Ann's Visit
We had the best time while Ann was here. We were all sorry to see her go.
Adam and I picked Ann up around 1pm last Thursday (has it really been a weak?!?). After stopping for some lunch at IN-N-OUT we headed up to Santa Monica to spend some time and money at Whimsic Alley.
Whimsic Alley is a little recreation of Diagon Alley, complete with a wand shop, wardrobe store, book store etc. It is total Harry Potter immersion and a fun place to visit. Ann is a BIG Harry Potter fan so she was in heaven. I bought a Hufflepuff scarf for myself and some buttons for my collection.
Friday Andrew, Adam, Ann and I went on the Warner Brothers Studio tour. It was great, the best studio tour I have been on. We got to go into the craft shops and even one of the prop houses. The Museum was a blast. The entire second floor is devoted to the first four HP films.
Are you seeing a trend here yet? It was a HP themed weekend as you will see.
After the tour we drove down to Hollywood and Ann took in Grahman's and we walked around so she could gawk. By this time we were all starving so we had dinner at Mel's Diner before driving home.
Saturday we spent with Stephanie at Oxy. Ann hadn't seen the school in person so Steph gave her a tour then we hung out watching some guys play wiffle ball on the lawn in front of her dorm before we drove to Old Town in Pasadena to stroll for a bit. We had dinner together before dropping Steph off and heading home for an early night.
Sunday the four of us went to Grand Slam, an annual SciFi convention. We meet up with Jenn, Dave, Boyd and Janice from the Angeles. This was Ann's first con and she had a blast.
First up were the Battlestar Galactica stars Jamie Bamber and Katee Sackhoff. Then we took a break to check out the dealers room before going to a photo op with James and Oliver Phelps who play the Weasley Twins Fred and George in the Harry Potter movies. Ann was so thrilled and excited I thought she was going to burst.
Jenn had held seats for us and we all settled in to watch the Phelps take questions etc for 45 minutes before signing autographs, another big thrill for Ann.
After that it was Colm Meaney and then James Marsters. It was a long, full day and the whole group of us went out for dinner before we all headed to our various homes.
Sadly it was back to school for the boys on Monday and Ann had to fly home. But it was a fantastic few days and loads and loads of fun!
Adam and I picked Ann up around 1pm last Thursday (has it really been a weak?!?). After stopping for some lunch at IN-N-OUT we headed up to Santa Monica to spend some time and money at Whimsic Alley.
Whimsic Alley is a little recreation of Diagon Alley, complete with a wand shop, wardrobe store, book store etc. It is total Harry Potter immersion and a fun place to visit. Ann is a BIG Harry Potter fan so she was in heaven. I bought a Hufflepuff scarf for myself and some buttons for my collection.
Friday Andrew, Adam, Ann and I went on the Warner Brothers Studio tour. It was great, the best studio tour I have been on. We got to go into the craft shops and even one of the prop houses. The Museum was a blast. The entire second floor is devoted to the first four HP films.
Are you seeing a trend here yet? It was a HP themed weekend as you will see.
After the tour we drove down to Hollywood and Ann took in Grahman's and we walked around so she could gawk. By this time we were all starving so we had dinner at Mel's Diner before driving home.
Saturday we spent with Stephanie at Oxy. Ann hadn't seen the school in person so Steph gave her a tour then we hung out watching some guys play wiffle ball on the lawn in front of her dorm before we drove to Old Town in Pasadena to stroll for a bit. We had dinner together before dropping Steph off and heading home for an early night.
Sunday the four of us went to Grand Slam, an annual SciFi convention. We meet up with Jenn, Dave, Boyd and Janice from the Angeles. This was Ann's first con and she had a blast.
First up were the Battlestar Galactica stars Jamie Bamber and Katee Sackhoff. Then we took a break to check out the dealers room before going to a photo op with James and Oliver Phelps who play the Weasley Twins Fred and George in the Harry Potter movies. Ann was so thrilled and excited I thought she was going to burst.
Jenn had held seats for us and we all settled in to watch the Phelps take questions etc for 45 minutes before signing autographs, another big thrill for Ann.
After that it was Colm Meaney and then James Marsters. It was a long, full day and the whole group of us went out for dinner before we all headed to our various homes.
Sadly it was back to school for the boys on Monday and Ann had to fly home. But it was a fantastic few days and loads and loads of fun!
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