I wish I had pictures...wait, just picture the one square mile in downtown LA of Los Angeles Street between Temple and oh nevermind... here's what happened.
We went to the federal building to get some paperwork straightened away. That took us about five minutes, a lot shorter than we expected. so since we were parked by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) we decided to make the trip worth it. Well, the campus that was right next to where we parked was closed till Nov. but another campus was a mile away. So we decided to drive there. When we got back in the car for some reason we changed our minds all of a sudden to go to the La Brea Tar Pits. So we get out the Tomas Guide and start looking for the freeway on ramp. Now any of you who have driven downtown know that there are...let me count...6 freeways? that converge at around the same time down there? So we first have to try to figure out which freeway we need. As we come upon the signs we dont know which way to go so we go back to Main street. Then I think we should go right (west) but we went left instead. We ended up going through chinatown, past Overa street, through Little Tokyo, and Filipinotown. I can't remember all the details now but we drove in circles for what i think was 45 mintues, took city streets most the way, went back to find the freeway again, finally got on and finally made it to the Tar Pits, but b y that time i was tired and ready to go home.
We had a great time at the Tar Pits and the Page Museum. We all liked it and afterwards treated ourselves to Marie Callendar's, which by the way is super nice there in Hancock Park. And at the Page Musuem you can learn not only a lot about fossils but about LA History and Mr. Hancock himself. Fascinating man.
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