Yesterday was overall pretty good. Nate and I got on the metro and rode down to Universal Studios where we waited on the sidewalk for an hour and a half to get standby tickets for the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. We got the tickets (they give out 100, numbered 1 - 100, and we had #'s 38 and 39), and then went up the hill to the more touristy part with lots of overpriced stores and restaurants (mostly franchises). We caught the 11:15 showing of Harry Potter 6 (the tickets were only $6 each!!), were somewhat disappointed, and then by 3:30 we were waiting on the sidewalk again to see if we could get into the Tonight Show. They ended up letting the first 45 or so standby people in, so we got to wait even MORE, but that time on the side of the barrier tape that we wanted to be on. They started taping the show at 5pm, we made a lot of noise (sitting in the back row. in the corner), and left the studio after they finished. Venus Williams is super tall.
After leaving, we got on the metro, got off, saw the road that has all the stars in the sidewalk with names, looked at the Michael Jackson's tile (with it's pile of flowers and memorabilia laid around it), and avoided all the people dressed up in rather bad hallowe'en costumes to look like people whose tiles they would stand by to have people take pictures with them and give them money. We got back on the metro, got off in Chinatown, had a really good, inexpensive supper, and got home by almost 11pm. Bedtime. And now we're going to get ready to load the bikes, get back on the metro, and crank out 75 miles before dusk (between Long Beach and Cardiff by the Sea). Then, San Diego by tomorrow afternoon, and that's that. A quick trip to Tijuana, then the slow boat (train) home.
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