Banjo mixes with Show Business Royalty

Banjo is getting to know a few TV stars already. Brett Tucker who stars in the US TV series Spartacus: Vengance and Castle, called at the hospital to see little Banjo.

Esther Anderson called in yesterday to see her friends and check on the baby.

For our overseas friends, Esther, an Australian actress, played Charlie Buckton in Home and Away and was a contestant on Dancing With the Stars. Esther was also nominated for 2 Logies including the Gold Logie this year.

Hold Your FIRE!!!!

On our visit to The Grove this morning, I saw this shop just made for my son-in-law David when he gets here after London.

David loves hot spicy sauces and here are plenty here to choose from.

They have hot ones, pretty hot ones...

Very hot ones and .....

Explosively hot ones....

I'm sure you couldn't take any of those on a plane....

Extra At The Grove

This morning on our daily walk to The Grove for Granddad's coffee, we came along the shoot of the US TV Show Extra. Now that won't mean much for Australian and European readers but apparently it is fairly big here in the States.

The crew is setting up the set

Lots of equipment was brought in

The stars of the show Maria and Mario

Here is a promo for an earlier show at The Grove:

Life in Los Angeles

We've setled into a routine here in West Hollywood. After breakfast we usually take Fox to a local park, And just past the park is The Grove, a mall with adjoining markets.

The Main Street of The Grove

My favourite Apple Store is at The Grovee

Advertising signs on lamp posts at The Grove

Good little boys sometime get rewarded with Ice Cream

Home again and Fox starts working with his tool set.

It's A Boy

NEWS FLASH!

We have a new member of the family.
Fox has a little brother.

Banjo Foster Curry was born in Los Angeles early this morning

More Details will Follow

Second Day in L.A.

I must admit we don't suffer at all from jet lag which is very good.

Bernie was starting filming at the studio so Grandma and Granddad took Fox to The Grove. But first we went to the local park on the way for a little play and a run around, and I can tell you this little man can run. We had a job catching up with him but somehow managed.

 They have some great children's playgrounds here in Hollywood full of Spanish nannies looking after toddlers. Fox just loves this place.

Maybe he is a budding mathematician, playing with this abacus.

At the Grove they have this old tram, mainly for tourists but very authentic. They call them 'trolleys' here. This one just runs up and down the length of The Grove. We walked past the Apple Store without entering, how about that?

A little side street at The Grove. It looks very European. There is also a large market at the end of The Grove and I was looking forward for my coffee. I remember last time we were here we couldn't get a drinkable coffee at the markets. But I discovered a coffee shop called The Coffee and Tea Leaf in one of the side streets that serves an excellent chocolate milk latte. I must remember that.

Then we spotted this little gem. I was very tempted to have my thongs (flip-flops) cleaned. Kidding I was wearing sneakers.

On the way home, our little man was very tired and we didn't want him to fall asleep in the pram, so we went through the park again and let him have another run. 

First Morning in L.A.

After a good night's sleep recovering from the long flight, we're up and running. We drove to Traveltown in Los Angeles, a railway museum, favourite with Fox and Granddad.

This place is about 20 minuted from Sonya and Bernie's house in Hollywood. It's a little like the Railway Museum in Peterborough but no entry fee other than a donation box.  It's very large and has lots of steam trains on display. Fox was in his element climbing onto all the trains.

Sonya is very uncomfortable and finds it difficult to walk very far so we gave her lots of time to sit and relax.

Fox discovered a model railway he could play with.  There is also a miniature railway you can ride along the perimeter track which we all enjoyed. No one took any pictures. Pity, but I took lots of video which will end up on YouTube in the next few days.

Then, after a browse through the Railway shop (without any purchases, I mighty add), we set off home for lunch and a rest for Fox, Sonya and the oldies.

Our first day in Los Angeles,

Until soon....