Day 3

Day 3 was downtown LA day. Ok maybe not DOWNTOWN LA (no gangs and muggings) but pretty darn close.

First we went to Santee Alley in the fashion district, recommended to us by sister-in-law Jenne. It was super fun... even Paul the anti-shopper enjoyed it! Basically it's a 3 or 4 block long alley filled with street vendors with knock off everything; purses, shoes, sunglasses, suits... everything. We both got a pair of sunglasses for 5 dollars. I got a super cute purse. And Paul bought a Nintendo-like game system that had over 100 games stored in it... for his brother Aaron.

From there we went to Chinatown... and let me preface this by saying I was REALLY hoping for a dragon parade and the like. But alas no dragons, it was still pretty cool. We got me another purse, a pillow, and some chopsticks AND ate at a restaurant where Jackie Chan filmed Rush Hour. Food wasn't so great... but Jackie Chan was once there!

And my personal favorite part of Chinatown.... Chinatownland! :) loved it!

From LA we drove north to Paso Robles where Paul's aunt and uncle live. LONG drive! But the Paso Robles area is beautiful! I could handle living in THAT part of California. We stayed at my favorite motel there... funny part was that it was STINKY! It smelled like sulfur the whole time. We had a hot tub/spa tub in our room that was fed by mineral water= stinky sulfur water! Gross! But it was super pretty.