Wandering Wednesday - Beverly Hills

 

Some actual wandering happened! A very very early morning departure to drive to SoCal. I was lucky enough to get accepted into a clinical trial for a medication that might help my weird disease. So it seemed worth the risk to leave our home and venture out into the world. This is the first time this year we've gotten out of the Bay Area.

It was quite strange staying in a hotel that was mostly empty. And the sunset was rather brown due to the fires.

It really was quite brown.

After getting some post-appointment bloodwork done, we strolled around Rodeo Drive. I hadn't been there in a very long time. And not much has changed.

I was rather taken with the blinged-out Timberlands.

I mean look at those eyelets!

Orange, hooray, Versace!

The fanciest underground parking garage ehvah.

This statue was plopped in the middle of someone's suburban lawn. Can you imagine living across the street from this?!?!?!

The Hollywood Sign is on the hill just above the trees on the horizon. But it was very hazy that morning so you can't really see it without zooming in.

Driving through the oilfields on the way home, unbelievable how many of them were still pumping. Then about a mile past this, a giant field of solar panels. That's California these days.