Friday, 24 February 2017

I'm leavin' LA baby, Gonna catch that midnight train


We had a late breakfast yesterday at the Grand Central Market. This is a large food hall/market that's been operating since early last century. There's a wide variety of food for sale but we settled on a bacon and egg sandwich. Wasn't bad. May be heading back today for another breakfast and might try something from the Egg Sluts stall.

We later found a Post Office (after a bit of hill climbing) to post some postcards to parents. Then headed down to the Bradbury building which was used in the film "Bladerunner". The early 20th C architecture is amazing. Nearby, we got delayed at an intersection while a scene for a movie was filmed. Cars crawled through some red lights (sped up later, I suppose), then take 2, take 3. Ok cut. The cops and security were around everywhere to keep the streets clear. This was right next to The Last Bookstore where we wandered for a while - Steph found a small book to buy.



We headed back to the hotel as our friends Peter & Lesley were due to arrive. We're traveling with them to New Orleans tomorrow night. Once they were settled we walked up to the Walt Disney Concert Hall. This is a building of unique architecture with twisted stainless steel and reflective surfaces. The climb up and down the many steps tested our legs. We lined up to enter the Broad, an art gallery of contemporary art including works by Jean Michel Basquier, Andy Warhol and Keith Herring.
The Walt Disney Concert Hall

         ... to be continued.

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