Southern California here we come...

To start our time in S. California, we headed up to Hollywood for an adventure that Lily requested.  Our hotel in Hollywood was SOOOOO cool.  It was a new Kimpton with an awesome infinity pool overlooking the city.  It was also conveniently located to some great restaurants.  We were able to take the Hollywood tour while we were there, complete with a visit to Justin Bieber's house.  Hee.hee. 

We also went to the Griffin Observatory for the best views of the Hollywood sign and went to the Getty Villa in Santa Monica on the way out of town.  Unfortunately my pictures from this time period got erased.  Not sure how.  Technically challenge I suppose.  Even though there weren't pictures, please be assured we had a fantastic time. 

On Monday we headed to Carlsbad to check into our hotel, the Omni, which was a full on resort with 8 pools, 2 water slides, about 5 restaurants and a bunch of shopping options.  Not a bad way to spend another week.  Unfortunately the weather was out of the norm and we got some cold rain, but it did clear up later in the week to allow us to get a little pool time in. 

Lily and I made the best of our less than stellar weather days with a visit to La Jolla Kids Beach (sea lions come to have their little pups here).