At Universal CityWalk in Hollywood

For travel post this week, I am sharing the photographs from Universal Studios in Hollywood. After working for 10 months, I went for a 10-day vacation in California. I visited a friend and it was a blast mostly on church activities and road trip to San Francisco. On this particular day, we decided to check out Universal CityWalk.

It was chilly at night time and we had dinner at Tony Roma's Ribs-Seafood and Steak restaurant.

There was a live band after 6 and I noticed, night time is more crowded. There are many places to check out for dining here. More than 30 places to eat and six nightclubs. This place also has 19 screen theaters with state of-the-art IMAX.  There are also more than 30 unique shops for your shopping needs.

I forgot how much we paid for parking but, we did find a good spot.

I love this place and I would definitely comeback someday.

This is the favorite of kids ... and kids-at-heart hehehe.

The Tony Roma's Restaurant is on the left side of this photo with red signage.

We had a great time taking pictures and we stayed here for awhile. It was a gorgeous day. A bit chilly but, I love it.

There's so much to see here and I thought, we did explore the shops good. After dinner, can you believe that we still have the energy to check out the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Santa Monica Boulevard? Oh yeah, and it was really chilly. We did not stay longer and we head home.

My 10 days vacation seemed one month. The days were dragging as if the time was frozen but, on my advantage.

When I return to California in the near future, I will visit CityWalk again. hopefully with my mom, brother and his family. I hope that day will come. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your Tuesday.

At San Francisco

One of my visits to San Francisco, I was actually shopping at Macy's when I took this picture of the street below. This place is one of the busiest city in the US and it's really true. Finding a parking space was as hard as finding a needle in the haystack!I was actually drinking my cup of Starbucks coffee at this time while stretching my tired legs. We were roaming the whole city at early morning plus the shopping which was really out of the plan, made my foot hurt.
This view is relaxing! If this is the surrounding area of my workplace, I can deal with that! I love the busy street where nobody care what you wear or what you look like! I will definitely visit San Francisco again and again.

At Citywalk Universal in LA

To lighten up my days after working for so many months, I decided to visit a friend in LA. When I arrived there, my friend invited another friend with her husband and the FUN begins!

Here we are in citywalk taking a post in Universal Studious famous area. If you are with Filipino friends, the hang-out activity will be a blast. Picture taking is an activity that is 99% a priority. Say cheeze!Heading to Universal Studios.Here I am taking my favorite past time, taking pictures.
My vacation passed so swiftly! But, I enjoyed it. Wished I could bring my family here.

Lombard San Francisco

This is the famous Lombard street in San Francisco, California of which I visited last May. This street is a one way section and has eight sharp turns which is considered as one of the most winding street of the world. I love this place and in fact, I promise myself that I will comback and stay in San Francisco for few more days. There is so much to see in San Francisco and the travel will not stop here. By the way, if you travel in San Francisco, it will never be complete without the visit of Lombard Street.

California Escapade

California is one of the places that is in my wishlist to visit. I finally did able to see it and it was a great week of fun and wandering. I visited Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Francisco in my 10 days vacation. We went to Hollywood walk of fame and I can't get enough of it. I never explored the places which I wanted to go but, I will definitely come back.
This is Kodak Theatre, one of the popular places that you should go once you are in LA.

I had my "despidida" lunch in this old building called The Old Sphagetti Factory, a restaurant that serves Italian food which I so loved! Inside, the ambiance is really unique because it is an old school back in 1900's. The decoration includes a chalkboard and flags which are displayed on the ceiling. Amazingly, Philippine flag is there too.

Visit to Universal City Walk - CA

I filed five days paid time off from my workplace plus, I took the days in between my day offs. So, I had 10 days vacation in Los Angeles and I had a grand time seeing my friend and meeting all her friends too.

On this day, we went to Universal Studio and these photos were taken at the entrance. I posted all the pictures in my other social media account and if you are my friend, you can view it there. Anyway, visiting L.A. is just like visiting Philippines. Why would I say this? My friend showed me a place called "Manila Way", guess that was the name of that place, LOL!

I had a wonderful time visiting Universal CityWalk in Hollywood because of the retail district. Shopping is my thing so, I love this place. They have a Guess store and their products are made in Italy, at least. Anyway, I was able to buy sun glassess which are made in the US and I was happy about that.

We dine in at TONY ROMA'S restaurant that evening and the price were alright. It was a bit chilly at this time so, we ordered coffee at Starbucks and my two friends were craving for Cinnabon. I wasn't because it was too sweet. And oh, they got it for free because Cinnabon is giving nurses FREE of their products on that week. Good Job Cinnabon!

This is Saddle Ranch Chop House and I like their building design. I bet their food is good but, my friends decided to go to Tony Roma's casual dining which is famous for ribs! If you want to visit City Walk, come early to enjoy the place. Have a good time!