My Awesome Day
Mar 18th, 2008 by msdanielle
I had such a great day today, and I’m so exhausted but I wanted to share it with you all. It all started with waking up super early — at 8:00am. Why did I get up so early, you ask? I went to OMMA’s Global Hollywood Conference to check out the Exhibit Hall and sponsored workshops. It was at the Renaissance Hotel located at the Hollywood and Highland complex.
It was a very small event, so you know what that means — lots of free stuff for everyone! 
As usual, I’ll be posting a couple updates from the event as well.
Afterward, I traveled over to my friend Jeni’s house which was down the street off Hollywood Blvd. From her house, we walked all the way up to the Griffith Park Observatory. That’s right, people, we walked. Across insane LA traffic, up the hillsides of Hollywood, and in glorious 70 degree weather. Actually, it was a truly incredible hike which I’ve never done before.
Google’s version of the trek. “A” is Jeni’s house. The green is all uphill.
Jeni and Me
The Griffith Park Observatory
You can kind of see the Hollywood sign below…the smog gods were easy on us today.
My oompa loompa impression.
Tips on Hiking to the Griffith Park Observatory
If you want to visit the Griffith Park Observatory, you can park at the bottom of the hill and hoof it. It takes approximately 45 minutes to one hour to take the brisk stroll, and entrance is free. Here are a few tips I recommend:
- Wear good walking shoes. I had to borrow Jeni’s shoes and shirt since I wasn’t dressed for hiking. The Converse gave me a blister on the way up, and kept slipping under my feet on the way down.
- Bring drinking water and a light sweater. It can get hot, so make sure you can quench your thirst. You can refill at the Observatory’s water fountain. It can also get chilly at the top.
- Take some pictures. If the haze isn’t too severe, you’ll get some beautiful shots.
- Bring snacks or a lunch and have a picnic. And don’t forget to recycle! There are collection canisters all around the Observatory.
- Lay on the grass in front of the Observatory and close your eyes.
- Complete the hike before sundown. It’s not a very dangerous place, but it’s probably not the safest place to be after dark. That’s all folks!
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It looks like you had a fantastic time, Danielle.
I love hiking. Always have. Always will. I’m glad you got a good experience out of it too.
Jamie
it was great, we’re going to try to do it more often. it was totally unexpected which made it even better!
That is awesome. I am so jealous! Looks like a wonderful day and view! daaaaamn i need to do that soon! seems like a free vacation for the soul…that makes you come alive you know? amazing~ thanks for the photos..this made my day..well my night…as i am a creature of the niiiiight! *disco dance starts NOW****
I have such fond memories of Griffith Park, we used to go there for school field trips every so often – did you buy any dried astronaut ice cream?!
hey saman
the last time i was there i was also in elementary school, so i didn’t even realize you could walk there, or where it was in relation to hollywood. totally forgot to grab some of that, even though i walked around the entire store, i guess i didn’t see it!?
For whatever reason, every time I think about the Griffith Park Observatory or the Museum of Natural History, I think of dried astronaut ice cream – I was never able to buy and
Maybe that’s why….
Sounds like you had fun, and thanks for the reminder to go hiking. Oh ya, and post some pictures of all that SWAG you got
where do yo go hiking? i know there are tons of places in the east bay.
yea i grabbed a few pens, and a spiral notepad but it’s not anything that impressive. no skateboards being given away at this show
I don’t go on hikes that often anymore, but there are a bunch of good walking and hiking places in the bay area. And mount diablo is practically right next to me. Maybe as the weather gets nicer I’ll start up again. But for now, its all about kung fu
8am? Must have been rough. Will be a bit before it is nice outside here, they said a few inches of snow again this week.
i am allergic to snow
yea getting up at 8am was rough but it was a very productive day… i am a night person myself. i get really focused around 10pm – 3am…
Nice place, i was aftering what happen Conference on the Exhibit Hall?
Looks like you had a great day danielle, exercise is essential for becoming more productive. I think that NASA suit fits you well
Glad you had a great day!
That’s quite a walk. Nice structure of the observatory, looks very peaceful and calm.
looks like you had a super dooper time. i love the oompa loompa impression.