Hollywood Stars, Hollywood Locations, Japanese Food
Sunday, June 3rd, 2012
Exhausted in Burbank, I awoke at David’s house on the morning of Saturday, April 21, 2012, ready for another day – my eighth in a row to be exact – of excitement and adventure. I moved with acceptable slowness and got ready for the day. David and I departed his house shortly after 9am and headed to the Tallyrand restaurant for some breakfast. After eating, he dropped me off at the Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel & Convention Center, a place that was now feeling like a second home to me. The occasion, of course, was the Spring Hollywood Show – where celebrities and opportunities to spend cash abounded. Read the rest of this entry »
No matter how great any road trip is, they all have one thing in common: they must at some point come to an end. The last day for Bob and me to be on the road was Friday, April 1, 2011. We woke up in our motel in Phoenix, Arizona, wished each other a happy birthday for the fourth year in a row, and headed out on our last day’s adventures. I was rather excited for our first stop, mostly because it involved eating breakfast. We had stopped by here the night before, but they had been closed – so we decided to come back for our morning meal to Mel’s Diner. Yes, this was the location (exterior only) that was featured in the TV series Alice. 
The centerpiece of our entire road trip had been Bob’s desire to visit Monument Valley. When I last left you hanging, we were in the midst of an open-air jeep tour of the region on the morning of Tuesday, March 29, 2011, but we had yet to cross from Mystery Valley into the very familiar terrain of Monument Valley. This posting will complete the tour – along with sharing a few screen captures from some of the films that made Monument Valley famous. The following locations are all located just over the border of Arizona, whereas the previous ones were all in the southernmost part of Utah.