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I have been struggling with the Hollywood portion of our upcoming trip. Given the rapidity of our vacation, we only have one full day there. Just one! For someone obsessed with the goings-on of celebrities this is just not enough. How do we squeeze it all in?

Should we book a tour? Which tour? That crime scene tour doesn’t happen on Mondays?!? Do we want to see celebrities’ homes (or just bushes, like most of the reviews say)? Do we want to conduct our own tour and just drive to places we want to see? Should we go somewhere besides Hollywood? Can we make it to Dexter & Rita’s house in Long Beach? Torrance to see Sunndydale/West Beverly High? SO MANY QUESTIONS.

And this portion of the trip is all on me. Me, the girl who can never commit to a decision. Zut alors!

Originally, we were going to go to Universal Studios and then head to Hollywood to explore and maybe take a tour.

Then we were going to buy a joint pass to Universal and a Hollywood tour.

And then we were going to tour Paramount Studios, and then use our rental car to see whatever sites we wanted before heading to Hollywood Boulevard.

And then I decided we should just find places we want to go and go there.

Today I finally made an executive decision and booked a tour of Hollywood, including movie stars’ homes. Even if it is just their bushes, or maybe they have since moved to Calabasas, or they’re some D-lister who I’ve never heard of, I feel like this is something we have discussed since we booked the vacation. So we’re doing it.

Prior to that we are going to go to some other places we want to see (such as the La Brea Tar Pits, Rodeo Drive and The Grove), and after (and this is not actually booked yet so cross your fingers) we are going to see an improv show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (with Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer!). This leaves plenty of time in between planned things to squeeze in the unplanned things like following paparazzi to see a celebrity, or maybe venturing to Santa Monica.

BOOM.