Mini DU meetup in L.A. denbot-n-Buckey

[denbot]

Bucky blew through town and wanted to see a little of Los Angeles (cough-cough) culture..

First dinner at Olvera Street

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Then doing the tourista thing in Hollywood.

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[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. cool - Bucky's trip ... I remember the thread with his itinerary. great photos.

Good to see you guys having fun doing the touristy stuff.

Looking good, guys.

[denbot]

10. Thanks TA

I wanted to stroll the Venice Beach boardwalk too, but the traffic/distance/time thing was working against us.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. How very cool, my dear denbot!

Wish I could have joined you two, but as you know, I'm out of town with my family this weekend.

Looks like you hit some good spots!

Thanks for sharing these neat pictures...

[denbot]

11. Hi Miss CP

Buckey really wanted to meet you, but there is only so much CP to go around...

[marzipanni]

3. Nice mini meet up, guys!

Is that your favorite Mexican restaurant, Denbot?

Have you been on your sailboat lately?
We've been watching the Louis Vuitton races in the San Francisco Bay on the internet, leading up to the America's Cup in September.
If you haven't watched it you should- you'll be amazed at how fast they go!

http://www.americascup.com/

[denbot]

12. The resturant we stopped at had a winning combo..

Good yelp reviews, and cheap prices. I should have taken Buckey to the somewhat nearby El Tepeyac in East Los Angeles. D'ho!

http://manuelseltepeyac.com/

My grandparents (both sides) ate there during and after WWII, my parents would go on dates there in the 50's, and now me Alley and the kids love the place. Damn, I don't know why I did not think of it.

As for our boat we are in a holding pattern. The down turn really put a hurt on us (actually me, Alley is a career Federal law enforcement type), and now we are just getting our heads above water so we will start pouring cash into it and get back on to the water.. I really need to buy one of those lotto tickets some day.

I'll check the racing highlight on YouTube.

[Kali]

4. way cool!

[denbot]

17. It's not scorpion on my toilet paper cool..

But it's also not as stingie either.

[nolabear]

5. Nice! So now you two can vouch for one another, right? Or tell all the secrets.

C'mon, a little gossip is in order...

[Bucky]

8. First secret: Denbot's a renaissance man. He's held more kind jobs than you can imagine.

[denbot]

13. Vouch, um sure..

In the gossip colum, we'd be a snooze..

[pinboy3niner]

6. Great pics!

Sorry I wasn't able to join you. Looks like you guys had a blast.

[denbot]

14. Yeah it was kinda cool walking around Hollywood.

I haven't done that in years. We'll have to meet up someday too.

[Bucky]

7. Great trip, great tour, and Denbot is one hell of promoter for LA.

Absolutely the most fun I've had on my cross country tour.


Thanks for a great evening, Den!

[denbot]

15. No problem Bucky

Not only are you now one of the few people that know L.A. has a subway, you are one of the even fewer that have ridden on it.

[cliffordu]

9. My God, you fuckers are old.

But look on the bright side, you are BOTH younger than me.

[denbot]

16. Yeah we are old bastards.

Now, are we younger as a whole, or more impressively as a combined, cumulative age?

[cliffordu]

27. Mileage.

[Initech]

18. You went to Olvera St. and didn't dine at Philippe's? Lame

[denbot]

19. Yeah, a beef dip would have been nice..

Phillipe's best kept secret is their lemonade, even if they serve it in those tiny glasses.

The dominant factor in our itenerary was time. I scooped him up at the bus station, then in a few blocks, parked across from Union Station. From there we could walk across to Olvera St., and dine in L.A.'s 300 year old section. From ther, it was a short walk back across the street to Union Station (a building I find to be beautiful) to take L.A.'s very modern subway to Hollywood and back with enough time to return Bucky to his bus before he turned in to a pumpkin, or what ever is the consequence of being late for your outbound grey-doggie.

There are many things that can be done in L.A., but to do them you have to be willing to sacrifice portions of your life's timeline to the traffic gods, we were willing, but time was short.

[Initech]

26. I like that they serve draft beer now.

But i always get at least one or two glasses of the 50 cent ice tea!

[Skittles]

20. YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING GOOD

SO SAYETH SKITTLES; yes INDEED

[denbot]

21. (Blush)

I'll bet you say that to all the geezers..

[Skittles]

22. you want I should kick some good-looking geezer ass, denbot?

I OFFER TWO-FER SPECIALS YOU KNOW

[denbot]

23. Yes, yes, shamefully I would want an ass kicking.

If that's the price of some Skittles attention, sign Bucky and I up.

[Skittles]

24. YEE HAW!!!

[In_The_Wind]

25. Great photos!

[Arctic Dave]

28. Can't wait for the next installment of Bucky's travel diary.

Looks like you two had some fun.