Yay! I have the cell number in my profile. I chose downtown for ease of walking to the festivities Saturday.

ChiKat's show is 7PM on Friday. The shows Saturday are 11am and 2pm, so that wouldn't work with the parade schedule. I would love to go Friday night and see ChiKat. Also, I am a great audience member. Since we have the car it won't be hard to get there.

It's a bit of a drive from Pasadena, but it's very cool kids thing to do in SoCal: [link] Science for kids!!

Yeah, it's a drive. Sorry, don't know LA area, I know OC area a bit better.

Discovery Cube is fun, omnis, although I usually default to the California Science Center for that kind of hands-on museum because it's free and it's close to my work. Several other good museums there as well. But that's downtown, not Pasadena. Just as you don't know the LA area, my knowledge of Pasadena area is thin. I'm better with LA proper.

Oo Pasadena does have Kidspace Museum, which isn't free but it is fun. Skews a bit younger than the Science Center.

If any other car nuts would like it, I'd love to do a trip to the Peterson Automotive Museum. [link]

I went to Petersons with my dad when he visited once. He's a retired mechanic. He acted like a kid saying "I don't wanna go..." We get there, and upon entering the hall, sees the first cool car, and then he was like a kid in a candy store...that has stickers too. Spent the whole day there. He loved it... Then he proceeded to complain about LA traffic all the way home. Ironic, I think.

That to say, I highly recommend!

DH would love that museum.

I'd be down for the auto museum.

JZ - Em and I might be making an appearance. :)

Yes! Matilda and Em need to spend more time together if we are ever to achieve World Domination.

If we can swing tickets and maybe some roomies, I am hoping we can cover the costs.