I'm going to start this video off with a question and my question is where in
America would you like to visit that you have not been to so I look forward to
reading your answers to that question in the comments I finally after years of
trying to arrange this trip and having the trip cancelled for various reasons
finally made it across the pond a couple of weeks ago I went to New York and then
California specifically Hollywood and I wasn't even there to show up I didn't
really get many things but I thought what I did get I show you for fun and
because I want to relive the trip in my head as much as possible most of the
things I'm from Hollywood but I also want to show you just a couple of
pictures just now maybe a video clip if I remember of Carrie Fisher's grave this
it feels weird saying that this was the highlight of my entire trip because
that's far too positive and upbeat but this was the most emotional spiritual
and uplifting aspect of my trip and if you get the chance to go wear sensible
shoes because I walked for a very long time round at the back of the Warner
Brothers Studios around the back lot and then for a very long way towards the
cemetery in Memorial Park my blisters have blisters entirely worth it a
beautiful spot that for me is something not I wanted to share this now because
it makes me so uplifted and that for me is more important and valuable than
anything that I could ever hold in this video having said that I did get a few
fun little things most of them are kind of touristy gift shop things in fact I
think all of them are and there are only like three or four things but they makes
me very happy so the first thing that is not actually touristy I finally went
into Hot Topic we don't have hot topic here in the UK and I was a bit
overwhelmed it's kind of like Forbidden Planet basically like Forbidden Planet
but they have some things that the planet doesn't have such as these I had
been eyeing these up for so long on the website and I kept getting tempted to
order them but the delivery to the UK is extortionate these are peel juice sound
earrings aren't they gorgeous this is literally all I bought and hop top
helped hot topic I have eyeliner on my finger for their beautiful they're
absolutely gorgeous the only thing I will say is that they're quite difficult
to stay in place because there's not really a very strong catch on them but
once you are in place they do look absolutely fabulous and honestly I'm
absolutely over the moon they were nine dollars fifty and Kim
honest very stunning Beetlejuice cardboard for reference if anybody's
wondering that was the hot topic in the Hollywood in Highland Center and I'm
really annoyed actually because in the Hollywood and Highland Center in the
center of it they had all of this Hollywood things set up for birds of
prey and the day after I left Margot Robbie and some of the other cast were
there doing promotional things so that was a little bit irritating but yeah I
Center is my sniffs you're in Hollywood it's kind of a hidden gem it's not
immediately obvious this Center but look out for the Hollywood and Highland
centers pretty great so the other things I got three things for me and one gift
for somebody else and they're all very kind of cheap tacky touristy things but
that's kind of what I really like I just dropped one did you hear it so the gift
evolved is for somebody who likes magnets or fridges personally I don't
make magnets on fridges I don't know why it's very odd thing I do like this
little Hollywood clapper board it's it's highly amusing and this was from one of
the many many gift shops that I me and 'red and this was five dollars 99 also
cents coins are so different to British coins because ours kind of go up in size
it's very difficult to use American money I am a writer and I thought what
better way to remain constantly inspired from my trip and with a pen I actually
think I caught this one at LAX Airport on the way back this was three dollars
99 it is a very basic pen it says Hollywood
ah we have to like walk them symbols and what's that
yes I think it is it's very basic and I like that you'll notice quite quickly I
didn't get any souvenirs from New York and I think the reason for that is I'm
not usually actually want to buy myself souvenirs because I sometimes feel like
it's a waste of money if they don't serve a purpose like this pan is
probably the only thing here that serves a genuine decent purpose but a lot of
the souvenirs for Hollywood are pink they're all kind of themed around the
Walk of Fame and it's just so appealing and
attractive that I kind of couldn't resist with a few of these now I say
it's only the pen that serves a purpose but the last two things will also
hopefully continue to inspire me whenever I see them and the first one is
this keyring that I did fall completely in love with and obviously I use my keys
on a daily basis so I will see this often and be reminded of my trip so we
have this clapperboard piece and then there is a pink again gorgeous camera
this was 7.99 it was probably a little bit more than I would have paid but
again this was from the airport in LAX so I had dollars that I was I wasn't
gonna bother to change back into British pounds yeah sure why not and the last
thing you may see pop up in future videos if I wear it is this little
Hollywood Walk of Fame pin badge this was five dollars 99 and I'm not sure if
the camera is really picking that up but it's it's quite reflective but it's like
a multicolored sparkly film camera Walker fame star and if you're
interested I saw Robin Williams a star that was actually one of the main
reasons why I wanted to go to LA one of the other reasons was to see where Tim
Burton grew up in Burbank and a few other things Carrie's grave but Robin
Williams a star was my first port of call and it kind of made me well up and
also Emma Thompson star beautiful so that is my honest I can't get over how
much I love these earrings that is my little Hollywood halt really as I said I
didn't get anything in New York in terms of souvenirs there were a few things in
Hollywood that I would have liked with bought for those No
they were coming on the plane with me well I absolutely loved it if you head
over to my Instagram you will see some pictures from the trip include including
images I took at the Funko shop some more so I ended up in three cemeteries
within 24 hours only one of them was intentional
I saw a Judy Garland was buried which was really really nice area and I signed
the book it was you know lovely lovely place yeah if you go there wear sensible
shoes um are they on the beginning if you
could visit anywhere in America a state a city a location where would you choose
to go