Harrison’s friend, Ben the artist, and I flew out to Los
Angeles on Thursday the first
of March. When we arrived it was only three hours after we started out
after a 6 hour flight. How did that happen? Ben says it is because
there are three time zone changes from Boston to Los Angeles, so when
it is 12 o’clock noon in Boston it is only 9 AM in Los Angeles!
Friday night we went to the opening show of Ben’s artwork. I was in the envelope all evening so I didn’t see anything, but on Saturday,
that was a cool day, we went up to a big park high on a hill overlooking
Los Angeles called Griffith Park. At the top of the park is this place
called Griffith Observatory where they have huge telescopes where people
can look at the stars in the sky…the telescopes make the stars look so
big!
This is the Griffith Observatory behind me!
From the Observatory you can see all of Los Angeles
below. Over my shoulder you can see the big tall buildings in the
downtown area. They look so small from up here.
Another thing you can see from the Observatory is the famous HOLLYWOOD
sign. Ben says the sign was built in 1923 as an advertisement but now has
become identified with Los Angeles like the Statue Of Liberty is
identified with New York City. Ben took this picture of me with the
HOLLYWOOD sign over my shoulder.It looks small from here but each letter
is 50 feet tall…that is like 12 Harrisons standing on top of each
other!
So, that is my Los Angeles adventure! I think next I am going to jump
back in the envelope and head off to Paris, France to to visit a friend
of Ben’s who lives over there!
