How much fun can you have in 2 days?

 

on the set of Friends

                      The fun Mazda 2 car we rented.

                     Our room at the Tangerine Hotel.

                         Cathy scored on the shopping.

               The purpose of the trip: The Ellen Degeneres Show

                            Warner Brothers Studio tour

                  Tara's favorite part of the tour, being where Gilmore Girls was filmed. She recognized all the buildings before our guide got them out. She is standing in front of Rorie's reading tree. (Do you think it's Tara's secret wish is to have her own reading tree?

                        The intimate tour cars we rode in.

I have to say it was a fun girl's outing and so unlike us to hop a plane and leave the family behind but we did it.  It all started with Tara getting tickets to the show. Then their husbands took off work to tend the kiddos. (thanks guys) We flew into Burbank, rented a car and stayed in Burbank. We shopped, enjoyed the warmth and sun, ate at fun local places (some good some ok), found a cuban bakery that was the hot spot of town, toured the Warner Brothers studio, viewed the taping of Ellen, talked into the wee hours of the night, slept and flew home. One of my favorite things is when we were on the tour and Ellen drove up and parked her brand new black Porsche in her parking spot, got out, and waved. Our driver said keep your cameras down, no pictures so we obeyed. But Ellen was kind enough to acknowledge us for a minute. Then after the show we were waiting to cross the street and Tony drove out, then Ellen drove out. It was a fun.