Yeah, okay. I know kids will be kids, and I certainly don't expect small children to be completely silent. That's unrealistic.

But to have two or three children playing, running at full-tilt around both a restaurant and a clothing store, emitting very, very loud bat-sounding shrieks when there are a whole lot of other people... come now. I'm serious--it wasn't the happy playing of children, it was a fricking shrieking volume contest they were holding.

So... people with small kids. Where do you take them to let them run off their energy? You're right--there aren't exactly a plethora of parks around, nor the appropriate weather. The little park near the Corniche wouldn't be so bad (near the tea kettle statue).