Los Angeles, busy days continue

We drove up to Griffith Park Observatory. It was very crowded with visitors and we had to park down the hill and walk up a steep road. The views were terrific, though somewhat foggy so we couldn't see downtown L.A. or the ocean very clearly. This observatory has been seen in lots of movies. It's a beautiful building and the inside is full of wonderful displays. There's a planetarium, which we didn't go into, a cafe and a gift shop, but the views are the best part. Check out the link above and you'll see the famous facade.

Los Angeles, busy days.

We took the DASH bus up into Hollywoodland (developed in the 1920s and where the name Hollywood came from) to have breakfast at the Village Cafe. The Antiques dealer, Alan, whom we met at the opening on Friday night, told us about this. What fun! The DASH cost only 25¢. Alan has this cute little antiques store on the corner up from our hotel. He gets things from movie and tv props and costumer people and sells them inexpensively. How cool! We went up to Griffith Park to see the observatory. Also, very cool. Here's a view looking down and one looking across to the famous sign. I had to take a photo of the water drain. A good reminder. Here, some of our drains remind us that the water goes right into the Chesapeake Bay.