Architecture, The Pier and Dinner with Brendan (6-16)

This morning we took the train downtown to get our GoLA cards and grab breakfast. After making reservations for the tours we wanted to go on over the next few days, we headed over to the Disney Concert Hall. Unfortunately, we were unable to take the tour but we will on Saturday.

We then went back to the hotel to grab the car and visit two famous Frank Lloyd Wright houses, the Ennis House and the Hollyhock House. Both of the houses needed renovations and the wear and tear could be seen. We then drove through Hollywood and Beverly Hills along Santa Monica Blvd and then headed out to Santa Monica to have dinner with Brendan.

We visited the Santa Monica pier which is the official end to Route 66. As it was cloudy, we didn’t spend any time on the beach. We then headed over to Brendan’s house and changed. Brendan had picked a restaurant in Malibu. The restaurant, Paradise Cove, had an outside eating area where you were in the sand right on the ocean edge. We had a great dinner with Brendan. He then took us to a few scenic look outs where we were able to see all of Malibu.

Tomorrow we are taking a Hollywood and Beverly Hills tour as well as the Warner Brother’s Studio tour. Tell you all about it tomorrow!