We had a fun first weekend of summer vacation.
It has become a tradition for me to save up some my winnings (and buy some additional small gifts) to give to the kids after their last day of school. This should help keep them occupied!
Our last day of school coincided with Flip Flop day at Tropical Smoothie Café. If you wear flip flops (or “slippers” as JAs like to say) to the store, you get a free smoothie. Since flip flops are k and n’s preferred footwear, this is very easy for us to do. We did make a small donation to Camp Sunshine, as well.
On Saturday we took a trip to downtown L.A. to visit The Broad museum. I had made free reservations months in advance, crossing my fingers that nothing would come up in the meantime. Luckily, that afternoon was still open for us. We parked just across the street at the Walt Disney Concert Hall to save a few dollars, and because I had never checked it out before. I used to pass this building when I went to court and was always curious about it. The Frank Gehry-design is quite striking and a nice addition to the area.
As we came out of the parking structure, we saw this interesting cloud sculpture. All I could think about is how it looks like a giant dust magnet that would be really difficult to clean.
We also poked around the rooftop garden area.
I thought this fountain kind of clashed with the building, but to each his own. Hopefully we will be able to attend a concert here one day!