Welcome to Hollywood!

on wednesday i had the privilege to voyage off to hollywood. my early birthday gift from my brother, he bought me tickets to "in the heights." well he has been wanting to see this show for about a year and being a theater junkie myself, i agreed to take him and have the ticket be my birthday/christmas present. so i took my brother to hollywood, a land where dreams happen. we went to the kodak theater, mann's chinese theater and went around hollywood and highland. As we walked into the kodak theater complex, we walked up the stairs with the academy award winning movies on both sides of the stairs. as i watched my brother walk and read all the movies, i can just see the sparkle in his eyes, the hopes of a young actor to receive such a prestigious award sometime in his life time. we passed a few of our favorites and turned around and saw all the empty slots for the future winners and hopefully he will be able to be apart of one of those winners in the future. we also got to walk the faux red carpet and read funny sayings from "actors" on the floor, something i never noticed the past times i had gone.





we then made our way down hollywood blvd. passed a few of my favorite hot spots, geisha house, beso, katsuya and realized that one of my favorite restaurants had been turned into a club, bella was now angels and kings. and realized that one club i had gone to, mood was now closed. i then came to the conclusion that the life span of a hollywood club is one year and if the hill's cast is not going, then no one is going.

after about a mile walk, we finally made it to the pantages. the home of many broadway shows that somehow make a home on the west. last time i had been was when i watched lion king back in middle school. but this time we were is premium seating, in orchestra. so after watching a great show, with amazing actors and songs (which officially are apart of my collection of favorite broadway songs). we made our way to the stage door and waited to meet the amazing actors. my brother was about to pee in his pants, but he got his program ready and waited for the actors to come. all every nice and humble. after all the minor characters came out, shaun taylor-corbett came out and we got to meet him. my brother was so star struck and we shared with him that he some day wanted to be in his shoes. he was so nice to ask for my brother's name and said that he would be looking for him on broadway in the future. to a thirteen year old with hopes and dreams that made his day, week, probably year. i almost cried because at that point i realized that was the turning point of life, maybe he is meant to be an actor, but we will have to wait for God and see what he has in store for him in the future. but it was a fairy tail ending to a great day.




*sorry for the ugliness of this post, i used picasa to upload pictures and it didn't center them.