One more week of summer vacation down, two weeks to go! We are in the homestretch and the end is in sight — so why does it feel so far away? Well, first of all that’s my anxiety talking. The days are so long, that it’s hard for me to wrap my brain around them.…
Oh hey guys! Long time, no see — as usual. It’s like that in real life over here too. Everyone we see, it’s like OMG It’s been too long! Let’s not let so much time go by before we get together next. But it always does. You know how it is. Anyhoo, since Stevie is…
Stevie has sort of a reputation with museums. They sound so good and fun in theory, but usually end up in an embarrassing disaster. By the time Stevie was 5, we’d been to almost every museum in Los Angeles (and dragged out of almost every museum in Los Angeles). And it was about that same…
Sometimes having a hip Tati who knows about the cool spots in LA really comes in handy! Yesterday I put on my cool mom pants and we hauled the kid to the Museum of Ice Cream. Yes, you read that right. Museum. Of. Ice. Cream. Who wouldn’t want to see that? And I knew it would…
Several months back, Groupon had a phenomenal deal on a yearly membership to the Natural History Museum. You know it had to be good, because I bought the family pass — knowing full well that my child doesn’t like museums! But that’s just who I am. Wasting money as I hope for the best. This…
Here’s the deal, guys. I’m not like into art. I don’t even know what this particular art installation is called. The worst. But here’s the thing: I like seeing new, unique things. I like participating in whatever thing is all the rage (to an extent). And, most importantly, at the top of my list, is…
Today…? Today, I think I should find a way to decompress. My inner introvert is screaming for some alone time. This last week, I was aiming for mother-slash-aunt of the year, and (besides one unnecessary outburst after calmly asking Stevie to go get his underwear 45 times and he still hadn’t done it) I feel like I came pretty close…
The Petersen Automotive Museum has always been on my radar, for obvious reasons. But it seemed that every time I tried to take the car-loving Stevie, the place would be closed. It looked like just a hole in the wall, and was right across the street from LACMA, so I was never heartbroken – it was no…
It’s a lot of fun to take my nephew places. He has almost the exact opposite learning style of Stevie and you don’t have to convince him to do anything. He actually wants to learn and try and see it all. Well almost all. He is thoughtful and hesitant about certain things, but mostly, he…
A couple weekends ago, my sister came to visit! Yay! She brought my sweet nephew, of course, along with her boyfriend and his cute kids. They had a busy schedule getting all the CA goodness in, and fighting lots of traffic every step of the way. We couldn’t do everything with them because it was right…