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Los Feliz Village Summer Fair 7-31-10
The local businesses on Vermont, Hillhurst and Hollywood are celebrating summer with specials and discounts!
See the best Los Feliz has to offer – they’ll have the welcome mat out with 30-70% discount specials, strolling musicians, face painting, live entertainment & music and a scavenger hunt. Enjoy your favorite hang-outs and get to know Los Feliz’s new businesses.
Pick up a comprehensive map of participating members & planned events on the complimentary transports. Free transportation throughout the Village provided. Stops will be posted throughout the Village. Just one of the many annual and ongoing things to do in Los Angeles.
Get a chance to win a 3G IPAD! $1 raffle tickets will be available at several locations throughout the Village. Proceeds to benefit the Barnsdall Art Center.
Join the fun, relive the good times and celebrate at the Los Feliz Village Summer Fair.
Star Tours in Hollywood
When most people think of star tours Hollywood, they conjure images of guided tours through gated communities with fans hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorite celebs. This is certainly one of the most popular forms of star tours in LA, but it’s not the only one. Disneyland boasts its own version of Star Tours, although you won’t be driving through the pristine gardens of Beverly Hills.
Disneyland’s Star Tours is a Star Wars-themed ride that has been a part of the park for years. Unlike other rides which take you on a track, Star Tours is more like an interactive movie theatre. You sit in theatre style chairs with about 25 other people and watch an immense screen take you through the Star Wars universe. During the ride, the entire platform the seats are connected to moves and gyrates, giving you the impression that you are actually flying through a galaxy far, far away.
Seeing the City of Angels from the Clouds
Lost Angeles is notorious for its horrendous traffic, and when my wife and I recently visited the area on a business trip, the city certainly lived up to its reputation. Although we had the luxury of taking company taxis to and from everywhere we needed to be, we still had to allot ample time for travel. Since neither of us had ever been to the city before, we didn’t want to leave without a proper tour.
The prospect of spending an entire day fighting the traffic, however, was neither attractive nor feasible with my business schedule. Luckily, we were able to find a company that charters Los Angeles helicopter tours. Although we couldn’t see many of the sites close up, it did allow us to take in all of the major attractions in a fraction of the time.
Taking a Tour of My New Hometown
Despite the fact that I have lived in Los Angeles a little over a year, I’ve had few opportunities to explore the sights the city has to offer. Due to my hectic work schedule, I hardly have a spare minute to spend traveling the city at my leisure. I’ve expressed my desire to see the city several times to my boyfriend, and for my birthday last we he surprised me with a pair of LA tours.
The tours were everything that I thought they would be, taking us to some of the famous haunts of bygone Hollywood stars, as well as some of the most popular current attractions. While my boyfriend was visibly bored most of the day, as he has lived in Southern California his entire life, we even stopped at a couple of sites he wasn’t familiar with. Now that I’ve become more acquainted with the city, I’m going to make a concerted effort to begin exploring on my own.
Los Angeles Attractions: Sunset Trip
The Sunset Strip has been the crux of numerous songs and films, but few people are aware of the actual history of this iconic stretch of Sunset Boulevard. Walking down The Strip it’s impossible to not become inundated by the surfeit of advertisements that are now emblematic of the area. During the 1970s, the Strip became a haven for rock stars and groupies, and its reputation as a reprieve for Hollywood celebrities remains intact.
Not only is there a litany of restaurants, stores and clubs littering the strip, but it also features high-end condominium complexes. Many A-list celebrities also reside in the Hollywood Hills, which are located just above the Sunset Strip. If you want the full Sunset Strip experience, your best bet is to employ some tour vans Los Angeles on your next visit.
PHOTOS: Universal Studios VIP FAM Tour
There are A LOT of photos from our VIP Familiarization Tour and romp up to the Hollywood Sign, scattered randomly for you to enjoy!
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- VIP Breakfast Time!
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- A VIP Breakfast!
PHOTOS: Concierge Segway FAM Tour
This was an amazing Concierge Familiarization Tour!
Segway Training! It's easy and FUN
Getting hang of it!
Nestor the Segway Master!
Road Ready!
Venice here we come!!
Tony is loving it!!
Confidently Segway-ing!!
Peace - Love - Segway
The Goof Troop
The Goof Troop in color
Segway-ing through the Venice canals
Conquering a Venice Canal bridge!
Venice Canal-scape
At this point Nestor is an expert on this machine!!!
The tunnel beneath Santa Monica Pier! SOOOO COOOLLLL!!!
Los Angeles Attractions: The Miracle Mile
As one of the most densely populated areas of Los Angeles, The Miracle Mile is a buzzing stretch of Wilshire Boulevard located in-between Fairfax and La Brea Avenues. Many people are probably most familiar with The Miracle Mile through the 1988 film of the same name, but the area is one of the busiest in Los Angeles. The buildings lining the Boulevard are classic art deco structures and a spectacle in themselves.
One of the main attractions on the stretch is the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which features four separate buildings and a wealth of original artwork. Traffic, as can be imagined, is a constant struggle, and as such, many people opt for Los Angeles helicopter tours while taking in the site—although you will have to venture in on foot to see the museum.
LA PHIL
The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil, LAP, or LAPO) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. It has a regular season of concerts from October through June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from July through September. Gustavo Dudamel is the current Music Director, and Esa-Pekka Salonen is Conductor Laureate.
Music critics have described the orchestra as the most “contemporary minded”, “forward thinking”, “talked about and innovative”, “venturesome and admired” orchestra in America. According to Salonen, “We are interested in the future. We are not trying to re-create the glories of the past, like so many other symphony orchestras.”
The orchestra played its first season at Trinity Auditorium at Grand Ave and Ninth Street. In 1920, it moved to Fifth Street and Olive Ave, in a venue that had previously been known as Clune’s Auditorium, but was renamed Philharmonic Auditorium. From 1964 to 2003, the orchestra played its main subscription concerts in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center. In 2003, a move was made to the newWalt Disney Concert Hall next door designed by Frank Gehry. Its current “winter season” runs from October through late May or early June.
Since 1922, the orchestra has played outdoor concerts during the summer at the Hollywood Bowl, with the official “summer season” running from July through September; private tour guides will encourage the purchase of tickets while pointing out current venues on private sightseeing tours Los Angeles.
The LA Philharmonic has played at least one concert a year in its sister city, Santa Barbara, presented by the Community Arts Music Association (CAMA), along with other regular concerts throughout various Southern California cities such as Costa Mesa as part of the Orange County Philharmonic Society’s series, San Diego, Palm Springs, among many others. In addition, the orchestra plays a number of free community concerts throughout Los Angeles County.
Good Bagels in LA ?
Do not let anyone tell you that Los Angeles does not have a good Bagel! Private tour guides can not only tell you where the stars live, but where they eat too! The Bagel Broker, the best in the bagel business in the heart of the Fairfax district. They have been serving 19 varieties of fresh bagels, delicious pastries, homemade salads and brewed-to-perfection coffee for over 20 years. This is the place to stop while on private tours of Los Angeles!
Open Monday – Friday from 6am to 5pm and on Saturday and Sunday from 6:30 am to 4pm.
7825 beverly blvd. los angeles, ca 90036
“Hands down, the best bagels in LA. They are chewy on the outside, soft on the inside, fresh as can be. Go for breakfast or for lunch. They deliver bagels to a lot of the area businesses” – WeHo News