The Dodgers game was pretty fun. The game we went to wasn't the best. It clocked in at a quick 2 hour clip, mainly because there was a major lack of offense.
The Dodgers played the White Sox. The stadium is pretty cool. It's a shame that nowadays the quality of a stadium is determined by how new it is and how much money was put into it. With that being said, all the nostalgic of the qualities that I liked of Dodger Stadium, many would probably throw those traits into the "dumpy" category. 
But little things like the countless numbers of people who bring headsets to listen to the radio broadcast, or the 10 year old boy behind us who had more baseball knowledge than many adult baseball "fans" who I know, really show what kind of faithful and knowledgeable fans this team has.Hollywood is a dump. Another WI tidbit, walking Hollywood Blvd. is more of less like walking main street in the Dells. Lots of dumpy shops selling touristy t-shirts for like $2, and other junk like that. It's definitely something you need to do once, but unless I have more people visit, I'll probably never do again. It was fun to see stuff like the guy in a life size Jimmy Neutron costume, but that's about where I draw the line. It was so disappointing, that the most amusing portion of the trip was a Chinese restaurant named Kung Pao Kitty.
There was something oddly amusing to me about a place whose slogan was "Eat More Kitty" when stereotypes about such taboo things run rampant about Chinese food.The Getty Center is really cool. It's an art museum up in the hills of LA. You park down at the base of the hills, and take a tram up to the top.
I'm not sure of the story behind the place, but it's also very architecturally significant besides all of the art contained inside and outside of the buildings. Unfortunately we got there late on Friday, and only got a bit more than an hour to explore before it closed down. It's something I'm definitely planning on checking out again to be able to fully take in everything it has to offer.
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"Eat more kitty"?!?!?!? LMAO!
This post was pretty much what Erik and I did during our week in LA. I agree with you for the most part. I was unimpressed with Hollywood Boulevard, particularly due to the lack of discrimination of "stars" on the walk. You have stars like Judge Judy and Big Bird right next to Sidney Poitier and Elton John. The Hooters there was nice though...
The Getty Center was awesome, but we didnt go inside, just walked around the grounds. There are many architectural gems in SoCal, but if youre in the San Diego area at all, stop in La Jolla and see the Salk Institute. Amazing building by my favorite architect. And theres a really good beach there too...
I thought Dodger Stadium was alright and am curious to go back after the 500 million renovation. I like how you enter on the top leve. Angel Stadium is a hole though, dont go out of your way to see it. I can't believe theyre getting the all-star game in 2010 I agree with what your saying, people value "newness" over nostalgia at ballparks. It's like when everybody reacts sharply when Erik and I tell everybody that the Royals' park was really nice.
Glad to read everythings going well and thanks for jogging some old ball tour memories with this post.
The one thing I'd have to disagree with you on though is that California baseball fans are the worst fans there are. They totally arrive in the 3rd inning and leave in the 7th, and dont pay attention at all! At every Cali game we attended it was the same crap.
hmmm...i had a totally opposite opinion in terms of the fans. part of it was prolly cuz we were in a season ticket section, so maybe the people i was sitting around tainted my view. as far as getting there late, we went during the week, and it's hard to leave work on time and still get to the game anytime before the 3rd inning. but yeah, people did bail out early at our game, but again a lot of it was mostly people not in my section.
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