{"id":4972,"date":"2013-09-03T20:30:06","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T04:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/?p=4972"},"modified":"2013-09-03T20:30:06","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T04:30:06","slug":"getting-stuck-in-la-in-a-generally-good-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/2013\/09\/03\/getting-stuck-in-la-in-a-generally-good-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting stuck in LA, in a generally good way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jnack\/sets\/72157635371218304\/show\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/HenJaws.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Hen Jaws\" width=\"350\" height=\"339\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5029\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/HenJaws.jpg 350w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/HenJaws-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>During our recent SoCal sojourn, we spent a peaceful day noodling around LA, exploring local landmarks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(Pre-)Historically the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarpits.org\">La Brea Tar Pits<\/a> (a sticky slick of naturally occurring asphalt) were great at ensnaring all kinds of ice-age animals, and over the years they&#8217;ve yielded hundreds of tons of fossilized remains. The boys loved exploring the museum, getting to watch scientists &#038; volunteers carefully working to unearth &#038; restore what&#8217;s been dug up. They were delighted to come away with two stuffed sabertooth tigers that they quickly named &#8220;Sabertooth&#8221; and &#8220;Snuggletooth.&#8221; (You&#8217;d kind of think &#8220;Saber-maran,&#8221; right?) In subsequent &#8220;T.A.L.B.&#8221; editions, these railroading Tooth Brothers turned out to be good at shoveling coal with their &#8220;steak knives.&#8221;\n<\/li>\n<li>Right next door is Los Angeles County Museum of Art, aka <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacma.org\">LACMA<\/a>. We lucked out &#038; came across volunteers who were letting kids make their own African arts &#038; crafts. Of the clay &#8220;memory boards&#8221; Finn said, &#8220;They&#8217;re like iPads,&#8221; and they each crafted staffs with pictures of Mom-O at the top. They had a ball exploring the large outdoor art pieces, then were fascinated by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacma.org\/art\/exhibition\/metropolis-ii\"><em>Metropolis II<\/em><\/a> kinetic sculpture (see video below).<\/li>\n<li>Later we wound our way up to the famous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.griffithobs.org\">Griffith Park Observatory<\/a> (you might remember it from <em>Rebel Without A Cause<\/em>), exploring the grounds &#038; watching their giant Tesla coil in action.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jnack\/sets\/72157635371218304\/\">little gallery<\/a> from the adventure.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/cm0cAXTaaz\/embed\/\" width=\"530\" height=\"615\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During our recent SoCal sojourn, we spent a peaceful day noodling around LA, exploring local landmarks: (Pre-)Historically the La Brea Tar Pits (a sticky slick of naturally occurring asphalt) were great at ensnaring all kinds of ice-age animals, and over the years they&#8217;ve yielded hundreds of tons of fossilized remains. 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