Just in time for the Easter candy eggstravaganza, there's a new walk-through interactive experience at the Woodland Hills mall...
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...where at the end of last year I drove through tunnels and pathways decorated for Halloween and Christmas.
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It's called "Sugar Rush," and I was lucky enough to be invited to come check it out on foot this week upon its opening.
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To be honest, I wasn't there for the larger-than-life-sized candy. I was just up for anything a little different—and was happy to go along for the ride, no matter what it was.
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Across its 40,000+ square feet, this "candytropolis" has taken over the former Westfield Topanga mall parking lot with colorful tunnels...
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...dancing fantasy characters...
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...mythical creatures...
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...and, of course, candy throughout themed areas like "Bonbon Street" and "Gumdrop Park."
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There's a platform you can climb up onto where lollipops and other confections on sticks stand tall like that famous streetlight sculpture in front of the LA county museum of art.
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Maybe it's better to admire the sweet creations in full daylight...
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...or maybe it's better to let them fully glow in the night...
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...but I enjoyed witnessing the spectacle during that in-between period...
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...when the light comes from both within and from without.
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But as the darkness set in...
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...a darker side of the whimsy began to emerge.
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I started to wonder if the ocean could really be made of turquoise-colored gumball bubbles and stretched taffy waves...
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...and whether there was ever just really one way out of any given tunnel.
A delightful way to spend a Thursday night.
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