A drive round LA

Today was a national holiday so it seemed a good time to drive round LA. It was no particular place to go so perhaps not as profitable as could have been. The thing about LA is that it was built at the right time so whilst it is no Miami Beach you keep getting rewarded by glimpses of good deco buildings between the modern blocks.

We started past the Westlake towards downtown

 and then up to Hollywood Boulevard which was a big disappointment. Blackpool without a focal point of the tower and the same "attractions" that come and go round Leicester Square.

 We couldn't even be bothered to get out to go pavement star spotting. Then Beloved wanted to go down Sunset Strip. I agreed I wanted to see 77. He asked why, was there some significance? Turned out he wanted to go to the Whiskey-a-go-go because of the Doors but that that was in the 8900s. We were at the 4/5000s during this conversation so we abandoned the enterprise and went up

  which was much nicer

Then we thought we had better go down Santa Monica boulevard to the sea because that was the end of the old Route 66. We got a bit lost and went a long way down Beverley Boulevard to get there which took us past some posh places.

Strangely R66 did not end at the sea but a bit inland which took away some of the romance.

We went to see the ocean anyway which was a mistake because so did most of southern California and they had got there before us.

But we did see some sea although a bit north towards Malibu where the cars were only two lanes thick bumper to bumper

We came back by Topanga Canyon which shows how you can be built up one minute and in the middle of the country next

and then you come down into the city and go deco spotting again.