Let’s go to the Griffith Observatory, high in the Hollywood Hills, next to the Hollywood sign!

Ain’t this a beaut’?

On my way out the door, I was looking for my glasses and smacked my head on the edge of a shelf. I didn’t realize I had cut myself until we were half way there.

This my friend Liz. She is well familiar with this place.

In her glovebox, when I went looking for tissues for my forehead, I discovered that her glovebox is filled to bursting with Disney themed antenna toppers.

The Observatory and Park are popular and famous movie locations.  They filmed scenes from Rebel Without a Cause here, and erected this tribute to it’s star.  Many years ago, Rebel Without a Cause was on TV but I couldn’t watch it because my Auntie was a fan of The Drew Carey Show and that was on at the same time.  I was a big snob about it and said that to watch Drew Carey instead of Rebel Without a Cause is a sign of no class nor intelligence.

Click on that picture above of the plaque to look at it really big and read what it says.

Remember when Paula Abdul had Keanu Reeves in her video for Rush Rush and they did a Rebel Without a Cause tribute? No? Well here it is on Youtube:

It really is true what they say about the colors in the sky at dusk in Los Angeles. And it is spectacularly gorgeous. And from what I’ve been told, Griffith Park offers the best view of it you can get.

Inside….

Recognize this, Strokes fans?

It was way too dark inside where the telescope is to have taken a picture of it, but we got to see a super-magnified close up view of Saturn. Seriously, you could see the rings and everything. It was amazing. This was not that telescope.

I am really into Astronomy and Physics so this was the best thing I have seen or done in Los Angeles so far. Thanks for showing it to me, Liz!

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