'Hood #10: Miracle Mile for the LA County Museum of Art

Today was Free Museum Day in LA, and therefore the perfect day to visit the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in LA's Miracle Mile neighborhood (on what's known as "Museum Row").  I've been to the 'hood's most famous museum—the La Brea Tar Pits—but amazingly enough, never to the art museum.

I met up with my Aunt Marcy and her sons (my cousins, although they're more like nephews) Nick and Simon.  The boys went to view the Japanese section first, and Marcy and I beelined it for the European paintings (her favorite) and the Contemporary section (my favorite).  

The place was positively loaded with Picassos—and enough other big name artists, i.e., your Warhols, Magrittes, Dalis, etc., that it was a fun mix of exploring unfamiliar works and visiting "old friends." 

And free for the day!  

Not only that, but as I was pulling out of the parking lot prepared to pay my $12, the attendant laughed when he put in my ticket, told me the machine messed up, and buzzed me through for free, saying, "This is your lucky day." 

As an fyi, even though this was a special event, LACMA is always free on the second Tuesday of each month, as well as after 3 p.m. for LA County residents on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.