Another busy day. We went to Simi Valley, about an hour and fifteen minutes away, just north of the Santa Monica Hills. At last we managed to see Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village. You have to make an appointment with someone from the 'Preserve Bottle Village' committee - and it is worth it! Grandma Prisbrey completely 'did over' her very ordinary suburban lot with bottles, pencils, broken ceramics, miscellaneous junk, broken toys, bits of guns, and lots of cement. She lived in a wonderful, pre-airstream, caravan, but built all these amazing rooms, which have mostly managed to survive earthquakes and extreme, desert weather. Unfortunately, although they are no longer in danger of being pulled down by the council, they get no funding whatsoever - and Joanne, who showed us around, doesn't really look as if she will be able to keep going too much longer! So, a must for any visitor to LA, before it is too late!

After that we went to Bombay Cafe - another old favourite. Who says they can't do Indian food in America?

Then we went to see The Simpsons movie on Third Street Promenade. It was excellent! The final credits went on for absolutely ever - and only we and three other people stayed long enough for all the Simpsons to reappear and for Maggie to say her first word - 'Sequel'! Good!