California Trip, Part 2, Los Angeles, Siggraph, La Habra and Beyond

TravelLaHabra FamilyDobkin Beach Saturday began with a visit to international headquarters where there was a shortage of static cling letters ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180072 but the entry was well marked. ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180073 Inside we saw some memorabilia on signs ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180074 and a picture of our fearless leader ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180075 and his wife. We weren't sure if this sign ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180076 meant his brain was open or closed. The equipment there ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180077 ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180078 is impressive and they are EEO-compliant ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180079 at least as of 10 years ago or so. They also had some nice letters ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180080 and these handy signs ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180081 ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180082 if you wanted to go into one of these businesses and you could get the frames here to hang them. ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180083 The Christie's sign ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180084 had a good story to it, the forklift ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180085 was high powered and we were sure to punch the time clock ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180086 before leaving.

In the afternoon, we got passed by the other car ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180087 and so followed them for a while ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180088 until getting next to them ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180089 and so taking this picture ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180090 for no apparent reason. Eventually, we found a parking place here ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180091 right near this intersection ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180092 and passing this house ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180093 on the way to the beach where we met some others ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180094 and then saw the French group ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180095 in their matching shirts. We took the first free coffee picture ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180096 of Sarah and observed the 2 flying billboards. ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180097 ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180098 This sign ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180099 was charming being made of parts we'd seen earlier. So, it was time to check out the sites ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180100 a montage of piercing, tattooing, toe rings, ... stores. At muscle beach ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180101 we took this family picture as the workout ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180102 continued. Another sign ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180103 let us know where we were. And this sign ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180104 told us the rules. So, we took another free coffee picture ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180105 of Sarah. This man ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180106 had the first nice ink we saw. This led to yet another ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180107 free coffee picture and then this picture ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180108 of inspirational verse that made us thirsty, so we all drank water ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180109 and then came back to find Larry and Janet ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180110 who found the man with the man with ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180111 the top knot. Janet and Sarah thought we had to take the ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180112 picture of the lime house after which we saw this man ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180113 with wonderful ink.

Next it was time to go to the playground where Benjamin climbed ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180114 ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180115 while this guy ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180116 turned upside down and these people ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180117 boxed. This all inspired more climbing ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180118 ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180119 as people watched ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180120 and even more climbing ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180121 ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180122 as even more people watched. ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180123 The final climb ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180124 wasn't quite what these people ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180125 were doing. Her ink ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180126 had a good name on it. Then we saw the devil man (and stole a picture) ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180127 while this woman explained the evils of smoking ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180128 to Sarah and Jane. We really liked the idea of ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180129 NameOnRice.com ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180130 as the fog starting rolling in over the street scene ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180131 so that Jane and Larry decided to go here to get French fries ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180132 while the rest of us ignored his ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180133 suggestion that we buy sarongs. Instead, we admired ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180134 the skates sign and stole a picture ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180135 of the robots and then enjoyed ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180136 the vegetarian booth expounding the evils of Murder King and Unhappy Meals. This woman from back ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180137 and front ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180138 had wonderful hair. And, then the french fries ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180139 came looking quite greasy. We took this picture ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180140 during a pit stop at the world's dirtiest men's room, passed the sign ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180141 and view ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180142 of the canals, noted the arrival of new music ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180143 and took a picture of this Jeep Wrangler ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180144 for Lucy.

On the ride to Westwood, we passed this sign ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180145 for Mama's Pizza and this Radio Shack ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180146 before we got to Sanat Monica Boulevard. ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180147 Once in Westwood, we saw a theater playing Jane's favorite movie ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180148 and this storefront with 8 ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180149 (count them 8 8 8 8) of Stop Look's signs. We took the obligatory phone booth picture ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180150 when Janet made a phone call, We recorded this guy at Dominos ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180151 and noticed that no one was honking -- you decide. Then, there was the key picture ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180152 for the Stop Look web site. Dinner was at this restaurant ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180153 where the menu ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180154 ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180155 is barely readable due to low light. This made the pictures of Larry ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180156 and Sarah ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180157 a little blurry, but Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180158 was very foggy from the beach except ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180159 when she looked down. Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180160 seemed calm enough, Janet ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180161 didn't but Jane ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8180162 did and who can forget when Elizabeth, the waitress, ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8190163 ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8190164 ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8190165 ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8190166 got up to sing. We made our way to Giorgio Armani ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8190167 and then tried to get these pictures ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8190168 ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8190169 ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8190170 of the largest limo we'd ever seen. We saw the Rugrats ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8190171 and took this picture for Benjamin which brought us luck so that we could see this SUV limo ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8190172 and another theater ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8190173 showing Jane's favorite movie. Walter Mathau was there, ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8190174 so was Tom Hanks, ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8190175 and Nicolas Cage ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8190176 was the latest to be added. Jane wanted this star ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8190177 so that she could doctor is to show her name and we ended the day ../../../Sabbat/08.14-20.01CA-LA//P8190178 with this famous resident of Princeton.