Full Circle

Our last days were spent with Mommy La and Daddy Lo and the rest of the San Diego clan. Mamma Mimi took us to La Jolla (pronounced 'La Hoya') for a stroll and to check out the seals. Seals seem to be common all over the California coast. This stretch actually reminded us a lot of parts of Sydney.

On our way to cousin Hazel's place for lunch I noticed a sign on the highway to Van Nuys. This rang a bell and after a quick search, I realised this was the area where a well known American comedy is filmed. The location is actually very un-Hollywood, being in a semi industrial dead end street. Here's the picture:

Any guesses?

Beets, Bears, Battlestar Galactica.

Yes, the Office is filmed in the middle of LA and not in Scranton, PA. It's a strange thing to see a building you've seen hundreds of times on TV. Kind of familiar but different at the same time. We walked around the street and discovered the back lot and stages. The show is currently on holidays so there wasn't a lot happening but still interesting to poke around a little. The security guard was nice enough to let us take some photos as long as we didn't walk past the entrance.

Our trip went full circle with our final meal - we had checked in and had an hour until we had to go through security. Where could we eat? It seemed fitting that In & Out was conveniently located. In fact it was the same one we ate at in the beginning of our trip.

Its always a little sad to leave but happy to be going back to see everyone back home too. Too bad there's 14 hours between destinations. Thanks to all the family and everyone we could spend time with for a great trip! Hopefully we'll be back soon...