Day 4...
More shopping malls! Today we took a trip down Rodeo Dr. and found ourselves in the Beverly Hills Center. A very nicely layed out mall. Spacious and clean. Too bad the reason not so many people were there is because all the stores were WAY THE HELL OUT of my price range! ^_^ I can't really hold that against L.A. because that's the culture out here.
After seeing the fabulous mall, we got lost in places that ranged from Beverly Hills to downtown L.A. to Glendale to Hollywood and back to our little Burbank. We did, however, stop in to visit AFI. Very small, very exclusive little bank-account-drain of a school. If I were to apply there, I'd need a hefty scholarship to even think about attending. And when I say 'hefty,' I mean 'full-ride.' At this point, we had spent over 6 hours driving around and were dead tired. We came back to the hotel and awaited Helga and her boyfriend, Adam's, call.Around 9, we were on our way, galavanting around L.A. in Adam's beautiful Infiniti sedan. Adam turned out to be not only a great guide around the city, but an extremely down to earth guy. He even pointed out how he strives for something more than L.A. can provide. It's reassuring to know that there are people here who recognize the inherent flaws in the lifestyle led by much of the population here in the glamorous western United States.
After viewing the city from atop the mountainside resturaunt Castaway, we went bowling nearby at PINZ and had a few drinks until their ball-return machinery decided to break down and kill our fun. We were not given a refund and were not allowed to move to another lane either. Our night was over according to them. Lucky for me Adam is such an amazingly sweet guy that he paid for the whole evening (minus a few rounds bought by various people) and decided not to put up much of a fight because it probably would have killed our moods.
We drove around, got dinner and then came back to the hotel after a night of good fun, great conversation and rewarding connections. It was a good day.
Now Playing: Tranquility Bass - "We All Want to be Free"
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