Lot 91

For the last couple of years Angela has been talking about wanting to go explore the La Brea Tar Pits. We decided it was finally time to take action and check them out. First we made a quick stop at Magnolia Bakery which conveniently opened just a stones throw away from the pits. Rachel was devastated to learn the were all out of Banana pudding, as this is to her the only reason to go to Magnolia.

Now on the the PITS. I must say weather.com informed us that it would be a mere 68 degrees here. I was SO excited for a glimpse of fall weather. HA! They could not have been more wrong. The sun was shinning quite hotly all day, I even walked away with a little burn to remember the day by.

These Mammoths here are setting a depressing scene. The mother mammoth was tragically trapped in the tar pits, her mate and child watch on helplessly. Or so the placard nearby said.

Fun fact: that mammoth (pictured above) moved.........very very very slowly, to the point where we thought our eyes were playing tricks on us, but it did move none the less.

The methane gas that is in the tar......or water.....or ground (not really sure you would have to ask Ang) causes it to bubble up. The first time was saw/heard this occur Angela thought there were creatures living in the murky tarry water.

Thanks to the IPhone Rachel was about to be our own personal tour guide, reading us all the info tar pits wikipedia page. In reference to the post title Lot 91 is the only tar pit that is still actively excavated today.

We rounded out our day with a walk around the LACMA, visiting the lamps, the sculpture garden and the all important gift shop.

POPS!!!

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

Eat, Drink and be Merry

That would be the theme of this years Pageant of the Masters. Until a text and a google search two days ago I had no idea that such a thing existed. Have no fear, if you are like me and don't have a clue I shall fill you in. It is a living picture show, where people are used to recreate paintings, statues and other forms of art. Some of you may be familiar with it from an episode of Gilmore Girls.

The pageant was quite fantastic. There was a live orchestra to accompany each painting along with a brief history. My favorite part was when the showed us how they put together the paintings. They gave us a step by step display of placing the costumed people on the stage to make them look just right, and let me tell you the lighting they use makes all the difference. It is amazing, and I looked real hard, but never saw anyone move, they had some skill.

No cameras/photography was allowed in the amphitheater, naturally I was bummed. Once intermission came around people started pulling out their phones and taking photos, and some cameras. So I figured whats the harm, I won't use the flash, and there is no art work out to steal photos of, just us, and everyone else is doing it. Yeah, sure. I got caught, the worker came over and told me I had to put my camera away. So this lovely photo, was the only one to be snapped inside the amphitheater.

eyesore

Our poor little house has become the neighborhood eyesore. Monday morning when I walked out the front door I was greated with this sight. Yikes!

Our landlord had been around Sunday evening working on the sprinklers and I guess he thought it was time to get rid of the old toilets that had been sitting in the garage. Thats cool I get it. Trash pick up is Tuesday morning I could handle the looking like the local outhouse for one day.

Well as I am sure you guessed they were still sitting on the curb when I got home from work Tuesday evening. After some quick internet searching I learned that you have to call and schedule pickups for "special" items such as toilets. I called. The office was closed, of course. They have yet to call me back, let's hope they can come pronto becuase I can't move those puppies. I tried. They are too heavy and large for me to carry. So there they will sit, sorry neighbors.