See Ya LA!

Happy Labor Day Everyone!
I am up early again restless and ready to see more of the world in California.  Yesterday was a really long eventful day.  How nice it was to wake up with the gentle sunshine of 80 degrees.  Definately a flip flop day and woo hoo, let this day begin!

The journey began in a town called Riverside.  It actually felt really nice and homey.  It was beautiful!  We drove around for a minute and checked out the area.  Here are a few pics of what we found.

Hitting the hwy up 101, we wanted to check out Huntington beach.  The weather was amazing and everyone in that area had not a care in the world.  The only drawback to this area was of course, the traffic.  Seems everybody and their monkeys uncle gravitate to this wide open beautiful area.  Check out the pics below... can you really blame them?  

Driving on, HELLO LOS ANGELES!!!!

I learned that down town LA is not the most ideal location to be in.  It is much like the wild Wild West!  So, if your traveling through and think, "hey, lets check out down-town LA."  Just don't!!!
You see a few homeless people in Atlanta but nothing like here.  I couldn't believe with the amount of wealth here in this town, these people were so forgotten.  It was pitiful really.

 What I did find to my liking in down-town was the cool art that seemed to medicate much of the landscape.

Headed to BEVERLY HILLS!!!

 This pic was taken up on the hills near the Hollywood sign.  This is their observatory.

On these streets you see so many famous people! Hello Darth Vador!

You can take the boy out of the south, but not the south out of the boy!  For those of you that know Dre...this is him haggling with a vendor over a star map.  We checked out a few star homes like Michael Jackson, Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian and to be honest, they don't really live like you think they would.

This is on Rodeo Drive, which was really nice but the energy of Beverly Hills is very flashy and not too down to earth.  Passing others on the street smelled like the perfume counter at Saks! Me being a smell whore and all, I did like that part.  

On the road again and headed up to Malibu.  Ok, now we are talking!  Malibu is more like Northern Cali before it gets chilly.  It is probably my favorite area of Southern California.  Surfing is everywhere, happy people and the cutest little local shops you could imagine.

This is an area called Point Mugu State Park.  Dre and I hiked the sand Dune.  The view of the Pacific was a-m-a-z-i-n-g!

When in California, eat like the Califorians.  Time to stop for some lunch and a pee break.

 Time to call it the day.  Embassy Suites is calling my name!  Tomorrow is a big day as we are headed to one of our most favorite places... BIG SUR!  Until then, love yall!