Walking on Hollywood Boulevard
How can you go to Los Angeles and not go walking on Hollywood Boulevard? It’s where all the stars are at! The street’s most famous feature is the Walk of Fame, where stars on the floor immortalize the names of actors and actresses (definitely a sign of achievement).
Aside from that, this street is also home to the magnificent Kodak Theatre (now known as the Dolby Theatre), where red carpets roll out year after year. Inside, the winner of every year’s Oscar award for Best Movie is prominently displayed.
If you hang around, you might get lucky and get free tickets to see a late night show and see real stars in person! In 2004, I got free tickets to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In 2008, I got to watch the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show, also for free.
Thanks to that, we got to watch a live performance from Gavin Rossdale. We were so awed by his great music and his good looks, that we even waited after the show to get an autograph!
If you haven’t had your fill of stars just yet, you can go watch a movie at the Chinese Theatre, just a few steps away.
Or, like me, you can take a photo of Donald Duck‘s footprints. I also have R2-D2‘s, but the photo wasn’t very clear.
For some shopping and dining, the Hollywood and Highland Center is smack in the middle of it all. Or, if you’re broke like me, taking photos is also enjoyable.
- Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
- So apparently, Ped Xing signs are not unique to Manila.
- Kodak Theater by day
- Oscar Best Movie winners are prominently displayed inside the theater
- Kodak Theatre by night
- Guests for the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show we got to watch
- El Capitan Theatre – Home of the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show
- Gavin Rossdal after the show
- I think that may be either my hand or my mom’s, asking for his autograph (which we did get!)
- Chinese Theatre
- Donald Duck’s footprints at the Chinese Theatre
- Hollywood and Highland Center
- Fountain at the Hollywood and Highland Center
- Road Sign – Hollywood Blvd