Wake up after 3 hours sleep at 6.30 to meet Emily for our LA trip. I think im too tired to be excited now and it only starts sinking in as we head to the airport. This is Emily's first time in the US so it's good to see she's all excited and in disbelief she's going. We do the usual stuff like checking in and suprisingly my huge case isn't overweight for a change, grab breakfast and a couple of pints, yes pints!! i know its only about 8.30 am but i hate flying and this calms me down and prepares me for the long one ahead. Eventually we get on the dreaded flight but as its quiet we get a row of chairs each to sleep which is good news as i have to sleep to distract myself from the fact im on a plane. It wasnt actually a bad journey and it went fairly quick.
To cut a long trip short we arrive on hollywood boulevard around 9pm with our cases and with our cases. We got a giant slice of pizza saw Jack Sparrow the sexy lookalike who's always here then decided to sit in the snow white cafe for a drink as it has a nice little outdoor seating area thats great to sit, enjoy a beer and watch the freaks but unfortunately when we get there this little feature has gone, must be a new law which is a shame. We had a couple of drinks and got chatting to a cool guy who was a pro skateboarder for a while, i like that about LA, everyone just chats to everyone, there so used to networking that swapping contact details with practical strangers is normal. Emily got chatted up by a homeless woman dressed as a clown, yep you read that right, only in hollywood!! After a while we decided to head to the hotel and check in as we were pretty shattered and jet lagged and it was around midnight so it was probably the sensible option if we were going to get stuck in tomorrow!! We sat at the bus stop waiting to get back and got invited on a party bus with a load of cool rockabilly guys but had to decline due to our luggage for a start, it was a good looking motor though. We made yet another friend, nick, who worked in the music industry and was shoveling a giant hotdog in his face while getting to know his, he gave us his number and said to call if we wanted to party or hangout. Living in LA feels like each day has 5 british days crammed in it, i think thats why i love it so much because theres so many possibilties and adventures each day!
Monday
Wake up early ish and head to Santa Monica beach for a few hours of tanning ourselves, we grab a good english meal for some reason as if we dont have enough of those at home in an english pub and settle down on the pier to watch the sunset, its gorgeous, theres dolphins swimming close by and swallows dropping into the sea for fish. All the fishermen were out and we sat by a palm reader and two very rich looking swedish business men that were chatting to a homeless man in a wheel chair. it wasnt long before we were included in their discussions i guess bridging the gap in the teo opposing worlds. Homeless people in LA seem to have a totally different attitude than over here, i dont know if its the fact the weather is nice so its not too unbearable but they all chat and seem happy enough, they all look out for each other and i think the attitude towards them is a lot more positive, they get free bus rides and people dont try to avoid eye contact and pretend its not real like over here and thats great. We headed home and on the way got chatting to two french guys julian and hamid who were staying around the corner to us, one was a screenwriter and the other an actor who were out here for a couple of months to make contacts and get work. We got changed and left for sunset strip, we were in the street making friends with more homeless people when Dave my friend from over here picked us up and took us to the cat club. its better going with dave because he works here so we get to go in the back way free of charge and get drunk for free but even better than that hes a cool guy and a really good friend for me over here now. We meet my other friends in there, Anthony (him and dave are in a band called the trophy wives, i danced wth them at their viper room gig last time i was out here) and ian who is from england so we can make fun of the americans and bully them while hes not on his own. hes in a band called the idyllists and both are really good.. Sunset is there also who is my burlesque LA twin, she has her hollywood kittens and we are kind of the same people on each side of the pond. its great to see her and catch up, we all have a few drinks and watch the performers while constantly being introduced to people and bumping into people i met last time and stuff. the time flies and before we know it its midnight, we want to go to the key club so i can show emily the steel panther show (formerly metal skool) the 80's spoof rock show out there. Anthony gets us vip entry and they give me free drinks for everyone too as its my b'day so bonus!! We head in and go straight to the balcony because its rammed which is the vip area but i prefer the downstairs bet so half way through we make our way round the back of the venue and sneak in to front row, very naughty, abusing power and that haha. The show was awesome as always, they had joe fatone of nsync up singing rock songs with them, the dude from my name is earl was stood by us aswell as endless musicians and sexy ladies. i love hollywood its so cheesy its like living in a film for a while. They sang Were not gonna take it by Twisted Sister which reminded us of Eddie as well as all the favorites. When the how ended at 2 am we headed back to the cat club to get smashed after hours before going back to hotel with dave and anthonyfor a jam session and more booze. They played guitars while emily sang with them, i even got a birthday song as it was officially my bday now which was nice. i started getting texts from the uk which was cool too!! thanks everyone for my texts and facebook messages!! emily went to bed at about 5 and we sat talking about music and me living here finally until 7.30am where i decided to call it a day as i didnt want to waste my bday hungover in bed!!
Tuesday
i jump out of bed at 8.30am after an hours sleep and decide we should go to the beach while im still drunk so we dont miss the sun!! me, emily and oliver our new aussie friend go for a macky d's breakfast (hangover food) and then me and emily headed to venice beach where i just about got to before crashing out. at least now im getting a tan and fresh air while i sleep!! venice beach is the coolest place ever, i love it!! jim morrison lived here and they have a long painting of him on the side of the building he lived on ocean blvd. its so hippyish and stuck in the 60's its so me, all crazy and rock n roll and it has the best book store ever too as well as muscle beach which is no good for me but if you like perving on big toned greasy men its perfect!
we grab a burrito and watch the skateboarders in the sun before strollong to santa monica as the sun goes down. i lay down for a while when we got back but oliver and emily was chatting in the room so i never slept, in the end they persuaded me to get ready and we hit Canters just a block away to see my friend Morty and his band, well its more a bluesy jam session with all these cool band members from hugely successful groups. its a nice chilled atmosphere and i get drunk again thanks to morty on very strong brandy's and beer. Emily even got on the mic for quick impromptu singing which was cool bless her. This is the place that guns n roses had there first photo shoot, the famous pic of them in a booth sat around a table like in a diner is here and it has loads of rock n roll history, its a jewish deli and had great food 24 hours a day. At the end of the night i say my goodbyes and meet the keyboardist for foo fighters who invites me to his house party friday which would be great but we have already decided to go to vegas then which is a shame. hopefully next time! we stop by the 7 11 for food and get invited to party by a stranger called loren who gives her number also and says to call if we wanna hang out in the week!! its a strange little town sometimes!!
Wednesday
We spend the first half of the day hiring and collecting our car before driving all over showing emily all the tourist and cool hangout spots.. the strip, beverley hills, star homes, hollywood blvd aswell as all the cool shopping areas and stuff before grabbing pizza in frankie n johnnies on sunset. i always eat here,its pretty cheap and right by all the best clubs and the wall is signed by all the big stars that eat there, you really cant escape fame in hollywood but then i guess thats why you go. dukes is also a cool place to eat on that part of the street if you ever visit. we then went in hustler for a bit of shopping and met andy who works there and thinks everything is 'totally awesome'. to be fair he is right, the glass dildos are so good i want one as an orniment on my dining table except there $400 easy. they even have a vibrator you can connect to your ipod that reacts to the music..very temting though maybe hard house or slipknot and my usual music is too much for one it would be good to try out! this time we leave empty handed as its a quick visit and we need to get ready to go out. when we get to the hotel julian and hamid are waiting for us, we catch up with them and it ends up there going to come to vegas and join us on our roadtrip which will split costs and stuff. we invite them on our travels tomo and they head out to meet friends.
At night we stop by the cat club to see dave then the rainbow for a chillout, some wine and a good gossip just me and em, this is the first night to ourselves as oliver joined us last night so we have a good chin wag until some annoying bloke stands next to me at the bar and opens with the line 'can i get a girls opinion on something?' now you dont kid a kidder and straight away i know hes playing the game as in the tactical aproach to pulling girls by following a set of rules made by its originator and discussed in the book 'the game' by neil strauss. i decided to let emily fall for it and see how he got on because i know shes lovely and will talk to anyone genuinely. he was playing it and his dilema was a supermodel he met that he wants to ask out is broke but hes loaded to does he take her out and pay even if she only wants him for his money.. lame!!! i gave him every block i knew and played him at his own game even fucking up his work with a wing man which i was very proud of. in the end he was stuck for words and we left for the cat club to hang out with dave and ian to get smashed with some normal guys. after a few hours in an absolute mess drinking giant LA sized shots of whisky and jeagar and monster dave dropped us home and we fell into bed somehow!! great fun.
Thursday
Another day trip in the car day, we sort it out so that julian can drive the car too and we head to the hollywood sign in the hot sun!
After a photo session and a stroll around we drive to the beach to chill down there for the sunset, its a bit chilly tonight so after dark we wander aound the pier and drive back and chill in the guys hotel for a while and meet all the people they ave got to know there. after a couple of hours planning vegas and booking our hotel and eating the best veggie burger ive ever had we head to ours to freshen up before deciding to go for a night drive as we cant have a night out,were leaving for vegas too early so we go up mulhollanddrive for the best view of the city and end up getting almost lost in sherman oaks miles away. we asked the cops if we were heading the right way and witnessed them give out a dui, the young guy who was driving ended up hangcuffed over the car with a bag over his head??! never seen anything like it before and it was a bit creepy to be honest. we got back to the hotel about 1am and got some sleep so we would be ready to leave for vegas at 8am.
Friday
julian and hamid met us at 8.30 as we were late as usual!! it was a nice day for a raodtrip so after grabbing some supplies we headed onto the freeway for our 5 hour journey, emily too the first hour before i took over all the way to Ghost town, Calico.
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