Thanks for your pics....When I went to the pg 61 it wasn't the FM/Grove. They were DL pics.
Anyhow I found them and my girls are excited for the AG store. Also hoping the will see some stars. Ya know they are 7 and almost 11 so they are at those starstruck ages. Hmmm can someone tell the Disney show stars to come shopping that day!?!
I think you are right, if we can make it to Pink's Saturday before heading to the port then we will but I LOVE
Ma & Pa diners. So tell me the best place to eat. We like Oriental, good old american food, etc. I think we will definately need to get a funnel cake, not one with all the junk but just a regular one. We don't eat sweets like that so I don't wanna shock the girls systems with more stuff on top of it, the funnel cake will be enough shock
So maybe we will do the FM and Grove and then head to Santa Monica pier for dinner. Oh where can we go to see the Hollywood sign??? I think I just relaized we will need 3 days to do what we want before the cruise. One day we will go to FM/Grove/pier, one day morning at Knott's( we have passes to Cedar Point so we get in free--might as well just walk thru) then at 3/4pm to Mickey's Halloween party at DL , then Sat was gonna be relax at port hotel but I am thinking a little more hollywood/burbank area. Any chance the girls will have any hope seeing anyone?? By the studios, Grove, etc?
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so odd! I just double checked, and, on my end, Page 61 is definitely the page on which the Farmers Market/Grove photos start in my TR. The August photos go from Page 61 - 63, and the September FM/Grove photos go from Page 65 - 66.
I'm using Explorer right now, and I'm on a PC. Which browser are you using? I wonder if the pages come up differently when you use a different browser. Or, maybe if you're using a Mac rather than a PC, it might change the pages slightly? Weird, huh? Anyway, thanks so much for telling me that you didn't see them on the page indicated - because that means others have probably had that same issue as well.
Normally I would just post direct links to the exact posts with photos or information, but since I had soooo many separate posts with photos for FM and The Grove, I figured I would just indicate the pages where they started.
You know, celebrities seem to go to The Grove and FM all the time, so I would not be shocked if you saw someone noteworthy. It would not be out of the realm of possibility. Literally, I think TMZ has photographers posted around The Grove to catch celebrities on camera. I've seen a couple of photographers sitting casually on benches with newspapers covering their strollers, or standing, with camera equipment sticking out of a stroller!
Sometimes they are like B-Level celebs that you might see, but occasionally you will see bigger names. They usually have sunglasses on and hope to not be noticed, but yet I always see them pop up on the TMZ TV show!
Hmmm...what is the best place to eat at FM.... Well, a lot of people are big on Magee's - they love the corned beef and roast beef and all that. There are a few Asian-themed places like Korean, Chinese and Japanese. Most of those are good. Patsy's Pizza is very good (they make other things besides pizza). There's a great French crepe place. Bryan's Pit BBQ is great. You'll see tons of stuff while walking around. Of coruse, needless to say, because it's a Farmers Market, the fresh fruit is amazing.
Make sure you look for the (very large) koi fish in the fountain pool at The Grove. For a while they took the koi fish out and just left the jumping fountain. But at some point they put some big ol' fish back in there - only a few, though (like 4) - and they usually all congregate over by rocks so they are easy to overlook.
I think heading to Santa Monica later in the day for dinner - hopefully for sunset - sounds great. If you can work Pink's in to the schedule somewhere, that will be good but the line is always very long there, so be ready for that.
There is a street that takes you a good part of the way to a vantage point to see the Hollywood sign, and I forget which street it is. You can't get too close to it anymore (not like the old days, when you could almost drive right up to the sign), but you can get a better spot to see it. I just have to remember which street it is that takes you up there.
Laurie (DizNee Luver) had a bonanza trip to L.A. and Anaheim last year, and they went to Hollywood Blvd., as well as to the Disney studios in Burbank. They also drove by Pink's. I'm sure she will eventually figure out that we've been posting on this thread and jump in to offer her thoughts on Hollywood and the studios in Burbank.
Funny thing is, I live probably 10-15 minutes down the street from Hollywood (I'm much closer to The Grove and FM), but I rarely go there often so I can't really say how long you'd need there. In the old days, I was in Hollywood all the time but so much has changed since then!