This is Jeff’s first visit to Los Angeles so we had a few item to check off the list. Starting with the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Grauman’s (nee Mann’s, now “TCL”) Chinese Theatre.
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The Capitol Records building.
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The “Hollywood” sign.
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Santa Monica Pier.
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We had rented a convertible so took a drive up the Pacific Coast Highway to Malibu and Santa Barbara beyond there.
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And we finished up in Santa Monica at the beach for sunset.
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Followed by a New Year’s Eve dinner at Cassia, which is an Asian fusion restaurant in Santa Monica that echos the cuisines of many of the places we visited on this trip.
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Overall we did pretty well for just two full days in Los Angeles!