Happy 4th of July
One year a neighbor invited us to the exclusive 4th of July soiree at the Wilshire Country Club. Not knowing what to expect, we drove over to the club and inside the very big gates. Our daughter enjoyed the bar-b-que, moon-bounce, giant slides, enormous dance floor with DJ, ice cream sundaes, and of course a spectacular fireworks show. We thanked our friends for including us and drove home to put our little one to bed.
As we left the famous country club, we saw that all of the streets surrounding the gates were crowded with people gathered to watch the fireworks display. The next year, we ate dinner with our family and headed to the closest edge of the golf course to watch the show. There we found many of our neighbors. We plopped ourselves on the sidewalk and enjoyed summer night.
A friend told me that her neighborhoods gather outside the Lakeside Golf Club in Toluca Lake. In Brentwood, revelers sit along the grassy median on San Vicente Boulevard to watch Brentwood Country Club's display. Tonight our kids are looking forward to walking to that street in our neighborhood, where we will find our friends standing outside waiting, for what our three year old calls the 'big boom boom lights in the sky'.
The Fire Department website list all the fireworks shows in LA County. If you know of another festive place that people gather to celebrate, leave the information in the comments. Happy 4th of July!