LA is a shit hole. The further you get from there the nicer it gets. Venice Beach is cocksuckin Daytona on crack. Freaks, bums and tourists. Santa Monica is Ormond Beach. Family type place. Laguna Beach is Sarasota. Very nice. The Ritz at Marina Del Ray is a total rip off. Nice enough place, convenient as hell (only 5 min from Venice Beach, 15 to airport) but not for what they charge for everything including the room. $20 hot dog? $15 drink? Eat my fuck! Not to worry, found a booze store. The Sunset strip is an interesting drive. You get to see all the places you've seen on TV a million times. The Roxy, Whiskey a Go-Go, Viper Room, fuck the walk of fame, Comedy Store, Laugh Factory, then on to Beverly Hills and Bel Aire... Even saw them putting up the bleachers for the Oscars. Five hours on a flying bus twice in five days is fuckin torture! Three days of work (why they have these meetings in nice places is beyond me since you're in a hotel conference room all day. Might as well be in god damned Oklahoma City). One day to fuck off with my son who lives there now was fun. Then back to work in geezerville.
color me jealous... I would have loved to have hit the top spots like that and then gotten the hell outta there also..
glad you got to see the kid in his environment.. was probably pretty awesome for him too.
