We're Home From the Road!! 17 Days of Travel with Tons of Pics~COMPLETE!!

[DizNee Luver]

Day 10, Part 13:​

We headed back to the Beverly Gardens Hotel to finish check in and head up to our rooms to relax for the rest of the evening.



















The motel was decently priced for the Hollywood area and the place was nice. Lots of parking.....and not a parking garage or tight & small lot like most places in this area. The rooms were decent sized and nice! The pool area was nice. We didn't swim but did go by and look at it. They were showing Frozen on an outside screen. (we forgot to mention that to the kids.....lol). We did have to go on a bit of a scavenger hunt to try and find a working vending machine and then ice. They were doing some construction but since it was evening/weekend......this didn't effect us at all. I would definitely stay here again to do a Hollywood & Burbank area trip.

These were the passes (what we had left) of the Front of the Line Passes were given.



These were the two passes the twins got from Guest Services at Universal Studios.

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

I ate at the Hard Rock in 2010 before I went to see the Glee concert at the Gibson Amphitheatre which closed for Harry Potter. I also went to the Ampitheatre in 2008 when I saw the Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, and Miley Cyrus, 2011 when I saw the Jonas Brothers again (where I finally met them), Selena Gomez, AllStar Weekend and in 2013 when I saw the Jonas Brothers

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Nice!! I ate at the Hard Rock in 2010 before seeing the Glee concert at the Amphitheatre.

 

[DizNee Luver]

I ate at the Hard Rock in 2010 before I went to see the Glee concert at the Gibson Amphitheatre which closed for Harry Potter. I also went to the Ampitheatre in 2008 when I saw the Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, and Miley Cyrus, 2011 when I saw the Jonas Brothers again (where I finally met them), Selena Gomez, AllStar Weekend and in 2013 when I saw the Jonas Brothers

Nice!! I ate at the Hard Rock in 2010 before seeing the Glee concert at the Amphitheatre.

I bet that would have been fun!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Day 11, Part 1:​

OFF TOPIC: Apologize for my absence from the report but I ended up with Shingles (chicken pox virus) around my left eye)....still fatigued and getting an occasional spot but surviving.....so let's get back to the road trip!!

Last I left off, we had said goodnight to Universal Studios, Universal
CityWalk & Hollywood. Sunday morning we were up at 7am to get packed & checked out so we could drive to the Los Angeles Farmer's Market to meet up with our friend Michelle (zoemakes5) and her daughter Zoe. We were going to meet at Dupar's Restaurant for breakfast at 9am.















We got there a few minutes early and were able to secure a large table for our group of 11. Michelle & Zoe came in a couple minutes later & joined us. Zoe has grown so tall since we last saw her & Anthony & Addy didn't recognize her at first.....lol





The food was delicious!!! Take a look at all these goodies!! (PS: they fresh squeeze their orange juice)

 

[DizNee Luver]

Day 11, Part 2:​

After a very delicious breakfast, we headed out into the Farmer's Market to look around.



















With Mike being a meat cutter, he couldn't pass on getting pics from the meat counter!! lol

















......after seeing all that meat, does it make you want to grill up one of those big fat steaks???

 

[DizNee Luver]

Day 11, Part 3:​

Let's finish up the random pics from around LA's Farmer's Market.



















We found some chocolate chip cookies that were gluten, egg & nut free for Shyann here!!





We finally found what I would consider to be "farmer's market" items!!







We headed back out and figured out what was next. We were planning on heading to Walt's Barn, so Anthony & Addy rode with Michelle & Zoe and we would just all meet up there.

This mailbox cracked me up!

 

[petals]

Interesting to see the Farmers Market pictures. I'm going there as part of a tour for lunch looking at your pictures I think I may need to bring my own lunch picky eater and all that!

 

[Sherry E]

Interesting to see the Farmers Market pictures. I'm going there as part of a tour for lunch looking at your pictures I think I may need to bring my own lunch picky eater and all that!

petals --

There are many, many choices of things to eat at Farmers Market (more than what is depicted in Laurie's photos above). If you can eat Disneyland Resort food, you can find something at FM! I would be shocked if you can't find something -- there is a combination of mom & pop/family-run businesses that have been there for decades (and they have fine-tuned their food) and newer establishments, and a range of cuisines is represented (everything from Italian food, to Mexican food, to Greek food, to BBQ, to Chinese food, New Orleans/Cajun cuisine, Brazilian food, Korean, French, etc.).

And then there is The Grove next door -- Gordon Ramsay has a restaurant there and there are quite a few more choices. You won't need to bring your own lunch! One of the main reasons why the Farmers Market is so popular is because of the food choices!

 

[petals]

petals --

There are many, many choices of things to eat at Farmers Market (more than what is depicted in Laurie's photos above). If you can eat Disneyland Resort food, you can find something at FM! I would be shocked if you can't find something -- there is a combination of mom & pop/family-run businesses that have been there for decades (and they have fine-tuned their food) and newer establishments, and a range of cuisines is represented (everything from Italian food, to Mexican food, to Greek food, to BBQ, to Chinese food, New Orleans/Cajun cuisine, Brazilian food, Korean, French, etc.).

And then there is The Grove next door -- Gordon Ramsay has a restaurant there and there are quite a few more choices. You won't need to bring your own lunch! One of the main reasons why the Farmers Market is so popular is because of the food choices!

Thanks. Will see what happens on the day sure. I tend to not trust the look of alot of places and stick with what I know.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Interesting to see the Farmers Market pictures. I'm going there as part of a tour for lunch looking at your pictures I think I may need to bring my own lunch picky eater and all that!

This is just a sampling of pics from the Farmer's Market & we didn't even get into The Grove area. You could go booth to booth to piece together a meal or try a meal at one of them. Lots of choices. Go look at the Farmer's Market website & do a little research on what is available there.

http://www.farmersmarketla.com/

petals --

There are many, many choices of things to eat at Farmers Market (more than what is depicted in Laurie's photos above). If you can eat Disneyland Resort food, you can find something at FM! I would be shocked if you can't find something -- there is a combination of mom & pop/family-run businesses that have been there for decades (and they have fine-tuned their food) and newer establishments, and a range of cuisines is represented (everything from Italian food, to Mexican food, to Greek food, to BBQ, to Chinese food, New Orleans/Cajun cuisine, Brazilian food, Korean, French, etc.).

And then there is The Grove next door -- Gordon Ramsay has a restaurant there and there are quite a few more choices. You won't need to bring your own lunch! One of the main reasons why the Farmers Market is so popular is because of the food choices!

Hi Sherry!!! Thanks for more info on the Farmer's Market & The Grove!!!
We just scratched the surface with our time there.

Thanks. Will see what happens on the day sure. I tend to not trust the look of alot of places and stick with what I know.

You can always have a back up plan with you that day, but I bet you'd find plenty of choices.....even for a picky eater!!

 

[petals]

This is just a sampling of pics from the Farmer's Market & we didn't even get into The Grove area. You could go booth to booth to piece together a meal or try a meal at one of them. Lots of choices. Go look at the Farmer's Market website & do a little research on what is available there.

http://www.farmersmarketla.com/

Thanks

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Wow!! I love Dupaur's

 

[kelmac284]

Loved the latest updates. We leave this weekend for our little getaway and tour of the Disney Studios. Nice that you just had the Farmer's Market as we are going there again on a tour. We only get an hour stop over for lunch but it will be enough to let the girls check it out.

As always looking forward to the next installment.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Wow!! I love Dupaur's

It was really good and I can see why they've been in business for so long!!

Loved the latest updates. We leave this weekend for our little getaway and tour of the Disney Studios. Nice that you just had the Farmer's Market as we are going there again on a tour. We only get an hour stop over for lunch but it will be enough to let the girls check it out.

As always looking forward to the next installment.

Oh that's right......hope you have a blast!!! I actually expected the Farmer's Market to be huge but if we actually saw all of it (minus The Grove) it wasn't near as big as I had envisioned in my mind.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Day 11, Part 4:​

These were taken as we were traveling to Walt's Barn~~Forest Lawn Memorial Park where many celebrities have been laid to rest including Walt Disney.





Michelle, Zoe with Anthony & Addy met up with the rest of us at Walt's Barn. This is a place ran by the Carolwood Foundation to preserve Walt Disney's live-steam railroading legacy. Walt's Barn is located in Griffith Park and is only open the 3rd Sunday of each month. We have never been able to include this on any of our trips because of the limited time they are open. This time, I made sure to plan around this so we could see it. We actually ended up there for their 15th Anniversary at Griffith Park.

























This barn actually was in Walt's Backyard for him to work on his trains. It is filled with memorabilia of Walt's love of trains.



Zoe, Shyann, Addy & Anthony:

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Wow! I've never been before

 

[DizNee Luver]

Day 11, Part 5:​

Here's a look inside of Walt's Barn & his memorabilia.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Wow! I've never been before

It's pretty neat if you like trains. Just seeing the barn full of Walt's stuff was pretty cool!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Day 11, Part 6:​

With the 15th Anniversary special going on, Michael Broggie & his wife Sharron, were on hand. They were the co-founders of Carolwood Pacific Historical Society & the Carolwood Foundation that operates Walt's Barn. Michael is also an author & historian who researched the life & legacy of Walt Disney. Michael's father was Walt's first Imagineer. Michael was there to autograph his book the Walt Disney Story (4th edition). Felt very honored to meet him!!

Here's a link to the Wikipedia page on him.......very fascinating read!

HERE



















PS: He even writes like Walt!







Shy, Addy & Zoe:



Michayla:



Shy:



A few more pictures from Walt's Barn.



















We didn't stick around for the cake & hoopla because it was still an hour off. We enjoyed our visit here and the volunteers are very nice & informative. Definitely worth planning a trip to see if you haven't been before!!