Museum Hopper

last week, when i was in los angeles, my boyfriend suggested that we go to the museum of tolerance . it is quite famous and popular. it was designed to "examine race and prejudice in the united states." it is sponsored by the simon wiesenthal center . simon wiesenthal is the famous nazi hunter who survived the holocaust. we went to the museum on a friday during the summer. parking is conveniently located under the museum and is free with admission to the museum. the museum exhibits are primarily in the bottom of the building and on the 3rd floor. we started out entering in the tolerancenter . this was a very interactive exhibit with many videos, surveys and interactive screens. the focus seemed to be on post-holocaust racist genocides' many of which occurred in africa and the middle east. it seemed to emphasize that the world had not learned from world war ll and that the issue still needs worldwide focus. at this point, jason wanted to see the speaker at 2 p...

i went to the queen mary last week after landing at the long beach airport with my boyfriend. he timed the visit very well; we arrived right before sunset. we could see the city skyline from the boat...it was beautiful. they have converted this old ship into part hotel, part museum and part restaurant. the non-museum parts of the ship seemed well worn except for this beautiful art-deco bar lounge. the museum was really interesting! we saw the isolation area, which housed sick passengers. it had a lot information about stow aways and health conditions on board the ship. we had a tour of all the decks as well as the huge anchor! it was interesting to see how the ship transforms over time through world war ii when it added gun and armoury. the captain's rooms and uniforms was another interesting part of the ship. the most important people of the ship were the captain, the captain's steward, first mate and the head engineer. it was really interesting to see the ship....

i went to the petersen automotive museum over easter weekend with my boyfriend when i was visiting los angeles. he has been a few times and really likes it, so he thought it could be something we could do together. also, a solar car he built and designed in college was recently donated to the museum for their alternative power exhibit and he wanted to see it. i was very surprised with how well done this museum was. when you arrive, it is pretty obvious the layout of the museum. as a visitor you are forced to go right, which takes you through a " streetscape " of cars from southern california starting in the early twentieth century. at the end of the exhibit it drops you right next to the escalator to take you to the second floor. it deposits you right at the next exhibit, the alternative power exhibit. they had a few other exhibits, which were great. they had a "what were they thinking?: the misfits of motordom ." some of these cars were nuclear powere...

i went to the getty with my boyfriend and some of our friends that live in LA. it had been raining in LA for the past few days. we were lucky that we hit about a 4 hour rain-free hours. the great news about the rain is that it cleared a lot of the smog...we could see all the way down to long beach (supposedly). i had no idea what to expect when we went to the museum. it is up on this hill that you take a cable car up to the top of the mountain that overlooks LA, the valley, etc. the museum is composed of lots of separate museums, so going on a day with good weather is more important than i realized. they also have these pretty gardens that wind about the place. another nice thing about this museum is you just pay to park ($10). we saw a couple different exhibits while we are there. the first one was the belles heures (the beautiful hours) of the duke of berry. they were on loan from the metropolitan museum of art in new york city. we also checked out the tango with the cows:...