Los Angeles Central Library

After our long journey to Santa Rosa, we wanted to do something with Tessie that would allow us to avoid strapping her into the car seat. So we strapped her into the Urban Assault Stroller (above) and headed for the train.

The library (above) and the Lodwrick M. Cook Rotunda (below):
We timed our visit to L.A.'s Central Library so that Tessie could attend a children's puppet show scheduled for the afternoon. First, though, we saw the exhibition of Julius Shulman's architectural photographs (which make my efforts above look particularly weak). Shulman photographed most, if not all, of Los Angeles' significant architecture of the 20th century. (There isn't a whole heck of a lot of pre-20th c. architecture in L.A., either, so I guess I could just leave the "of the 20th century" part off of the previous sentence.) Even if you aren't interested in architecture, there's a very good chance you've seen some of his photographs.

Tessie slept through the whole thing, though, so she still hasn't seen any of his photographs. She also slept through all but the very loudest part of the puppet show, which was also the finale of the puppet show, so she was only wide awake after it was all over. Alas. Well, being wide awake in a library with no pressing demands on your time isn't such a terrible thing:

This picture didn't turn out the way I intended, but I like how it captures the challenge of keeping up with Tessie: