The Lloyd's landed in Cali this morning and picked up our cherry red rental.

We headed straight for the Santa Monica pier to scare up some grub and see the sights.

First on the list...

 the Santa Monica Pier

Along the way we realized that this our third visit to LA.

We don't consider ourselves HUGE fans of California but we sure do seem to end up here alot.

After checking into the Omni we made our way to Hollywood boulevard.

Hobnobbed with Iron Man

and Charlie surprised me with tickets to see a special viewing of

Lady and the Tramp at the classic theater,

El Capitan, which has been open since 1926.

Even Mickey made an appearance

...complete with heart-shaped confetti...

my little girl heart was giddy!