5 Car Garages to Visit in Los Angeles : The Dads California Bucket List

5 Car Garages to Visit in Los Angeles : The Dad’s California Bucket List

When we head out an adventure, every member of our family has the opportunity to put forward the places, attractions and experiences they would like us to do at some point. I usually put forward museums, art galleries and historical venues. The kids offer suggestions of amusement parks, anything with water and perhaps a doughnut …

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Holocaust Museum LA : A Visit We Should All Make

Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (LAMOTH) : A Visit We Should All Make

After World War II, my grandparents found themselves living in Displaced Persons camps. If family lore is correct, they had both escaped from Labor and prisoner-of-war camps. Unable to return to Poland,  they were unsure of what the future held. Somehow they were gifted refuge in Australia. My grandfather arrived in Fremantle and my Grandmother …

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Turn & Burn At El Rey’s Garage : Meeting Brother JD in Venice

Turn & Burn At El Rey's Garage : Meeting Brother JD in Venice

The purr of a newly built motor can cause goose bumps to form on the car enthusiasts arms. Cars know the way to a man’s heart. T is not immune. During his free time he can be found building his dream car in our garage, often with the kids. On our recent trip to America he compiled …

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A Visit to the La Brea Tar Pits and Page Museum

A Sticky Trek Back in Time : A Visit to the La Brea Tar Pits and Page Museum

For tens of thousands of years natural asphalt has been seeping up from the ground in what is now urban Los Angeles. Around Hancock Park the seepage has been enough to create areas large enough to trap animals who have been unable to escape and have perished, sinking into the asphalt which has soaked into their …

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Our Stay at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

A Suite Adventure : Our Stay at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

For the last year or so T and I have been creating our bucket list for our adventures in California. When it came to planning the Los Angeles leg of our trip I had at some point wistfully remarked that a stay at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel would be magic not actually thinking that it …

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