Tips, California peeps?

[d_aulnoy]

My parents are coming to town!  Yay!

Now, despite having lived here for ... good lord, over a year, I am still a Calignoramous in a lot of ways: I know about beaches and public gardens, the closet things LA has to walking areas, etc., but I am damned if I can think of more than a handful of good indoor activities.  My parents are even less receptive to extreme heat than I am, so I'd appreciate any suggestions y'all might have on (literally) cool things to do in SoCal in a week of 95+ heat.  Thoughts?

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[sinboy.livejournal.com]

Probably not Huntington Gardens, then?

[d-aulnoy.livejournal.com]

I would love to take them there, and to the Arboretum in Arcadia, too (peacocks!), I'm just worried about what kind of a toll it will take on them, what with their being pale skinned Slavic types who are a lot more used to snow than sun. I've laid in the sunscreen and purchased a parasol, but I'm hoping I'll have some additional options ....

[morganlf.livejournal.com]

Go to the Huntington Museum and then if it's not too hot you can wander the gardens. They also have a great tea room as well.

Also, the LaBrea Tarpits has a great museum. Lacma is fun too.

[d-aulnoy.livejournal.com]

Ooo, great suggestions - thank you! I have no idea what Lacma is, but I'm off to Google now.

[morganlf.livejournal.com]

Ooops, LA County Museum of Art. It has some great collections. If you're around Pasadena though, I highly recommend the Norton Simon museum. They have great paintings and Asian art.

[sinboy.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Japantown? Interesting shopping.

[d-aulnoy.livejournal.com]

Ooo, good one - I'm filing that away in the back of my pointy little head (though, again, worried about the heat). In case I sounds like I'm over-reacting about the heat, my inherited reaction to it has caused my husband to compare me to a piggy once or twice. I don't sweat: I just turn red, and then white, and then faint. Too bad I'm above rolling in the mud ... but methinks it's a qualm the folks will share. Maybe I should buy them those little safari hats with the built-in fans from Sharper Image? 'Cause, yeah, almost every nifty thing I can think of it outdoors ... and I doubt they're flying cross-country for a tour of LA's finest shopping malls. :)