Los Angeles

90210

The Grove

Terminando essa saga, depois do museu a gente tentou ir na Rodeo Drive, mas estacionar lah eh quase um milagre, entao a gente soh passou pela Rodeo rapidinho. Nao tem muito o que fazer na Rodeo Drive, a nao ser que voce tenha um rio de dinheiro pra fazer compras lah!
Depois a gente foi no Grove, que eh um shopping ao ceu aberto e no finzinho tem uma feira!! E do lado do Grove fica os estudios da CBS, onde eh gravado American Idol. Achei estranho uma feira no fim do shopping. Mas bem que nao tinha uma feira acontecendo quando eu fui... tinha soh umas barracas de comida, tipo na pracinha dos namorados. Depois a gente foi na calcada da fama: entramos no Kodak Theater (onde acontece o Oscar) e no Chinese Theater ( onde as premieres dos filmes acontecem e onde os artistas colocam os pes e as maos no cimento), e logico... na calcada da fama! :]
----------------------------------
Finishing this saga, after the museum we tried to go to Rodeo Drive, but parking there is a real miracle so we just drove by it. There isn`t much to do at Rodeo Drive unless you got a lot of money!!! But just taking a glance at the stores is nice.
After that we went to the Grove, which is an outdoor mall with a farmer`s market in the end (kinda strange to have a farmer`s market right beside a mall) and on the next block it is the CBS studios, where American Idol is recorded. Since it was the end of the afternoon there was no farmer`s market going on, just some food stands with Greek food. Afterwards we went to the walk of fame in Hollywood. We went to the Kodak Theater (where the Oscars take place), Chinese theater (where the movie premieres happen and artists print their hands and feet) and well.. the walk of fame itself.Kodak Theater

Depois do Grove a gente foi pra West Hollywood (passei na rua onde a Christina mora!! :D) e fomos no restaurante brasileiro, Bossa Nova - eh comida brasileira de verdade e os garcos sao brasileiros tambem. Jeova veiiiiiiiiiicculos!!! Comi com forca gente!!! De entrada a gente pediu franguinho frito com bacon, farofa de mandioca e mandioquinha frita (eu nao sabia que gostava tanto de mandioquinha frita) e bebi guarana!!!! Michael pediu galeto com arroz e batata frita e eu comi arroz, strogonoff de frango e batata frita (Carol small meu bem...nao esqueci do jantar na sua casa quando eu chegar nah!! Promessa eh divida!)!! MORRI! E depois a gente foi no The Abby - que fica em frente ao Bossa Nova. Foi divertidinho...mas ninguem danca, ninguem faz nada.... todo mundo arrumado e fazendo tendemmmmcia. Ngm merece!!! Mas eh legal ir num lugar que voce veh na televisao! (isso soou futil!!! uhauhaauha..guess what?)
Deu pra ver todos os bares/restaurantes/etc que as celebs vao e que passam na tv: Whisky a Go Go, the Laugh Factory, Chateu Marmont, Boa. :D

Then we went to the place that made us go to LA. A Brazilian restaurant called Bossa Nova in West Hollywood (WeHo is pretty much a gay city!!! Everything from bars, restaurants, hotels, boutiques is made to please the gay community). It is real Brazilian food and the waiters are Brazilians as well. OMG! I ate so much! I drank Guarana and we had fried chicken selects wrapped in bacon and fried yucca root (my mom cooks fried yucca root but I never really eat much of it..OMG I was hooked up on that yucca root on saturday) and we also had yucca root flour ( I said I was hooked up on the yucca root thing). Michael had galeto, rice and french fries and I had rice, chicken strogonoff and french fries. It was so delicious!!
After dinner we went to the Abby (the most famous gay bar and restaurant in WeHo) - which is across the street from Bossa Nova. It was ok... the music was ok, guys there dress up like real queens, nobody gets to know each other, since everybody has to keep their poise...so lame!! But it was nice to be there.
It was nice to drive by Sunset Boulevard and see all the famous places I hear on TV that all the celebrities go, such as Whiski a Go Go, the Laugh Factory, Boa, Chateau Marmont etc.


Como eu disse, eu iria pra LA todo fim de semana, mas nunca moraria lah!! O que a gente veh na televisao nao eh verdade gente!! O transito eh pessimo, paparazzi dirige feito doido e eh uma cidade poluida. Michael disse que vai me levar no Magic Mountain (um parque de diversoes que tem mais 10 montanhas russas e fica aqui pertinho) e quem trabalha no Blenders tem desconto!!
-----------
As I said, I`d go to LA every weekend, but I`d never live there. It`s just so caotic. Paparazzi driving crazily, traffic, pollution...plus..it`s super expensive. Any hoooo... Michael said that the next place we`ll go is Magic Mountain (an amusement park with over 10 roller coasters and it is close to Santa Barbara) and Blenders employees have a discount! :D


Big hugs to my cousin Danillo whom I know, would DIE to go LA! Almost everything here makes me think that you would love to be here!!!
Bjo grande pro meu primo Danillo que eu sei que morreria pra estar em LA comigo!! (sempre lembro de vc primo)