A Sunday At Home with All of Hollywood :-)

The Kodak Theatre In LA

Tonight was the Academy Awards. I took this picture when I was visiting my folks last year in April. Dave and Aaron had never been to Hollywood, so I put visiting the Kodak Theatre as one of our stops since we have watched so much American Idol. I, of course, had seen this all before but it was more fun showing them around watching their expressions.

Looking Into the Building from the Street

This is probably the exact spot where many of the celebrities were standing before going into the building. There are many stairs to get to the doors of the theatre. Many of the stores fronts were covered for the Red Carpet Activities. It was great how they covered everything for the rain... I was a little concerned. It doesn't happen much but I thought they handled the rain well.

Aaron and Spiderman (?)

When a tourist goes to the Kodak Theatre, there are a few actors in character. This is Aaron, of course, with Spiderman. I was approached by "Jack Sparrow" which I thought was very good at acting his part. (I can't find that photo of Jack and I but if I do I will post it later.) You pay them a few dollars to have a picture taken with them. This guy made it plain that was what he expected... which was OK but it surprised my husband and Aaron. They looked shocked but I quickly paid the guy. They aren't so use to directness like I am having come from LA myself.

I thought the dresses were very elegant. The one that I think I liked the best was Anne Hathaway's red dress. There were many red dresses so red I guess is really in this year. At least that is a color I was wear with an olive complexion. I also liked Hillary Swank's black dress and hair too.

Riley and I actually went to church today even though I wasn't feeling all that great. As the day went on, I felt worse. So I took a nap but it didn't help much. Riley woke up from his nap as if he had a fever and it broke. My problems are my nose and sinus'... and I ache. I don't like the ache part because that means something isn't going to go away overnight probably. I am just going to make this really quick so that I can go back and lay down again. I may not end up going to work tomorrow. Am lucky that I could actually take the day off and not disturb anything too important. I also have my work laptop that I can telecommute on. I haven't heard from Dave today except from text. He is visiting his family and if I was trying to do that over a weekend, I don't think I would call much either... that's OK. He comes home tomorrow. Probably to a sick wife. Anyway, good night... Hugs