For those of you that follow me on Twitter you probably read a few of my tweets about going to LA. Yup last Thurs a few friends and I drove down to Seattle to catch a flight and went for a 5 day vacation in LA. Some highlights:
- Went to the LA Kings vs Vancouver Canucks game on Thurs night. The Canucks played horrible but somehow walked out with a win. It was really cool checking out the warmup skate. Since it was the “Canadian” night, there were tons of Canucks fans. We sat in front of bunch LA fans and throughout the game we were trash talking each other, it was great fun. As part of the Canadian night ticket package, after the game there was a concert with The Tragically Hip at Club Nokia nearby. Walking out of the arena tons of Canucks fans were high fiving each other and chanting “go Canucks go.” While waiting in line to get into the club a bunch of us began singing Oh Canada on top of our lungs. It was awesome! Never been to a Hip concert before I wasn’t sure what to expect but I’ve heard lots things about how entertaining their concerts are. The Hip did not disappoint! The concert was amazing and they rocked the place!
- After about 6 hours of sleep the 6 of us went to Disnleyland the next morning. It was tons of fun. Somehow though, the roller coasters didn’t seem as scary as they were when I was younger. I almost managed to put my hands up as our log plunged down the Splash Mountain drop. Thunder Mountain was tons of fun so was Space Mountain.
- We spent Halloween in Six Flags Magic Mountain. Man the roller coasters there were sick! I felt queazy just looking at some of the roller coasters. I was too scared to go on some of the extreme rides like Superman the Escape or X2 but managed to get on tamer ones like Colossal, Scream, and Terminator. My favourite was probably either Terminator or Scream. Evan & Colin went on X2 and Tatsu and both said those rides were just really silly scary. At night the park turned into a hunted park with lots actors dressing up as zombies, vampires, etc. It was really funny looking at the actors chasing some scared girls. The hunted houses were very very well done!
- The next two days were spent walking around in Hollywood and lazing around in Santa Monica. I couldn’t believe we were able to lay on the beach shirtless in November! Talk about unbelievable sunny California weather!
Lowlight?
- Eating like a bloody American, tons of fast food and not enough veggies. It was really nice to get home and cook a delicious home-made dinner.
