If you don’t have your family calendar in front of you right now, go get it. I’ll wait ... Great! Now if the next couple of months look anything like ours, you’ll see some weekend sports activities, a bit of after-school fun and maybe a birthday party celebration or two sprinkled in. Where exactly are you supposed to squeeze in all that fun fall stuff you’ve been hearing … [Read more...]
La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
If you haven’t visited the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum recently, things have changed. The Museum still houses the largest and most diverse array of extinct Ice Age plants and animals in the world. But these days, a visit is also a chance to see history come alive. That’s because now you can do things like watch scientists prepare fossils in the Fossil Lab or visit an excavation … [Read more...]
Butterfly Pavilion at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
Every summer, the Butterfly Pavilion at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles comes to life with hundreds of live butterflies in a walk-through open-air setting. It's worth a visit because it offers kids a chance to get up close views of more than 30 species of butterflies native to California, including the fan favorite orange and black Monarch. The outdoor … [Read more...]
Annual Passes Every Los Angeles Family With Kids Should Have
Exploring Los Angeles' great outdoors doesn't have to cost a lot of money. In fact, a day on the trails or at the beach is much less expensive than a day at an amusement park. And yet I'm willing to guess that more SoCal residents have season passes to Disneyland than to the California State Parks. Why not become an annual pass holder to the outdoors instead? These annual … [Read more...]
Family Friendly Gardens in L.A.: The NHMLA Nature Gardens
We’re big fans of the Natural History Museum here in Los Angeles. What with dinosaurs, stuffed mammals and birds, plus tons of gems and minerals – not to mention the seasonal butterfly and spider pavilions – we can easily spend an entire day there. But guess what? There's an entire outdoor area you don't want to miss. In the spring of 2014, work on the NHMLA Nature … [Read more...]