This past week Mason's sister was here at the BLR and one of Mason's friends flew in for the weekend. We had planned to pretty much repeat the events of last Saturday. It was a lot better the second time around. Please read further because it gets pretty cool at the end. I know that I haven't been posting a lot of pictures, but today will make up for it, especially if you like cars.
This morning I went to the beach hike. The last time I was there was on Tuesday and at the end of the beach we could tell they were starting to set up to shoot some film, but we didn't know what exactly. Then, the group that went on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday reported that they were filming an episode of Outsourced. If you've never heard of the show, then I'd recommend googling it.
Everyone that saw the filming said they didn't know how it related to the storyline, but indicated there was an elephant involved. So, if you watch the show in the future and notice an elephant on the beach, that was filmed here in Malibu, not in India.
Yesterday they did a good job of tearing down everything, so today they took down the last remaining peaces. There's really nothing to see, but here is a picture of what I saw today.
Then after the hike all of us went to a famous hot dog place in Hollywood called Pink's hot dog stand. The family name is Pink and they have a whole lot of pictures on the wall of celebrities who have eaten there.
After lunch we drove around Beverly Hills and Hollywood. We saw the Playboy Mansion, Aaron Spelling's house, and the graveyard from last week. We had some time to spare, so we had drinks at the Polo Lounge, which is in The Beverly Hills Hotel. On our way out of the hotel we saw Will Arnett. If you don't know who he is, go to IMDB.com and look him up.
As you probably know, the Oscars are tomorrow and we drove past Hollywood Boulevard where the Kodak Theater is located and it was blocked off. Here's a couple of pictures.
Due to the Oscars, there's a lot of activity at the Playboy Mansion for parties. We couldn't get inside the gates, but here's a picture of the top of the roof.
A few houses away from the Playboy Mansion is Aaron Spelling's house, which is on sale for $150 million. Here's a couple of pictures from the street.
For those of y'all that like cars like I do, now we get to the good stuff. We finished our afternoon on Rodeo Drive. I didn't do any shopping this week, but went for the experience, and was not disappointed. When we first entered Rodeo Drive, I noticed there was a Mercedes Maybach at the intersection. Here's a picture.
For those that don't know about the Maybach, it is Mercedes' most luxurious car. People do not buy this car to drive, they buy it to be driven in. The price range is between $350k to $450k depending on the model.
Oh, it is only beginning. Later on Rodeo Drive we came across a Bugatti Veyron, which is the most expensive road car in the world and probably the fastest road car in the world. I'll have more description after the pictures.
Now that you've seen this car, get ready for the price tag. This car sells for $1,700,000. If that doesn't get your attention, then try this. Bugatti is owned by the Volkswagen Group and it costs the company $4,00,000 to make the car. That's right, the company looses money on these cars, but makes it up on their other road cars.
Eventually we had to leave the Veyron and go eat dinner at Cut, which is one of the top steak restaurants in LA. I had the Australian kobe beef steak and it was the best steak I have ever had. By the way, there's a lot of things to google on this post. Go ahead and add the restaurant Cut to your list.
We drive up and immediately I spot the Porsche Carrera GT. For those that don't know, this is Porsche' supercar and costs $440,000. But that's not all, this car was parked between a Rolls Royce and a Bentley. I didn't get the model for the Bentley and I think the Rolls Royce was a Ghost model. Here's some pictures.
This last picture above is me giving my approval of the Porsche Carrera GT and the Rolls Royce Ghost behind it. By the way, if you do the math, you could buy the Porsche Carrera GT, the Rolls Royce Ghost, and the Bentley and be about $750,000 to $800,000 short of the price of the Bugatti Veyron!!
Eventually we made it to the restaurant and it was just as good as what I remembered from last weekend. When Mason's friend was walking in the hotel, he noticed a tall guy walking out of the hotel. He didn't immediately recognize the guy at first, but realized who it was after the guy had left.
It was Kevin Garnett from the Boston Celtics. We checked the schedule on the iPhone and the Celtics are in town playing the Clippers tonight. We asked our waiter if other basketball teams stay here at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel and he said most of them do. By the way, this is the same hotel that is featured in the movie Pretty Woman.
Then, later on in the meal Steven Spielberg walks in with a little group to eat dinner. We heard the hostess say "Mr. Spielberg, right this way" and we looked up and there he was wearing a ball cap. I didn't take a picture because it wasn't right in this setting. He was with a small group and everyone left him alone. It was still cool to be in the same dining room with him.
Closing thought for the day: Today was a day of many firsts. It was my first sightings of a Porsche Carrera GT, a Bugatti Veyron, Will Arnett and Steven Spielberg. I had cocktails at the Beverly Hills Hotel and ended the day having the best steak of my life at one of LA's top steak restaurants. What a day!!
Brian: Thanks for doing the post. It is great you are able to have fun along with all the hard work you are doing. The pictures of you speak volumes on the success you are having with weight loss. You look GREAT!!!! Keep up the work.
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