Hello from Hollywood! Well, not technically Hollywood because I am spending Thanksgiving in Ojai (pronounced Oh-Hi) but I have been to Hollywood! I had three days in LA and with some fabulous help from Matt and Kristine I was able to set out a great itinerary. I visited the Getty Centre which had great paintings and a fantastic special photography exhibition. The next day was a walk around downtown. The architecture was really interesting and as a special treat the doorman at the Oviat building (a fabulous art deco building) let me go up to see the penthouse which has all the art deco furniture and is now used for functions or films. I only had one day left and as tempting as it was to visit Rodeo drive or Santa Monica, i couldn't go to the Hollywood capital and not visit Hollywood. Hollywood was actually not as exciting as I had hoped but I did see the sign on the hill, Mann's Chinese Theatre and the stars. If I had more time it would have been fun to do a tour but I wanted to visit Universal Studios. I did not think I was much of a ride person but I was so very wrong. The rides were so ace. The Simpson's ride was incredible closely followed by the Jurassic Park ride. I could have done so much more in LA but I felt like I got a good snapshot of the city. I didn't get discovered for a major Hollywood blockbuster and I also didn't get some facetime with a top director to discuss my movie ideas but I feel like I laid some good groundwork for my next visit...I am now enjoying the relaxed environment of Ojai and it is nice to be spending Thanksgiving with friends. Thanksgiving is huge here. People make more of an effort to get home for Thanksgiving than even Christmas. They also have huge post Thanksgiving sales and the shops open at 5.00am on the following day.
Anyway, the weather is beautiful today and we are about to go for a walk so Happy Thanksgiving everyone and see you soon!
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