and Highland complex in Los Angeles. Home of the Oscars! It's a choice shopping area and tastefully decorated, so I thought a naked chicken would be appropo.
My meat is in front of Jim Carrey's concrete hand and footprints at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in L.A. It's ham for the Canadian ham. Maybe some Canadian bacon would have been a wiser choice.
My meat is in front of Robin Williams' concrete hand and footprints at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in L.A. This time it's a lovely piece of ham. I think as a comedian, Robin Williams might appreciate the shout-out. Comedian --> ham, get it?
My meat is in front of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in L.A. This place was packed with tourists, people in costumes trying to wrangle photos (and money) from tourists, people trying to go to the movies, people trying to sell maps to the stars' homes and people going shopping. It was chaos at its finest. Nice building facade though.
My meat is at Hollywood and Highland in L.A. Excellent shopping area, great view of the Hollywood sign and a few minutes walk from the Grauman's Chinese Theatre. We spent a day and a bit in this area, mainly looking for Keanu Reeves' star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This shot features bacon :)
My meat is in Little Tokyo in L.A. This little rocket in the plaza was a tribute to Ellison S. Onizuka, who was a Japanese-American astronaut on the Challenger -- which exploded a minute after takeoff.
My meat is at Santa Monica Beach in Los Angeles. The world famous Santa Monica Pier is in the background -- we were especially excited about it since this is where they started a previous season of the Amazing Race (I can't remember which)
