{"id":22585,"date":"2020-01-02T18:32:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T23:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=22585"},"modified":"2021-07-08T19:30:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T00:30:23","slug":"los-angeles-toddler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/los-angeles-toddler\/","title":{"rendered":"LA With a Toddler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Los Angeles, California (June 2004)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/ca-1.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Monica Pier - Pacific Ocean\"\/><figcaption>Santa Monica Pier at the Pacific Shoreline<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our little guy first touched the Pacific Ocean near the <a href=\"https:\/\/santamonicapier.org\/\">Santa Monica Pier<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/4GqLHXg2ofGRjvJn7\">map<\/a>). Dad got to carry him right next to the water and then run back when the waves came. Nobody else was around on this quiet morning with perfect weather. All was fine with the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"Promenade\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Third Street Promenade<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/ca-2.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Monica\"\/><figcaption>Third Street Promenade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtownsm.com\/\">Third Street Promenade<\/a> in Santa Monica is a walkable, outdoor shopping mall (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/euPK3hytXouLPuPeA\">map<\/a>). Our tyke loved the dinosaur-shaped topiary that spewed water from its mouth. It was a great spot for people-watching too. People in LA really are a little different &#8212; and I mean that in a complimentary way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"LaBrea\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">La Brea Tar Pits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/ca-3.jpg\" alt=\"La Brea Tar Pits\"\/><figcaption>La Brea Tar Pits<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The world-famous <a href=\"https:\/\/tarpits.org\/\">La Brea Tar Pits<\/a> sit right in the middle of Los Angeles (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/gnz59dXkaWRHuE5e6\">map<\/a>). We visited there with some friends who lived in the Los Angeles area. It&#8217;s difficult to believe the tar pits exist within a densely-populated urban environment. The bones in the museum frightened our little guy but for some reason the life-size replica of a giant sloth didn&#8217;t bother him in the least. 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