Magical

Almost a month ago we attended the world famous, ultra exclusive Magic Catle. The Magic Castle is a private club. You must be a member or have a guest card from a member to gain admittance. How did we get so lucky, you ask? Well, Peter's boss is a member and a magician! He invited us to come for the night, and it was truly, magical!

The castle (which is more like a huge old mansion) sits above Hollywood. There is a strictly enforced dress code which means - suit & tie for the boys (my hubby looked so handsome) and cocktail dress for the ladies (what fun!) I loved dressing up for the night and felt very elegant and special to be attending the club. We saw several magicians and explored the many rooms of the magic castle. And let me tell you, these magicians are amazing. They did card tricks that I have been thinking about for weeks and just can not figure out how they did it! There's even a ghost that plays the piano and if you tip her she'll play you any song you want.. We chose "Hang On Sloopy" to represent for our Ohio State Buckeyes.

Can you believe that there's a Magic Castle in Hollywood? Neither can I! Oh the things that you can find in the this city!

Pink!

No, I'm not talking about the color, I'm talking about the hot dog! Pink's Hot Dog is a famous hot dog stand on La Brea Blvd. in West Hollywood. Pink's has been around for almost 60 years and constantly has a huge line outside. We've driven by a few times and thought "it must be pretty good if there's always such a long line." Well, as I mentioned earlier my mom was in town, we were being touristy so we actually waited more than 1 hour for hot dogs.

Was it worth it? Yes.
Would I wait an hour again? No.
Would I eat it again if there was no line? Yes.



I drove by Pink this morning at 9:30 and there was no line. If you like hot dogs for breakfast I recommend visiting early!

Hollywood Blvd.

My mom was in town the weekend after Christmas and it gave us an excuse to do some LA "touristy" things. Our first trip was to explore Hollywood Boulevard. We enjoyed walking up and down the street and visited the historical Pig & Whistle for lunch. It was delicious and apparently a Hollywood Blvd staple.


We also discovered that there's a Lickety Split in Hollywood! Lickety Split was our favorite ice cream place in Toledo that we walked to almost every day in the summer! This was obviously a very exciting discovery for me until we realized that there was no ice cream in Lickety Split! So here's a petition to whomever is in charge here -- OPEN UP!!