Celebrity Watch

During our first day of sightseeing in LA, we stopped at a local coffe shop near UCLA and Carla said that she felt like watching a play. We have done the same in London, Toronto and Chicago, and thought that watching a play in LA would be a good idea. Carla found a play that she was interested in (Farragut North) so I pulled out my GPS to find where the theater is located and discovered that the theater was just a block away! That was just too much of a coincidence, considering how HUGE LA is. To find a play that happened to be only a block away had to be fate.

The cool thing about play was that two famous actors were in it. Chris Noth who played Mr. Big from Sex and The City (he was also in Law and Order http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0636562/) and Chris Pine from the latest Star Trek (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1517976/). As we were lining up at the theater to wait for the cheap tickets ($35) Chris Noth walked right by us into the theater. Cool!

The play was really good, both due to the quality of acting and the strength of the story. The story centered around a presidential campaign and the tricks that campaign managers pull to get ahead in the campaign race. Almost makes you think that it was not a fictional story but a recounting of events that actually happened.

As we were leaving the theater, we recognized another actor. We could not remember his name but he is one of those actors that always plays bad guys. Looked like he was there to with his friends. LA is amazing that way. All the actors live and work here so you are bound to run into them at some point.

What a day! In one day we visited the Hollywood sign, Beverly Hills, rode a mechanical bull and saw a play. FUN!