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The pier is full of old seaside charm.

We rode the big wheel to get some aerial shots.

I love these lampposts.

After Santa Monica pier, we headed up the hill to the observatory and Hollywood sign. Here I played with some settings I never knew I had on my camera. 🙂

As the sun began to set, we headed down to the walk of fame to find a new star belonging to a certain man and looked at all of the hands in front of  the Chinese theatre. 

This photo above with Chewie was an accident… A certain person ended up interacting with him because he thought he was a furry pine tree… *cough rob cough*. It gave us a giggle anyway!

Babs!

The evening was to be dedicated to something called a blooming onion/onion loaf at a place called Tony Roma’s.

I gather this is just a chain restaurant, nothing too special, but the onion loaf is “the best one ever” which I had to try while I was in LA, apparently.

So we met up with a friend of Rob and Tim’s and off we went to Universal City walk.

Garlic bread. Meh, not that great.

Onion loaf below…. mmmm…. everything you’d expect from deep fried onion, and when you add Ranch dressing, my goodness that thing is moreish.

Accompanied by big racks of ribs. American style!

After this, we got taken for our last stop of the night, The Hotel Roosevelt for a nightcap. Home of the first Academy awards and a bit of classic Hollywood style with a really good cocktail and liquor selection. Quiet on a Sunday night, but with a few wannabe famous girls sat round the bar flirting, our friend told us a bit of History about the place over the years mixed in with some scandalous gossip and showed us the amazing ballroom.

I couldn’t think of a more perfect place to have a drink on our last night.

We got up the next morning for our last day, went for breakfast and a bit of last minute shopping. Sad our whirlwind trip was nearly over and very conscious of having to watch our waistlines after Christmas.