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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsTWO WEEKS until the trip I have waited for for 50 years!
On February 22 I will be 50 years old. On February 16, Mrs. V. and my two sisters and I will meet up at the Hollywood Beach Marriott in Hollywood, FL, to spend a week together celebrating my birthday. This trip has been planned for two years.
I am beside myself with impatience. Nearly every day, I go to the Marriott site to look at our reservations and pictures of the hotel; I go to the airlines to look at our flights; I've verified and re-verified the rental car. And I have ordered for my sisters and myself limos -- well, those luxurious Lincoln sedans -- to take them from the airport to the hotel and to take Mrs. V. and me from home to the airport. This is an extremely extravagant vacation, and we have saved and saved. (And we're flying first class!)
I CAN'T WAIT! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
we can do it
(12,190 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)I jealous.
Florida in February is heavenly.
I wish I was still down there I would love to meet you and Mrs. V.
Please post photos in The Lounge of your visit to sunny Hollywood Florida.
I would enjoy seeing them.
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bigwillq
(72,790 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)FWIW...I found that decade to be marvelous for me, and have heard others say the same.
Hope your week goes even better than planned.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)hibbing
(10,103 posts)Howdy,
Sounds like a real groovy shindig, enjoy it!
Peace
Phentex
(16,334 posts)I haven't seen you in a while. I remember all the planning but I wasn't sure when it was supposed to happen.
I know you'll have a GREAT time and I can't wait to hear all about it!
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)have a wonderful time!
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)Congrats and have a wonderful trip!
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Your plan sounds great!
I just hope you don't have your heart set on catching a concert at the Hollywood Bowl, because you may be in for...well, don't let me be the one to rain on your parade.
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)(Not that we could get there from Florida . .. )
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I'm so glad that no one has to disabuse you of any geographic confusion, lol!
I haven't looked at the current sked, but one of the best concerts I ever saw there was Quincy Jones in the '70s, doing his 'Body Heat' album. A sample that is one of my all-time favorites:
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)Am I a bad person?
Edit: will have to look at (or listen to) your vid when I get home. No video allowed here.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)But now you're absolutely obligated to check the sked and get your butt over there.
I grew up in the San Fernando Valley and was hitting those joints while I was in HS. Caught The Association and We Five at the Ice House in Glendale, The Beatles at Dodger Stadium, and Ray Bradbury speaking in L.A.--all when I was a teen in the '60s.
What are you waiting for?
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)I lived there most of my life until I moved here to the Atlanta, GA, area. My daughter lived in Hollywood for about 15 years. If you have the time, try to get down to Coconut Grove just outside of Miami. Go at nighttime though. That is when the action begins.
siligut
(12,272 posts)I love the planning and anticipation too.
Glad you are going first class all the way
Oh, and if nobody told you, for your 50th birthday, you are supposed to celebrate all month.
So HAPPY BIRTHDAY MONTH!
mercuryblues
(14,537 posts)the Marriot I am thinking of, make sure you get a pina colada.They are a bit pricey, but well worth at least one. Enjoy your vacation.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)mercuryblues
(14,537 posts)LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)Make sure to take lots of pics! We wanna be a part of your vacation too.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)her mother and her grandmother both died from cancer in the 50's.
Me I celebrated my 50th by taking a series of train trips from New York state to California then to Vancouver and then to Toronto and finally home.
livetohike
(22,156 posts)You're doing it in style .
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)sounds like you will.