Our second weekend in LA we again kept to our formula of the previous weekend - spending some time in the town (Monrovia), the hills (Griffith Park and Runyon Canyon) and the beach (Venice beach). Monrovia has a charming town centre, what I had typically associated with small town America, with small family run shops and American flags on each lamp-post. We had planned on just doing some grocery shopping, but we ended up spending a lot more time (and money) there. It was worthwhile though, because I think we will have a nice memento of Lucas as a result!
It's a shame that Lucas isn't just a little bit older (although he's 
growing almost too fast for our liking) - he's too small for most of the attractions and he won't remember any of these experiences when he's older. We went to the old merry-go-round at Griffith Park but did not take a ride, and we also decided not to go to the LA zoo at Griffith Park as Lucas was asleep when we arrived there. With kids his age, one just has to be flexible! So we kept on driving, somehow ended up at the eastern starting point of Mulholland Drive, and Lucas woke up just in time to take in the close up view of the Hollywood sign. Then we took a long walk with him down the Runyon Canyon dog walking path, which turns out to be very scenic and we got nice views of the mansions with their swimming pools. Strangely enough there were no people lounging by any of the pools - I guess they were all at their summer residences in Paris, Sydney, Hawaii etc...
growing almost too fast for our liking) - he's too small for most of the attractions and he won't remember any of these experiences when he's older. We went to the old merry-go-round at Griffith Park but did not take a ride, and we also decided not to go to the LA zoo at Griffith Park as Lucas was asleep when we arrived there. With kids his age, one just has to be flexible! So we kept on driving, somehow ended up at the eastern starting point of Mulholland Drive, and Lucas woke up just in time to take in the close up view of the Hollywood sign. Then we took a long walk with him down the Runyon Canyon dog walking path, which turns out to be very scenic and we got nice views of the mansions with their swimming pools. Strangely enough there were no people lounging by any of the pools - I guess they were all at their summer residences in Paris, Sydney, Hawaii etc... Today we got a late start as Lucas had a nap until 2pm, but we still decided to go to the beach since he liked it last week at Santa Monica beach. Unfortunately we got caught in a traffic jam and it took one and a half hours, with the last 45 minutes a tortuous drive due to Lucas' incessant crying. Unfortunately here in the US, there's nothing one can do but drive on - taking the child out of the car seat is a big no-no. Lucas will just have to learn to respect the law here! The moment we finally got to Venice Beach he was happy. Maybe we will have to relocate to the beach in the future.
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