Me and Elaine went up to a cheapo supermarket and I got talking to this guy about pastrami. Apparently if you give the bag the pastrami is in a squeeze and it doesn;t let air out, then you know it's ok to eat!

Cosmo told me where to go to watch the Obama inauguration and we had a bit of a chat about obama himself. It's great to see Americans excited about their President, not just for their own interests but because they know Bush was hated pretty much everywhere else around the world and was giving them a bad rap. The Yanks aren't that bad, really :)

We bumped into Cosmo again in Union Square a couple of nights later, he was chuffed that we'ld gone down to watch the Inauguration, so I took his photo to whack up on the blog. Cosmo is a cool dude, and if your ever in San Francisco, check down the Deli aisle in the supermarket, he might just be there!

Here's the first of a a section about people we've met on our travels. This guy is Tom LaBonge, the Councilman for District 4 in LA.

I think me and Elaine had found the area around Hollywood Blvd. a little too in-your-face, but after taking a stroll up towards the Hollywood sign we found it completely different. First off we got directions to the sign from a nice guy driving to work, then we met Tom LaBonge who gave us more directions then ran after us from his car and gave us a free map and calendar! Nice…