hollywood, ca 90028

not a whole lot to say about our pit-stop on the way from phx to home, but there's definitely a lot to see!  i couldn't just pick a handful of pictures, so i posted all that were blog worthy! (in my opinion.)  plus, i know that you all don't have the same taste in hollywood's stars -- hopefully there's something for everyone!  we only lasted 45 minutes wandering around with our eyes focused on the sidewalk, but it's a day trip that i would recommend to anyone passing nearby.

on our way in...

well hello beauty!

we didn't go in & eat, but it fit in so perfectly!

i know some of you could name each and every character on this building (there were about 30)

one of my favorites.

they were rolling out the red carpet -- (hollywood holiday parade)

nicolas cage

cher

frank sinatra

sean connery

al pacino

johnny depp

richard gere

samuel l jackson

bruce willis

tom hanks

adam sandler

robin williams

coris day -- tiny feet!

judy garland  :)

roy rogers -- one of our favorites for creativity!

cat woman caught on camera!

between 2 of the best johns!  -- wayne & travolta

donald duck

will smith -- HUGE feet!

robert downey jr



he was happy.  guess i'm not fast enough...



walking around were tons of "characters" - a.k.a. actors working for tips - so i made a chosen few of them upset by doing drive-by shots...

i do believe that ironman was the most upset...



before we made it home, we made sure to stop by our favorite restaraunt -- our closest one is fresno (ew) -- qdoba



on one part of our holiday traffic-filled fun, we drove through a beautiful, foggy, & nature filled valley.  i dream about hiking through something half this gorgeous!



hope you enjoyed the millions of pictures that made the cut - there's about 50 more that weren't quite up to the standard :)



next post: sac @ the onurs

thnksgvn @ phx

i finally had the chance to go through the pictures from phx and get some uploaded, so it doesn't look like we have just fallen off the face of the earth!  we had a lovely family filled two weeks (phx and sac) with thousands of photos to share.  here's the first round:



henrik loves both his uncle as well as the turkey.  hard to say which one takes the cake.



okay so maybe he was forced into his life.

 

also equally forced was some solid food experimentation.  i think he took it well!



bernice e.



she is amazing with baby e.



thank goodness the camera operates perfectly without the flash, otherwise i think baby e. would've wanted to punch me.

he looks like a 'lil christmas elf!



family fun!

 


we had a grand ol' time in phx with fantasic company, traditional thanksgiving favorites made by diane e. (yum!), walks with mikey and bernice, and perfect weather! 

up next: hollywood photos from a pit-stop on the way home & sac with the onurs.