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LA Adventure Specialist - 2:39 26 April 2010

The Crenshaw Farmers’ Market

The Crenshaw Farmers’ Market, formerly the Leimert Park Village Farmers’ Market, features 12 farmers and 7 food vendors who bring a diverse selection of fresh fruits and vegetables as well as spices, sprouts, breads, nuts, sweets and flowers each week. The market also hosts monthly events including cooking demonstrations, tastings, contests, children’s activities and live entertainment.

The Crenshaw Farmers’ Market is open year round and serves the communities of Angeles Mesa, Baldwin Hills, Crenshaw, Hyde Park, Leimert Park and View Park. A bit off the beaten path of Los Angeles tours, but worth the trip. The market is located at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza at 3650 Martin Luther King Jr. blvd, at Stocker St.

Name: Crenshaw Farmer’s Market
Day: Saturday
Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza
City: Los Angeles
County: Los Angeles
Manager: Betty Brown
Office Address: 6605 Hollywood Blvd. #220
Phone: (323) 463-3171
Fax: (323) 463-1062
Parking: Public parking at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza.

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LA Adventure Specialist - 2:29 23 April 2010

The Atwater Village Farmers’ Market

The Atwater Village Farmers’ Marketfeatures 12 farmers and 7 food vendors who bring a diverse selection of fresh fruits and vegetables as well as spices, sprouts, spreads, breads, meat, nuts, sweets and flowers each week. The market also hosts monthly events including cooking demonstrations, tastings, contests, children’s activities and live entertainment.

The Atwater Village market is open year round and serves the surrounding communities of Silverlake, Los Feliz, Glendale and Glassell Park, perfecting a day involving sightseeing tours Los Angeles . The market is located at 3250 Glendale Blvd., in the Wells Fargo Bank parking lot at Larga Ave.

Name: Atwater Village CFM
Day: Sunday
Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Location: 3250 Glendale Blvd. (at Brunswick)
City: Atwater Village
County: Los Angeles
Manager: Pompea Smith, Joyce Chan
Office Address: 6605 Hollywood Blvd. #220
Phone: (323) 463-3171
Fax: (323) 463-1062
Parking: Public parking lot is located across the street, just West of the market.
Web Site: NA

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LA Adventure Specialist - 6:15 21 April 2010

Gigi’s Farmer’s Market on Saturday’s

The Americana at Brand in Glendale is the younger sister to The Grove of LA; both children of Mr. Rick Carusso!  The Americana by itself it an attraction, a dining experience, and shopping extravaganza rolled into one…….but on Saturday’s it is even more fun with Gigi’s Farmer’s market; an atmosphere that conjures the spirit of European marketplaces.  Not too far off the beaten path of private tours of Los Angeles, and well worth the stop; fresh produce. delicious prepared foods, and live music.

Gigi’s Farmers Market This Saturday

Title: Gigi’s Farmers Market

Location: The Americana at Brand

Description: Gigi’s Farmers Market every Saturday from 10am – 2pm

Start Time: 10:00am

Date: Every Saturday

End Time: 2:00pm

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LA Adventure Specialist - 12:00 21 March 2010

The Gift That Says it Forever

File:HighVoltageTattoo02.jpgDo you know someone who watches the popular reality show LA Ink as they live vicariously through rock stars and scenesters who get their philosophies etched into their skin? Pop into the actual store where the program is shot and get a gift certificate for your ink-loving pal.  Countless  ”star tours Hollywood” pass by the shop daily.

The interesting part is that you can visit the shop when it is open, and most of the time they are filming.  You are stopped at the front door and have to read a bunch of disclosures that allow them to use your image on the show if they choose to; so check with you agent first, ok?  I like to take my clients in for a visit, if for no other reason to get a cool t-shirt.

High Voltage Tattoo
1259 North La Brea Ave.
West Hollywood, CA 90038
323-969-9820

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LA Adventure Specialist - 12:00 20 March 2010

Gifts for Skateboarders

This is a historic place in LA that every local skater knows about and tat visitors have on their list of “places to visit.”  It is not on Rodeo Drive, but it seems that everyone visiting LA has some kind of unique shopping agenda.

So buy a skateboard, why don’t you; and why not get the one you love a retro Dogtown or Alva deck at this skateboarding landmark.  Private Hollywood Tours are proficient at having valuable treasure bits of information like this for customized adventures.  Visit:

Rip City Skates
2709 Santa Monica Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310-828-0388

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LA Adventure Specialist - 11:11 19 December 2009

The Americana at Brand

The Americana at Brand is a large outdoor shopping community in Glendale, California. The site is owned by Caruso Affiliated, a real estate development of many other projects such as The Grove at Farmers Market in Los Angeles, CA. Americana at Brand has 75 retail shops and a variety of dining options. The Americana includes 100 condominiums and 238 apartments.

The Americana project stirred debate in Glendale for four years; with some merchants fearing the Grove-style “lifestyle center” would hurt businesses for stores along Brand Boulevard and in the Glendale Galleria. Some residents worried about overdevelopment and traffic.

Both The Americana and The Grove are organized upon the idea of a city center-with a mix of architectural styles, building heights and materials used, as well as vast open spaces at the projects’ center. Caruso Affiliated often sets their developments in place and time. The architectural style of the Americana is meant to reflect the industrial era, including a massive elevator shaft with exposed steel beams, in contrast to The Grove, which is based on 1940s Charleston, South Carolina. The Americana at Brand is much like The Grove in that it is designed to appear like a public space, but is private property, and is protected as such. However, the 2-acre park in the center of the complex is entirely public property, and a new place for LA tours to frequent.

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LA Adventure Specialist - 11:11 11 November 2009

Melrose Avenue

Melrose Ave. literally has dual personalities. Since the early ’80s, the stretch of Melrose between Fairfax and La Brea avenues has defined hip shopping in Los Angeles. The storefronts alone are works art, and the almost dozen blocks are still packed with people trying to score the latest attire. Don’t miss out on Red Balls, Slow, and Von Dutch for great clothing. Aardvark’s and Wasteland specialize in secondhand items.
On west side of Fairfax Avenue, Melrose has evolved as a high-end shopping destination. Stores such as Miu Miu, Fred Segal’s, Costume National, and Forinara all have made it a deserving alternative to the Robertson Boulevard experience. Everything from lingerie at Agent Provocateur to great home accessories at designer Jonathan Adler’s store round out this unique L.A. shopping experience. Over the years we have taken clients to Melrose for hours and even enjoyed a Los Angeles helicopter charter for shopping in Palm Springs all in the same day. Enjoy all of Melrose, between San Vicente and La Brea Ave., Los Angeles CA

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LA Adventure Specialist - 11:11 10 November 2009

Westwood Village

In the early ’80s, before The Grove, this small five-block square retail village used to pack in up to 100,000 people a night. For a small moment in time it was, L.A.’s answer to Times Square. It used to be the place where a great percentage of Hollywood films opened, determined by how well they were received by the UCLA students who crammed into the theaters.

Now it is a far relaxed Village, with its mix of stores and restaurants catering to students and elegant clothing stores catering to wealthier clientele from the surrounding upscale neighborhoods, visiting makes this a great cultural addition to doing many of the “star tours Hollywood.” The stunning old bank building at the heart of the Village that has been converted into the pricey, white-hot Eurochow restaurant. Bordered by the UCLA campus, Wilshire Blvd., Gayley Ave. and Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles CA

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LA Adventure Specialist - 11:11 9 October 2009

It’s a Wrap

showroomThis is the only company on the planet that offers the general public the opportunity to purchase actual wardrobe and props from movie and TV sets for sale in 2 fabulous retail stores. The folks from “It’s a Wrap” pick up wardrobe and props off the sets or out of the wardrobe or prop departments of major motion picture studios and independent production companies. Shoppers have the unique and special opportunity to purchase an item from a film or TV show-movie history can hang in your closet or decorate your home! The studios buy all types of clothing to dress the character from a movie or TV show.

It’s a Wrap sells designer labels such as Giorgio Armani, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Thierry Mugler, Anne Klein, Barney’s, Romeo Gigli, Escada, Prada, Hugo Boss, Canali, Ralph Lauren, Tahari, Nicole Miller, Ellen Tracy, Carroll and Company, St. John, Bagley Mishka, Jean Paul Gaultier, Gianfranco Ferre, Yves St. Laurent, Anna Sui, Betsy Johnson, Product, Versace, Moschino, Chanel, Ann Taylor, DKNY, Dana Buchman, Banana Republic, Gap and more!!! Most items in their stores are priced at 35% to 95% OFF retail price! I have often thought of opening my own kind of store called “tour vans Los Angeles” dedicated to selling the piles of designer clothing left behind on tours; but I have an excellent track record of tracking down my clients and returning their forgotten articles. Celebs dig “It’s a wrap too! Their customers include Gena Davis, Drew Barrymore, The Olsen Twins, Shirley MacLaine, John Tesh, Anthony Hopkins, Joe Mantegna, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Brittany Murphy, David Arquette, Patricia Arquette, Shannen Doherty, Angela Bassett, Shelley Michelle, Mark Harmon, Mario Lopez, Nicole Eggert, Margaret Scarborough… and more. I am telling you……..add this to your list, because this place is simply the coolest! 3315 W. Magnolia Blvd. Burbank, CA 91505(818) 567-7366 or 1164 S. Robertson Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90035 (310) 246-WRAP (9727)

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LA Adventure Specialist - 11:11 8 October 2009

Pre-owned Luxury Handbags

silhoueteYesterday, I was doing what I like to call “Professional Ease Dropping” while on Rodeo drive. Generally speaking, women unlike most men like to share their experiences with the process of “consumer spending” where as men typically like to simply show off the toys they bought. I digress. Two ladies chatting at 2 Rodeo Drive were talking about Pre-owned Luxury HandBags. So there I was 5 feet away Googling it on my Blackberry. Turns out, Fashionphile is the largest pre-owned luxury handbag business in the country. It is a family-owned and operated business, located just off of Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, CA.

Founder Davis says, “I started Fashionphile in 1999 as a way to pay off my law school loans. Over time, and with an enormous amount of help from my family, Fashionphile has earned an un-rivaled national reputation for selling only authentic luxury bags. Our mission is to make shopping for pre-owned bags easy, fun, and safe.” The fact that I find this stuff interesting, even though I do not own a hand bag and never will, explains why I often look down at my shirt to see if it reads, “sightseeing tours Los Angeles.” I suppose I just like to know, and share, then know some more. So if handbags stir the urge for you to “consume” go to: 9551 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills, California 90210 / or call: 310.279.1136

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