Another must for anyone who visits L.A. is the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As usual, Wikipedia is the place to go for additional information: Below the inscription, in the lower half of the star field, a round inlaid brass emblem indicates the category of the honoree’s contributions. The emblems symbolize five categories within the entertainment…
My wife and I arrived at the hotel and it took some time to check in. I should have used the online check-in; yes, they offer this at Fairmont, but last time I used this (in February 2011*) it didn’t seem to make any difference, I still had to go to the front desk, so I didn’t…
The new terminal opened on October 30 and it does seem very clean, modern and efficient. Wikipedia: “A major project involving the construction of a new terminal was completed in 2011. The terminal was designed by the world famous architect César Pelli[11]. The new terminal, is located northeast of the existing terminal, was constructed in two…
I flew the other day Air Canada to Vancouver. IFE didn’t work so they offered us a free drink. I didn’t want to drink alcohol so I thought I would go for a Perrier. But my neighbor (a girl) ordered a Sangria, I was surprised – since then do they have Sangria ? – so…
I remember seeing some old movies and documentaries about bodybuilders training on a beach in Los Angeles. It was the famous Muscle Beach. I was recently in LA and had to see it. I wanted to exercise among the bodybuilders there; I would have posted the video on YouTube and people would have laughed so…
I was already enrolled for the promotion that gives 35,000 bonus points after 20 paid nights at the Marriott if you use Visa, and at the hotel I picked up a leaflet offering 2 free nights at a category 1-4 hotel. By the way, 2 (by the way why two, but sometimes it happens) letters from the Marriott…
I went there on a Sunday and the street was blocked because of a food festival. I would have liked to go while the stores were open, maybe I could have seen a celebrity, someone famous. On Rodeo Drive, there is a small square – a mini-mall, for the lack of a better term; it…
I came across an article from “The Globe and Mail” and I thought I would pass it along. An excerpt: What brought all this to mind was a story about the newest plane from Boeing – the Dreamliner. Some say it may be the best plane ever produced. The program to develop it cost an estimated $32-billion. For that…
One cannot come to Los Angeles without visiting Universal Studios. What I can say is that it is very unlikely I will visit it again, at least not in the near future. Perhaps for kids it is fun, and this is the reason they are able to sell annual passes; otherwise, I cannot understand why…
I read in “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert, how she was in Napoli and ate “the best pizza in the world”, and I was wondering whether I would ever (or, at least, in the near future) go there and do the same. “….. it sold the best pizza in Naples. I found this a…