Alicia's visit: Part 2

Alright. So, the missile destroyer. We went to Seal Beach to attend this "Navy Open House" along with pretty much everyone in Orange County. There were very attentive and helpful military personnel there to assist with parking. Alicia and I were not expecting the lines. We waited in line to get in (where a couple times we were tempted to defy the young military boys and girls who told us to step on the other side of the line), and then waited in line to get on the boat. Here is the boat.

Sidenote: the newspaper blurb about this event said to wear closed-toe shoes. So we did. Not everyone else paid attention. Heels were present. I'm going to leave it at that. Think what you want. Anyway...of course I wear shoes that have basically 0.05 centimeters of plastic as the sole. So I am experiencing this ship as if I am a monkey-child walking barefoot on blazing hot asphalt. I eventually become immune to the hot surface. Good thing too, because we stood in some type of line for about an hour. But, it was very enjoyable to listen to conversations around us and watch everyone else and try to come up with alternative ways to get on the boat without having to wait in line.

On the boat. Not really. Alicia's tricky.

This is what we did.

The next day we woke up early and went to Hollywood. Oh yes. Hollywood. Part sightseeing, part apartment hunting. We started at the Chinese Theater, where we found some of our favorite people.

Alicia lurves Cary

Alicia being Jimmy Stewart

Doris and Me

After walking around Hollywood for a little bit (we didn't last too long), we went to look at a long list of apartments all over L.A. Well, more like around Pasadena and South Pasadena--a couple in Hollywood. More on the apartment-front later. After doing that, we went to the Gamble House in Pasadena. We got there too late for the inside tour, but we were able to walk around the outside of the house and go to the bookstore. It was so great. Alicia's favorite style--Craftsman (did I get that right?)

This is not at the Gamble house. Just something we saw when looking at an apartment. Meet my new neighbors.

Just kidding. This building has since been stricken from the list.