Space Shuttle Endeavour is Coming to Southern California!

NASA Johnson Space Center - Earth Sciences and Image Analysis (NASA-JSC-ES&IA)

It's official!  The California Science Museum in Los Angeles is set to receive the Space Shuttle Endeavour!!!  My kids are BEYOND excited to visit the shuttle once it arrives later this year. You may remember a recent post (click here) about our trip to the Space Museum at the California Science Museum earlier this year. 

The space shuttles are being retired and sent to various locations across the United States for display, note that the Endeavour will be the only shuttle residing here on the West Coast!

You may also remember that the shuttle has one more very important flight to take before retiring here to Southern California... it is going to take Representative Gabrielle Giffords husband - Captain Mark Kelly in to space later this month for its final journey in to space.

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La Brea Tar Pits - A Fun Afternoon Adventure!

It all started one afternoon after we watched this episode of Dirty Jobs last week.  The kids were mesmerized.  When we told them that the La Brea Tar Pits were right here in Southern California, just about an hour away, they wanted to go.  We are so incredibly fortunate here in Southern California because there is an endless amount of things to do.  The La Brea Tar Pits were just one of those things we never got to.  We changed that last weekend.

I'm not exactly sure where I thought the Tar Pits were, but I really hadn't realized they were right on Wilshire Drive!  Across from the E! building and next to the Screen Actors Guild.

Big Tip: Be sure to bring at least $7 in cash for parking in the lot.  I am notorious for never carrying much in cash, so I wanted to be sure to warn others like me!  You can use credit cards to enter the Page Museum (you don't have to enter the Museum if you want to just see the Tar Pits, but for $7/adults and $2 kids, it's not an expensive adventure for the afternoon).

The Page Museum is like a secret garden in the middle of a concrete jungle.  There is a large open air courtyard in the middle of the building with paths, gorgeous trees and a fantastic koi pond to explore.  Be sure to find the turtles on the shore of the pond and say hi from us!  The Page Museum boasts a number of interactive exhibits that your kids are sure to enjoy.

I particularly liked the viewing area inside the museum that they call "the fish bowl", where they are excavating and preserving the fossils that are being discovered in the tar pits outside.

After we wandered around the Museum we headed outside to explore the tar pits.  What was amazing was seeing all these very small (4 ft by 4 ft) fenced in areas through out the park outside the museum where there is tar seeping up through the ground.  The ant hill looking one was quite cool. (the photo for that one is in the Whrrl story below).

We had an absolutely wonderful time exploring the La Brea Tar Pits and I highly recommend this fun afternoon adventure!

Take a minute to scroll through the images in the Whrrl story below - there were far too many images to include in this post.

More check-ins at La Brea Tar Pits

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A Christmas Tradition - The Rockettes!

As a child I heard countless stories of Radio City Music Hall.  My Mom grew up in New York City and throughout my childhood my Mom regaled the countless stories.  One of the Christmas Season traditions she had as a child was going to see the Rockette's at Radio City Music Hall.

I'm so excited to announce that the Rockette's will be bringing the Christmas Spectacular to Southern California this year with stops at the Honda Center in Anaheim (December 6-7, 2010) and Nokia Theater L.A. Live (December 9-12, 2010) in addition to a total of 25 cities (including stops in San Diego, Wisconsin, Portland, Salt Lake City and Denver).

One of the unique aspects to this production is that there will be an LED screen that will help to immerse the audience in the landscapes and scenes.  Of course you'll be able to see some of the favorites like "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers", "Living Nativity" and "Let Christmas Shine".

For tickets, information and more you can go here or call 800.745.3000

I just love the Holidays!

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7 For All Mankind Warehouse Sale is Coming to LA!

Are you ready for it?  The 7 for All Mankind official warehouse sale will be open to the public this weekend at the LA Convention Center!  Running October 1-3 at the LA Convention Center, this is THE time to stock up on everyone's favorite jeans at up to 80% off.  Yes, you read that right!

There isn't a better time of year to stock up on the selection of over 30,000 pieces of pure luxury like tops, sweaters, jeans, shorts, skirts and jackets.  During the period of October 1-3, the venue will be open from10am-8pm and you are encouraged (but not required) to register in advance to speed up the registration at the door.  You can go here to register.

After Los Angeles, the 7 for All Mankind Warehouse Sale will be making stops in San Francisco (October 8-10), New York City (October 14-17) and Chicago (October 22-24).

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Love Olympic Figure Skating?

Figure skating has always been one of my favorite winter sports to watch (especially during the Olympics).  Unfortunately I've yet to go to the Olympics to be able to watch in person, but I've always wanted to!  So... what would be the next best thing?  You guessed it!   Going to the 2010 All That Skate LA event at Staples Center!  It will be at Staples Center Saturday October 2, 2010 at 7:00 pm and Sunday October 3, 2010 at 3:00 pm.

You'll have the chance to see an all-star cast of many of the best figure skaters in the world.  Here's just a few:

Yuna Kim (Korea) Reigning Olympic Champion and 2009 World Champion; Michelle Kwan (USA) Five-time World Champion, Nine-Time U.S. Champion and Two-Time Olympic Medalist; Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo (China) 2010 Olympic Pair Champions; Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (Canada) 2010 Olympic Dance Champions; Stephane Lambiel (Switzerland) Two-Time World Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist; Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy (Germany) Two-time World Champions and Olympic Bronze Medalists; Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto (USA) Olympic Silver Medalists and Four-Time World Medalists; Brian Joubert (France) World Champion and Three-Time European Champion; Johnny Weir (USA) Three-Time U.S. Champion and World Bronze Medalist, and Ashley Wagner (USA) Two-Time U. S. Bronze Medalist and NHK Trophy Bronze Medalist.

Want to go?  Tickets are now on sale so head over here to buy tickets at directly from Staples Center, Ticketmaster, at www.AllThatSkate.com or call 800.745.3000.  It's sure to be an amazing evening!

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