LA Day 2

So I woke up easily at 8am with the sun on my face. I decided to try
something new and attend a service at a non-denominational church with
Maddy and her mom and aunt. The music was fun but the sermon was a bit
long.

Then we decided to go to lunch at the same place Maddy and I had gone
for a late night snack with this guy she is friends with who hangs out
with David Cross, apparently. It seems like everyone here is only one
degree of separation from greatness. ...but back to lunch. We couldn't
find the place (Barney's) because the roads leading to it were blocked.
So we decided to park and walk around. It turns out the commotion was
the Gay Pride Parade on Sunset Blvd. It was a big deal. Tons of
people. Mostly hot guys...and a few very NOT hot men in odd outfits.
Fun was had by all ..and their little dogs too!

But we were still hungry, so we got back in the car and drove back to
Melrose. We found this cute little place called The Bungalow Club. It
reminded me of the outdoor cafes in LA Story and Get Shorty except we
sat in these little private booths/tent things with the tent opening
facing the center of the courtyard. As we were leaving I was just
saying how this would be a nice secluded place for celebrities to have
lunch when this guy Patrick from Curb Your Enthusiasm (The Blind Guy)
walks out behind us. He was really nice and posed for a picture with
Maddy.

Then we went to see Mr & Mrs Smith at this huge theatre downtown. It
was really good, but it failed the butt test.

Then we decided to go to this place called The Promenade where there are
supposedly shops and stuff. So we set the coordinates in Magellan or
Maggie as we like to call "her" and took off through the hollywood
hills. There are some awesome houses along Laurel Canyon Rd, and my ears
popped from the altitude within minutes of passing Hollywood Blvd. We
went down Ventura Blvd through Studio City ...now THAT is a nice part of
town. Hollywood itself is pretty crappy looking. It's like going from
Times Square to The Hamptons in only 10 minutes. Or Adams Morgan to
Great Falls for my hometown crew.

Well we got to "The Promenade" but apparently Maggie had taken us to the
wrong Promenade. The Promenade was just your average mall. So we
turned towards home but from where we were that took us through Topenga
Canyon Rd which twists and turns through mountains. Its amazing the way
the mountains come from nowhere like that. And as we rounded the last
bend we ran into the ocean. Poof! Just like that! Mountain, mountain,
mointain, OCEAN!

So I looked up and I was in Malibu! There were some surfers in black
wetsuits floating around but no huge waves. So we drove down the
pacific coastal hwy to Santa Monica and had dinner at The Lobster. The
food was SO good! Then we walked down the famous Santa Monica Pier but
it was so cold we didn't stay long.

Then we came home and we all watched The Comeback because one of the
guys in it is in Maddy's movie.