After that we head to Grauman's Chinese theater. Along the side walk are all the hollywood
stars. They stretch on for over a mile. Kind of bizarre to walk down a sidewalk in a strange city with your eyes glued to ground. Then you look around and everybody else is doing the same thing. There's no order or logic to how the stars are arranged, at least i didn't notice one. Telly Savalas could be next to Keanu Reeves who could be next to Shirley Temple. Never know which one you are about to walk on. Out on the sidewalk are groups of people dressed up as famous characters posing for pictures for a small donation. Jake and I get a picture with Marilyn Monroe who sounded like she was from Bulgaria. At Grauman's theater we find all the hand prints of the stars. This is pretty cool. There's only about 50 or so hand prints so it's much easier to find the famous ones. Most people are bending over matching there hand size to those of the stars (I have about the same size hands as Jack Nicholson's).
stars. They stretch on for over a mile. Kind of bizarre to walk down a sidewalk in a strange city with your eyes glued to ground. Then you look around and everybody else is doing the same thing. There's no order or logic to how the stars are arranged, at least i didn't notice one. Telly Savalas could be next to Keanu Reeves who could be next to Shirley Temple. Never know which one you are about to walk on. Out on the sidewalk are groups of people dressed up as famous characters posing for pictures for a small donation. Jake and I get a picture with Marilyn Monroe who sounded like she was from Bulgaria. At Grauman's theater we find all the hand prints of the stars. This is pretty cool. There's only about 50 or so hand prints so it's much easier to find the famous ones. Most people are bending over matching there hand size to those of the stars (I have about the same size hands as Jack Nicholson's). 
After that we track down the hollywood sign. We stumble onto this hiking/horse path and climb up a ways to get an awesome view of the sign. We run into this reserved couple from Utah who I'm pretty sure thought Jake and I were gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Just glad they didn't try to proselytize. Finally, we take a cruise down the famous mulholland drive. Nice views of the city and some unbelievably expensive houses.The Red Garter pt 2 - With our tourist quotients filled we're ready to paint the town red
again. We start out at dinner with Karl and his lady Liz, at the whaler. Jake takes a picture with a cardboard cutout beer girl and we are subjected to Karaoke night. Surprisingly there were a good amount of people that could actually sing, guess that makes sense being that close to LA. After that we bounce around to few more bars and generally have a great time before heading back home. On the way home, Jake and Tim decide they want to hit the Red Garter again. I drop them off, wish them luck, and head home. As soon as they get in Jake goes up to the bartender and tells him he left his card there last night. Now most people at this point would just close out their tab right there. Not Jake. He tells the bartender to leave it open. Basically creating a full weekend tab at the bar. The bartender is so impressed he gives them some free drinks. After a few hours, Jake and Tim take a cab back but first stop at a 7-eleven for late night nachos. At this point the story gets a little hazy depending on who you ask. Apparently Tim had a pretty unique nacho eating technique and then there was a major disagreement over how to walk home from the 7-11 (which was a block and a half away from the house). Long story short, Jake got home in about 5 mins. Tim was banging on the door 45 mins later. And he's been our main navigator.
again. We start out at dinner with Karl and his lady Liz, at the whaler. Jake takes a picture with a cardboard cutout beer girl and we are subjected to Karaoke night. Surprisingly there were a good amount of people that could actually sing, guess that makes sense being that close to LA. After that we bounce around to few more bars and generally have a great time before heading back home. On the way home, Jake and Tim decide they want to hit the Red Garter again. I drop them off, wish them luck, and head home. As soon as they get in Jake goes up to the bartender and tells him he left his card there last night. Now most people at this point would just close out their tab right there. Not Jake. He tells the bartender to leave it open. Basically creating a full weekend tab at the bar. The bartender is so impressed he gives them some free drinks. After a few hours, Jake and Tim take a cab back but first stop at a 7-eleven for late night nachos. At this point the story gets a little hazy depending on who you ask. Apparently Tim had a pretty unique nacho eating technique and then there was a major disagreement over how to walk home from the 7-11 (which was a block and a half away from the house). Long story short, Jake got home in about 5 mins. Tim was banging on the door 45 mins later. And he's been our main navigator.
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