Rush, Ballard Estate (Indoors)
The dilemma of a super-hot summer is that it is vacation time and there are kids who haven't been dispatched to school. After days of pretending that they don't exist, you have to come to terms with the fact that they do. You have to spend time with them. And when you have two teenagers, you also have to accept that even threatening them with their lives may not get them out of bed at dawn. With that simple deduction, trekking and the outdoor activities stand eliminated, leaving you with fun things to do indoors. After five years of reviewing spaces for children in this city, there are only so many places left that cater to older kids and that I have not visited. That is how I find myself heading to the leafy Ballard Estate in search of Rush on a Wednesday.