My preening, diffident waiter at Vanderpump’s will be ignoring another customer because they aren’t Golden Globes royalty.
But such is reality in West Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Hollywood www.visitcalifornia.com.
Home of the worst waiters in the world where your order will be late and wrong if it comes at all.
Unless you’re Lady Gaga, a regular at Vanderpump’s who is known to fall out of the eaterie, which I must confess I’m not.
Lisa’s food though is worth waiting for and obviously she was in the night we visited.
When we were staying as guests of Attraction Tickets www.attractiontickets.com and my favourite boutique hotel chain Kimpton’s.
Peerless
And their West Hollywood base, La Peer Hotel https://www.lapeerhotel.com/?utm_source=Google%20My%20Business&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=GMB&utm_term=lapeer.
And you’ll be able to roll up at the bar and then into the pool which I might just have tried out.
Celebrity spotting is an everyday pastime in SoCal, Southern California.
And I was fortunate enough to see and meet a host of them at the American Travel Fair www.ipw.com which was being hosted by Anaheim www.visitanaheim.org.
Natasha Bedingfield, Jason Derulo, the Beach Boys, Snoop Dogg…
The biggest stars for me though in La La Land are the living legends, those who will never die.
Such as Marilyn Monroe who still parades the Walk of Fame near her star and hand prints…
I spent a weekend with Marilyn: in Venice Beach and at her last resting place in LA where a very unwelcome neighbour moved in.
And the Walt Disney family… http://www.disneyland.disney.go.comMickey, the Donald, Goofy et al.
Mickey and The Donald
All of whom will throw their giant furry hands and paws open for you when you visit the Happiest Place on Earth https://disneyland.disney.go.com/?CMP=OKC-dlr_lodging_gmap_25.
Lurking though when we arrived though were some inhospitable Storm Troopers…
It was all part of the schtick with the showcasing of the new Star Wars world at Disney…
As well done as it was though I still come to Disney for a cuddle.
But maybe Princess Leia was hiding?
Aer Lingus www.aerlingus.com flies direct to LAX with pre-clearance from Dublin and Shannon.
The national airline carrier has a deal on for travel as part of a return trip between April 1 until June 15 from €249.61.
Book by January 21.
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