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The Zimmer Museum offers hands-on experience for kids to step inside a ambulance and sit in a...
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The Zimmer Museum offers hands-on experience for kids to step inside a ambulance and sit in a wheelchair, play dress-up on a real stage with an ongoing camera, fly a plane, play waiter or waitress in a restaurant, step inside a synagogue, play with a water puzzle, see a wall-size world map, etc. They also offer music classes and art classes, however they fill-up quickly and can be overcrowded at times. There's plenty of stimulation can be overwhelming. Personally, I think this could be a nice place to take your kid a few times a year, but i wouldn't recommend an annual membership unless you've got a community of friends who attend regularly.
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Universal Studios was one of the many places we visited while in the Los Angeles/Hollywood area. ...
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Universal Studios was one of the many places we visited while in the Los Angeles/Hollywood area. Although we perceived it to be more of a theme park than an actual studio, it does provide you with a glimpse (although glamorized) of the process of filming...including various special effects used, and certain sets and props (we saw the cars from the Fast and the Furious and part of the Notting Hill set, to name a few). As a theme park, it was fun...particularly if you are into movies, but even if you aren't, the rides are fun and interesting.
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Travel Town
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Amusement Parks
Los Angeles,
California 90027
(323) 662-5874
When my kids were younger, they really enjoyed going to Travel Town and spending the day. They...
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When my kids were younger, they really enjoyed going to Travel Town and spending the day. They loved running around the trains, looking at the old museum like pieces. Sitting in them and eating there.
We adults were just happy to let them out of the house, run around, get exercise and watch them enjoy themselves!
Now, it's been handed down to my nieces and nephews. Now they love doing the very same things my kids did when they were younger! They run around the big trains, they look at the old sample museum sized pieces, they have parties in actual trains and can just be themselves.
I really recommend kids come and play here.
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Swork Coffee
Category:
Cafes
2160 Colorado Blvd
Los Angeles,
California 90041
(323) 258-5600
swork coffee is seriously one of my favorite places to grab something to drink. the drinks are...
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swork coffee is seriously one of my favorite places to grab something to drink. the drinks are delicious and i prefer theirs to starbucks anyday. also, the atmosphere here is just wonderful and very relaxed. there's also a small children's area where parents can watch their children play quietly while they have a drink.
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Starline Tours
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Amusement Parks
6925 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles,
California 90028
(800) 959-3131
Paid a small fortune to take a tour of the stars
Beverly Hills homes. I'm still wondering if...
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Paid a small fortune to take a tour of the stars
Beverly Hills homes. I'm still wondering if those are
really the stars houses? I remember going by "Cher's"
home and I got so excited seeing garbage cans...I
shouted "Look, she has garbage!" We also went
by Bill Cosby's home and some older stars that had
passed away. I really had fun sightseeing! They let
us stop to take photos also.
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Six Flags Magic Mountain is a theme park that I can visit more than once a year without getting...
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Six Flags Magic Mountain is a theme park that I can visit more than once a year without getting sick of it! It's nearly impossible to ride all the rides there are in one day due to the 4 hour+ long lines that you will just about always find. They even have some out of place/weird attractions at the park like bungee jumping which my friends always try to get me to do. The food isn't terribly great considering it's mostly fast-food type of foods and you have to wait in a line for like 30 minutes+ just to order your food! (At least that's how it is whenever I go.) But if you're looking for rides that will make your hearts race, this is definitely the place to be!
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Runyon Canyon Park
Category:
Amusement Parks
Franklin and Fuller Ave
Los Angeles,
California 90028
(323) 666-5046
Runyon Canyon is many things to many Angelinos. For some, it’s a free way to torch calories after...
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Runyon Canyon is many things to many Angelinos. For some, it’s a free way to torch calories after a night of too many cosmos and 3 a.m. Pho. For others, it’s a place to go for quiet contemplation and free, yes free, yoga! While both are great reasons to visit the hills just above Hollywood Blvd., (East of Fairfax and West of La Brea) let’s discuss the more subconscious reason people love it … Runyon Canyon is one of the only hyper friendly places in L.A. People there actually smile, make eye contact and say good morning to total strangers while puffing up the mountain. It’s as if for one brief moment, everyone around you is from the mid-west!
This city of “Angels” often seems like a living oxymoron. The initial heavenly glow can get smoggy, and loneliness sets in pretty quickly when you’ve lived here for one month and still haven’t been discovered. So, the next time you need a smile or some company, just head to the canyon we all know and love for a little indirect TLC.
Pros: friendly happy place where you burn calories for free
Cons: smells like, um doggie doo when it's hot out, gross
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Ripley’s is RADICAL. I went there with my niece and we saw all kinds of messed up stuff. There’s a...
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Ripley’s is RADICAL. I went there with my niece and we saw all kinds of messed up stuff. There’s a dog with human teeth. Gross. There’s a dead guy from like a million years ago. Gross. There’s a few artifacts from ancient Egypt. Gross. But still pretty cool. The only problem is the price is a bit too high. I don’t remember what it is, however.
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Olvera Street
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Amusement Parks
Olvera St. and Cesar Chavez Ave.
Los Angeles,
California 90012
(213) 628-1274
If you want to take an adventure in LA, you really need to check out Olvera Street aka El Pueblo...
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If you want to take an adventure in LA, you really need to check out Olvera Street aka El Pueblo de Los Angeles. It's a place filled with an amazingly rich history and it's a place to get really great tasting mexican food and sweets. There are dozens of vendors selling all sorts of things from belts and wallets to wooden snakes and paper roses. It's a great place to go if you've got some time on your hands and just want to take a little adventure.
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Magic Castle
Category:
Night Clubs
7001 Franklin Ave
Los Angeles,
California 90028
(323) 851-3313
After giving your name to the hostess at the front, you are given a passwoord which you must give...
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After giving your name to the hostess at the front, you are given a passwoord which you must give to the stuffed bird sitting on a bookcase, which then opens. Then you enter the famous magic castle, a club for magicians and millionaire malcontents. there is a bar, a lounge with a piano that takes requests -- though there is no player-- apparently it's a ghost, and a dungeon downstairs. Thhere are a few close-up theatres and one grand stage where all forms of prestidigitation occur. If you can manage to get an invitation, GO.
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