Our final full day in Los Angeles, we woke up at a very leisurely 10am and made our way down to the shuttle bus to get to the metro, which we caught down to Hollywood/Highland, the station closest to the Kodak theatre/Chinese theatre. Upon arrival, I did some shopping at MAC for my cousin, Jenny and then it was off down the road to go visit Kat Von D’s tattoo store, High Voltage Tattoos. From the outside, it's a fairly non-descript yellow building but inside, the store has been tastefully decorated and sports pictures and signage from the TV shows and previous customers throughout the studio. While we were in the store, a middle aged Aussie couple was in there getting a quote for a tattoo, but had no idea what they wanted and sounded like absolute tools.
Satisfied with our LA Ink fix, we caught the bus to Rodeo Drive (surprisingly for a city obsessed with cars and valet parking, the metro system is really well run). Arriving at Rodeo Drive is hardly the most stylish way to get there, but considering how we were dressed, we weren’t going to fool anyone. Inside Ralph Lauren, I did a little shopping, on Jenna’s behalf, to satisfy my need to spend money in the premier shopping area of LA.
Satiated, we caught the metro bus into downtown LA to walk up to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, which is basically the Sydney Opera House of the US. It was a bit difficult to find at first, due to the fact that the clerk at 7-11 we asked didn't actually know what it was (I think that she didn't really speak much English either, so that didn't really help) and then finally we found a Starbucks and thank god for free wi-fi, iPhone and Google maps, we were able to get directions from my phone and found we were only about 5mins away. Taking in the architectural delights of the concert hall, we made our way back to the metro station and caught the metro rail back to Universal City to go to Ralph’s (unfortunately no celebs were doing grocery shopping tonight) to get some dinner and it was back to the hotel to eat and pack our bags as we are road tripping it to Las Vegas tomorrow!
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