Museum Day

Last Sunday was just so darned Africa hot.  We were trying to figure out where we could go that had air conditioning.  We decided against a mall since that never ends well with little Johnny Bipolar.  Since we live so close to Museum Row, we decided to visit the George C Page Museum.  For those who don't know about it, it's the museum that is directly behind the La Brea Tar Pits.

Maureen told John we were going to see dinosaurs.  There are no dinosaurs at the George C Page Museum.  It's basically a museum that has woolly mammoth, sloth, and saber tooth tiger bones.  Anywho, we only had to pay for one adult entrance since Maureen had her teacher's id with her.  John wasn't terribly impressed and Nicholas was just freaked out.  John liked the moving mammoth, but he was a bit put off by the moving saber tooth tiger attacking a sloth.

On a funny note, there was a movie playing that gave details about the flora and fauna of Los Angeles during the Ice Age.  We thought this would be harmless; however, there was a rather graphic scene of a horse getting trapped in the tar pits and being attacked by the saber tooth tigers and wolves.  I tried to distract John and we left shortly thereafter.  Nicholas didn't like being in the darkened theater and was whimpering.  Note to parents with small children, avoid the movie at the George C Page Museum.

After our visit, we decided to walk over to LACMA for lunch at The Plaza Cafe.  They have a great cafe with delicious food.  John was a good eater, but Nicholas just ate cheechas, chips, and milk.  As we finished, we headed into the courtyard at LACMA and discovered a wonderland of art.  There were activities for children and John took part in making two great works.  It was so much fun that we decided to become members of the museum.  It's not like our names will be on any building anytime soon, but it gives us a place to go and see fun things.  John really liked the Tim Burton exhibit.  Actually, he liked the little model carousel that was in the room with the black light.  He just wanted to hang out there the entire time.

All in all, it was a great day and now we know about all the fun things we can do at LACMA!



Yes, I was inspired by the museum scene in To Sir With Love to add the music.