Hollywood Nights
I’m currently traveling on business and am staying in North Hollywood. As one might expect, it’s warm here and there is a lot going on. I arrived late last night and drove in from LAX. My hotel is in “Universal City”, which is on the big hill where Universal Studios is located. When I checked in last night I was pretty tired and was happy to get to bed at a decent hour. I was awakened at 1:30 AM by noise from the next room. Apparently there are a number of preteen boys staying in the hotel (a sports team?) and the room adjacent to mine was unchaperoned. They were talking / yelling, watching loud TV and jumping on/off the beds. At 2:00 I called the front desk to complain about the noise and was informed they had received a number of complaints already. Before long it got quiet and I managed to get to sleep. I was awakened again at 4:30 by exactly the same commotion, this time from the room on the other side. It eventually quieted down but the damage was done and I’d failed to get a decent night of sleep. This morning I asked the hotel to move me to another room, citing the noise issue. They assured me they would relocate me to a less rowdy area of the hotel.
So, minor inconveniences aside, it was a pretty good first day of work in Burbank and I’m pleased that we’re getting so much done. Tonight I’m going up the Universal City Walk area for dinner and some random shopping. Welcome to Hollyweird!