Started off at the breakfast buffet, waffles, eggs, bacon, very fresh orange juice and... Folgers coffee... blech. Heh.
Went to La Brea Tar Pits and had lots of fun... One of my favorite parts was a sign by the door to the atrium: "Birds are nesting. Beware of aggressive behavior." We couldn't wait to see some aggressive birds, especially after seeing all the condor and vulture skeletons in the museum, but all we really saw were a whole lotta turtles. I mean, turtles EVERYWHERE. They were cute, and sunning themselves. But I have never seen so many. We did have fun though, and the kids liked it, and we got more cool stuff at the gift shop, like geodes and things.
Drove to Hollywood Boulevard per request of the kids. I personally hate Hollywood Boulevard. It's just a dirty, scummy, overpriced downtown street, emphasis on dirty and scummy. The kids had an okay time, but it just made me antsy, as if we were wasting our precious little vacation time.
Drove to the Farmers Market on 3rd and Fairfax, and had a great time there. I gotta say, everything I suggested to the kids they hemmed and hawed and failed to look thrilled about, but once we were there they would have a blast. Spike didn't even want to leave the Farmer's Market, and we all wished we had just followed mom's suggestion to eat lunch there instead of walking up and down Hollywood Blvd looking for a place to eat that wouldn't require an immunization shot after. Charleen called my cell phone as we were placing an order at the candy shop, and she could hear us ordering 3 caramel apples, rocky road, chocolate haystacks, chocolate covered strawberries, etc. Heh. I got little tiny things for Charleen and Catie from the Farmer's Market - they're little but I like them a LOT, they're cute.
Went to The Grove next, an upscale shopping mall adjacent to the Farmer's Market. Had lots of fun there.

And then realized we were done right at 5:30pm - prime commute time in LA. Lovely. Took an hour to get back to the hotel.

Changed and cleaned up, and took the shuttle back to City Walk at Universal Studios. Just had time for last minute shopping and then dinner at Wolfgang Puck's. That was really good pizza.

Now we're back in the hotel again, resting up for a drive home tomorrow. Well, Buffy and I are resting, Spike is roaming the hotel grounds looking for something to do. That boy never sleeps.

And now it's time for sleep.

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