Found in LA: The Downside to Being an American Girl

Unless you've got a 6-11 year-old girl in your life, you've probably managed to avoid the notorious American Girl Place at the Grove (and you consider yourself lucky, indeed). Oh, you've heard tell of their ostentatious parties for little darlings and their little darling dollies (that's around $90 a pop to sip tiny cups of tea and get matching hairdos for each girl and her girl doll) but you've steered clear, right?*

LAist Featured Photos pool member staceyviera passed by this post-American Girl Place posse; check out the grown-up's weary expression (oddly matched by one of the kids--too much fun?) and what just might be freshly ribbon-adorned hairstyles (can't quite see if the dolls relegated to a shopping bag in lieu of proper baby transport have the same style going on, but, oh... it's possible) on the girls (in matching outfits).

Bottom line: Be thankful this isn't you. That kind of excitement level can be lethal at any age. It's not easy being an American Girl.

*This may have alerted your "cuteness!" meter, made your ovaries ache, or set off a yearning for a girlhood gone by. I guess we can't help that. But you're probably in the minority.