The apartment's lounge and working fireplace
San Diego and Hollywood, California, US - 3rd March 2008
There is a bit of a round-up of San Diego miscellany here, from cruising around on the interstate to visiting ex-work's headquarters (to drop off and pick up Isobel from work). There's also a beer in the Rock Bottom - the brewery/bar round the corner from the apartment - and a game of "stick". Finally, though, on the way back to the UK is a brief stop-off in Hollywood, Los Angeles. First stop is the site of some of the key scenes in the film "Rebel Without a Cause" - The Griffith Observatory, perched high in the Hollywood hills. As a bonus, it offers some great views over Los Angeles, and the famous "Hollywood" sign, which, to be honest, appears about 100-times smaller than it does on TV. From here, we wind down on to Sunset Boulevard and cruise up and down boulevards Hollywood and Santa Monica, before following the latter to its eponymous destination on the coast. Sadly, we're just in time to miss the sunset on account of being inadvertently sucked on to the Pacific Coast Highway. Hey ho.
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The V-8 Mustang with its roof up
Isobel plays around with her phone
Striking flowers by the pavement off Villa La Jolla
Off Villa La Jolla
A fuzzy flower and what look like raspberries
An orange flower
La Jolla near the I-5 junction
Random office buildings somewhere, maybe UCSD
On the way to Qualcomm
Another Qualcomm building off Mira Mesa Boulevard
On the freeway near the I-805 turn off
La Jolla's Rock Bottom bar
Isobel racks up in Rock Bottom
Isobel breaks
Isobel takes her shot in the game of 'stick'
The bar of the Rock Bottom
Rock Bottom's bar
The UCSD car park is deserted at night
The suitcase waits to leave
Out apartment at the Marriott Residence in La Jolla
The Residence Inn breakfast area
Rock Bottom brewery: think globally, drink locally
On the I-805
Nosher drops Isobel off at Qualcomm's Building 'N'
Qualcomm buildings
Isobel's Qualcomm reception area
The view over Los Angeles
Isobel looks out over the Hollywood Hills
Isobel and the Hollywood sign
Nosher gets the tourist-photo treatment
The Griffith Observatory
An odd-looking statue of James Dean
A tourist gawps at the James Dean statue
Some dude looks over Los Angeles
Isobel looks out over the city
Downtown LA
The Griffith Observatory and LA in the background
A brass engraving of the solar system
A statue celebrating Galileo, Kepler, et al
The iconic (but tiny) Hollywood sign
A cool 1970s Camaro
Tall palm trees on Hollywood Boulevard
Intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and La Brea
Isobel wanders up the walk of the stars
Seedy cinema near Hollywood and Vine
The famous Capitol Building
Sidewalk plaque dedicated to the moon dudes
A groovy assortment of neon and glass bongs
An Onion newsbox
Multi-coloured Hollywood fire hydrant
Not much is more US-iconic than a racing fire truck
Isobel on the Walk of the Stars
A London-style bus
The Nakatomi building from Die Hard
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The apartment's lounge and working fireplace
The apartment's lounge and working fireplace
The V-8 Mustang with its roof up
Isobel plays around with her phone
Striking flowers by the pavement off Villa La Jolla
Off Villa La Jolla
A fuzzy flower and what look like raspberries
An orange flower
La Jolla near the I-5 junction
Random office buildings somewhere, maybe UCSD
On the way to Qualcomm
Another Qualcomm building off Mira Mesa Boulevard
On the freeway near the I-805 turn off
La Jolla's Rock Bottom bar
Isobel racks up in Rock Bottom
Isobel breaks
Isobel takes her shot in the game of 'stick'
The bar of the Rock Bottom
Rock Bottom's bar
The UCSD car park is deserted at night
The suitcase waits to leave
Out apartment at the Marriott Residence in La Jolla
The Residence Inn breakfast area
Rock Bottom brewery: think globally, drink locally
On the I-805
Nosher drops Isobel off at Qualcomm's Building 'N'
Qualcomm buildings
Isobel's Qualcomm reception area
The view over Los Angeles
Isobel looks out over the Hollywood Hills
Isobel and the Hollywood sign
Nosher gets the tourist-photo treatment
The Griffith Observatory
An odd-looking statue of James Dean
A tourist gawps at the James Dean statue
Some dude looks over Los Angeles
Isobel looks out over the city
Downtown LA
The Griffith Observatory and LA in the background
A brass engraving of the solar system
A statue celebrating Galileo, Kepler, et al
The iconic (but tiny) Hollywood sign
A cool 1970s Camaro
Tall palm trees on Hollywood Boulevard
Intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and La Brea
Isobel wanders up the walk of the stars
Seedy cinema near Hollywood and Vine
The famous Capitol Building
Sidewalk plaque dedicated to the moon dudes
A groovy assortment of neon and glass bongs
An Onion newsbox
Multi-coloured Hollywood fire hydrant
Not much is more US-iconic than a racing fire truck
Isobel on the Walk of the Stars
A London-style bus
The Nakatomi building from Die Hard