Hollywood? I've Been There!

Hollywood Walk of Fame that is. For just an average girl raised in the midwest, I got lots of perks when my grandparents moved to California.

First, I got to fly on an airplane - I mean pteradactyl - by myself every summer. I earned quite a collection of plastic wings, playing cards and snack foods.

Then of course there were all the fun things we did. Like day trips to Chinatown, Disneyland and Marineland, or the weeks of gymnastics lessons, swimming lessons, tennis lessons...well you might get the idea that my grandparents doted on me! My grandparents took pics of me at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, on the Hollywoood Walk of Fame - which is totally cool in person...did you know that some celeb animals actors even have their paws on stars? Of course I've yet to turn any of those old photos and slides into digital formats...

But one of my favorite Hollywood landmarks is the Hollywood Bowl. My grandparents took me for a puppet show and I was addicted to the site. It's the biggest amphitheater in the world, there's no place like it - for a picnic or a drama class and especially not for a concert. The picture here is a satellite image of the new bowl. I was last there before they had to rebuild it a few years back for acoustic reasons. If you're into architecture, the structure itself has an amazing history.

Wikipedia has a great page of info and links to other websites full of history of The Bowl. Some of the most incredible music events have happened at the bowl. Here' s a You Tube link of a famous Silly Walks sketch from Monty Python played at night. For a large venue you can tell how the audience really feels connected.

Here's to bowling -the Hollywood way!

Regan

author of the Shadows of Justice series, the Pixie Chicks series, and other short stories.

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Variant Nursery Rhyme

Hey riddle riddle, the dog and the fiddle, the cat jumped over the moon, the little cow laughed, as the dish rapped a tune with the spoon.



My Post Disappeared

My post disappeared today. This happens occassionally. I'll have to start from scratch again with more material later today. I have to redo my review of the book. Maybe Blogger got tired of me ordering books. Anyways, have a very nice day.

I'm back now after my post disappeared. I'm not going to rewrite my review of Starstrike Operation Orion by Kevin Dockery and Douglas Niles. I will say that I enjoyed reading it. It was better than the first book in the series which I reviewed a few days ago, Starstrike, Task Force Mars. I am looking forward to seeing more volumes in the series.

I spent most of my day ordering books again. I worked this Saturday. In addition to ordering social science books, I ordered some educational titles as well from Choice Magazine.

On the subway on the way home, I read Green Your Place In The New Energy Revolution by Jane Hoffman and Michael Hoffman. It is quite entertaining so far. One of my fvorite facts so far in the book is that before 1919, America was producing 50 million gallons of ethanol. Both Rudolf Diesel and Henry Ford were supporting biofuels for cars. Then prohibition struck. Pure ethanol became illegal, and had to be mixed with petroleum so people could not drink it. By the end of prohibition, petroleum had eclipsed ethanol as the fuel of choice for cars. There is a lot of very interesting information like this.

Tomorrow, I plan on writing the review for The Long Tail by Chris Anderson. There is a lot to say in the review. Some of it is about books and libraries. I think this is a quite important book.