I've never been very good at being a tourist for two reasons:
1. I don't like spending money.
2. Most popular tourist places are not very interesting.
Last weekend I went to Hollywood Boulevard. You know, where all the famous people have their names in stars for people to walk all over. I had never been, despite having lived in Los Angeles for a year and visiting countless times before that. It was just one of those things that I had intended to do, but never got around to it.
Most people go there to take pictures of famous names and people dressed up as pop culture icons. This is what I took pictures of:
I love how the Scientology building is so dramatic, but then they try to trick you into going inside by offering ''free stress tests''. They aren't fooling anyone.
There are so many amazing buildings in Los Angeles. Every time I go exploring, I come back with my camera full of new places that I've fallen in love with.
So, I guess I am a bad tourist because I don't care about stores filled with fake Oscar Awards and I Heart LA shirts, creepers dressed up like Shrek or names cemented into the sidewalk. I do, however, love the parts that people forget about.
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