Em and I woke up at 5 am, got ready, picked up Lindsey and went to the airport. We arrived much sooner than expected (therer was not much traffic) and got in line for check-in. Soon after we got in line, a huge tour group of high school kids showed up and got in line behind us. Shannon was still not there. She had the tickets, so when we got to the front of the line, we had to let people go in front of us. Shannon showed up at the last minute, just before we let the tour group go ahead.

The flight was painless, but Turtle was unhappy being cooped up in the bag. We arrived at 11 am and waited in a very long line to get a rental car. Well, I didn't wait. I just sat outside with Turtle watching the bags. Shannon and Emily rented a Dodge Neon and we drove to the Magic Castle Hotel (which doesn't look anything like the pictures). After dropping off our bags, we headed for a nice upscale restaurant, Jack in the Box. Em ordered a hamburger for Turtle, but they didn't give it to us. She ended up giving him half of her burger.

We drove around for about 4 hours looking for apartments. Saw five places from our internet list, but had trouble getting ahold of the owners to give us a tour. All of the places we looked at were in the Silverlake area. I was amazed at how different each area looked. Hollywood was very urban, Silverlake and Los Feliz (just east of Hollywood) seemed hip and comfortable.