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Things to Do in Los Angeles
LA may very well be a wonderful place in its own right, but for me, this is the home of HOLLYWOOD! Home of the stars, movie studios, Melrose Avenue, Hollywood & Vine, Sunset Strip, Grauman's Chinese Theater, and of course the famous Hollywood sign.
It's the wonderful place that makes all of the movies that I know and love and now force my boys to watch with me. Now my childhood memories will extend into their childhoods, leaving room to add in new movie memories for us as well, of course.
You can tour Paramount Studios, drive Mulholland Drive, shop in Beverly Hills' Rodeo Drive area, see the famous Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, catch a concert at the Hollywood Bowl, or you're in Hollywood...see a movie!
What trip to Hollywood would be complete without seeing the Hollywood Walk of Fame and trying to match your handprints with stars' imprints in front of Grauman's.
Sunset Strip has some of the most famous night spots in the world: The Roxy, The Viper Room, Whiskey a GoGo, the Comedy Store, and more!
Want to venture back in time? Visit the La Brea Tar Pits and the Page Museum to see the timeline of the pits and the animals that lived and died there and their fossils!
And, of course, there's another theme park, Universal Studios, Hollywood which celebrates the movies by turning them into great rides.