Bastille Day/La Brea Tar Pits

Today we had a free afternoon, so we decided to drive up to Miracle Mile in the mid-Wilshire area to check out the Bastille Day festivities at the grounds of the Page Museum. Bastille Day is a French national holiday, commemorating the storming of the Paris Bastille in 1789, a citizens' victory at the outset of the French Revolution.

Compared to yesterday's Hawaiian Festival, this celebration is more muted. There were a few booths scattered around the park that sold French stuff. There was also a stage with live entertainment. Of course, the best part of any cultural celebration is the food. This being a French theme, we ordered a trio of crepes (a very thin French pancake stuffed with different toppings). We had a savory crepe stuffed with turkey, mozarella cheese, and Roma tomatoes. We also had a crepe stuffed with bananas and strawberries with chocolate syrup.

After seeing what the festival had to offer, we decided to take refuge from the heat and go in to the air-conditioned Page Museum, more famously known as the building that houses the fossils that were excavated from the La Brea Tarpits. The tarpits, in prehistoric times, trapped many of its victims in asphalt, from the now extinct American lion (larger than the current African version) to the Columbian mammoth and the Sabre-toothed cat.