Just partying in Hollywood - No big thing!

"...And those Hollywood nights, in those Hollywood hills..." - Bob Seger (Hollywood Nights)

So the place we stayed in Los Angeles was more like a free hostel than a private residence - and it was awesome!  There were so many people staying with our host, Galen.  We met a lot of very nice people which made Elijah's first CS experience completely bad ass. 

The second night we were there I was supposed to go see an amazing band, The Harm, at a bar in Hollywood.  I wanted to show support for the band, so I invited the other CSers to come along for the ride.  Four of the other house guests decided to come along - Jade and Jodie (cousins from Quebec) and Nadja and Petra (friends from Slovenia).  We had a really great time!  Jade and Jodie invited a friend they met in San Francisco, Adel, which made our group seven strong (eight if you count Jade's fake glasses, which made it into several of the pictures).  

The lovely Jade and my lovely brother.

Jodie and I waiting to catch the metro before the concert - and yes, she is petting me.

This is a very flattering picture of the two of them, agree?

The one and only Jason McKeever taught me the benefits of upside down photographs - which I passed on to Jade.

The glasses really complimented my outfit.

This is Adel - without whom I would not have met some famous faces later that night.

Sibling love =)

We are straight out of the Carmen Electra workout video.

Hooray - they took a normal one!

Poor Adel...

So this is what a Hollywood martini looks like.  Much like a normal Indiana martini - except it is $10 DURING HAPPY HOUR.

The one and only Scott Goldbaum, singer/guitarist extraordinaire for The Harm!

The Harm = total bad assery!

I put this picture up for one reason: right before I took it I was like, I cannot get a good shot because of this dude with freaking porcupine hair!  Look who it was...

Ryan Cabrera. Don't remember him?  He dated Ashlee Simpson and had a song called "On the Way Down."

Oh, hello Christopher Mintz-Plasse (aka McLovin)!

The one...the only...SCOTT GOLDBAUM! haha...Seriously though, he was a very nice guy and the music was fabtastical.  When he blows up to be famous - I can say I met him and such things.

Post show at the metro station - the girls in the back are Petra and Nadja.  Such a fun night!

Elijah's bed the first night - night two he slept in a recliner because there were THIRTEEN people in that loft.

My sleeping surface.  Yes, it is a giant bean bag.  Yes, it was amazing.

Galen - world class host.  Thanks for everything, good sir!