a chilly but fun LA

This past week (2/9-2/12), I went to LA for a conference. I was soooo hoping that it would be nice and warm but it wasn't. Oh well. I did get to see the sunshine and that was nice. So, something new about this conference is that I didn't stay at the hotel where everyone else was. It was a bit different to be off by myself and not run into people I know on the elevators and such. I can't decide whether or not to do that again. It was fun, but also weird.

I stay at this little boutique hotel in downtown LA. The Los Angeles Athletic Club. I should have taken photos of the place because it was so cute! Here is one I pulled from their website. It was a quaint little place with an amazing breakfast every morning. I was on the 11th floor and had a great view of downtown (toward the Staples Center and the Grammy's), so I was able to open my blinds and let the sunshine in!!



I had a great conference, despite the cold. On Monday night, the group had scheduled a bus tour of Hollywood. It ended up being soooo cold as we were in an open, double decker bus and it was only about 42 degrees outside. Sounds not so bad until you remember we were going down the freeway at 80 miles an hour at one point. I took tons of photos but since the bus was moving, most of them turned out blurry. I did get a couple that were awesome though....here they are.

 The Chinese Theatre with the hand/footprints in cement outside. It is very pretty. :) I would like to go inside some day. Some day.

 The crew all bundled up and sporting our Hollywood shades. Jessica Cottle and Riley Miles from work. Mark Seeba from ATI and a good friend.

 This is the hallway and stairs that are ultimately the red carpet for the Oscars.

My favorite picture of the bunch.