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Temecula Party Bus

All aboard your party bus for a fun tour of Temecula!

Make the Beacon Lounge at 27725 Jefferson Ave your first stop on your party bus tour of Temecula. Since the 1950s this lounge has been quenching the thirst of patrons and locals. There is a fun dance club for your party bus gang to enjoy and there is always a billiards table racked up with your name on it. Enjoy a game and a cold pitcher of beer with your party bus gang.


Etc Sports Lounge at 27423 Jefferson Ave is a great local hangout that will welcome your party bus group with open arms. There is a myriad of things to do besides the great drinks and cold pitchers of beer on tap. There is karaoke on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday in case anyone in your party bus group is feeling brave or had enough drinks!

High Society Billiard and Dart Club at 28950 Old Town Front Street has a lot of fun in store for your party bus gang. Order up a drink from the fully loaded bar, enjoy the music played over the state of the art sound system or a order a round of cold beers on tap served up to your party bus gang. There are pool and darts available and even tournaments on some nights.

For something a little off the beaten path, take your party bus gang to Temecula Wine and Beer Garden at 28464 Old Town Front Street and sample some of the best local wines in the valley. There is live music on weekends and your party bus group will always feel warmly welcomed.

Temecula is ready and waiting for your next outing, book your group a party bus tour of Tememcula today!

Phoenix Party Bus

Bring your party bus group to the famous city of Phoenix for a night you will never forget.

A great starting point for your party bus journey is Rock Bottom Brewery. This Phoenix establishment serves delicious food and homemade brew. This is a national chain, but is always a great place to begin your party bus night. Gather your friends together here while you sample some of their famous nachos and beer bread. They are to die for.

Next, head the party bus over to Phoenix's own bar called A League of Our Own. This jazz club features live music Wednesday through Saturday nights. The swanky club has the ability to get anyone in your party bus group in a partying mood. Friendly faces adorn this club. They offer stiff drinks at reasonable prices and have stellar service.

If you have never been to Phoenix, then your party bus has never experienced any club like the Buzz. This club has a huge dance floor that can accommodate the large crowds it draws. It is one of the largest dance floors in the Valley and has the highest tech sounds and lights to enhance your party bus experience. This bar is one of the favorites for young inhabitants and visitors of the Phoenix area.

After a rough night of dancing and drinking, your party bus group should be ready for a little recuperation. Try Mimi's Cafe in Phoenix. Here your clan can experience great food and strong coffee while recovering from the long night. The service is fantastic and the food is even better. Rehash over the night as you plan your next Phoenix party bus excursion.

Phoenix is not just the capitol of Arizona. They have much to offer. There is a ton of entertainment just waiting for your party bus to enjoy.

Skirball Cultural Center

The Skirball Cultural Center has made itself one of the world's most dynamic Jewish cultural institutions, and is a landmark cultural venue.

The mission of the Skirball Cultural Center is to explore the connections between four thousand years of Jewish heritage and the vitality of American democratic ideals.

It sounds like a stretch until you see it in action and see that it is very possible to be both a good Jewish person as well as a good American. This facility seeks to welcome and inspire people of every ethnic and cultural identity in American life. Everyone is welcome at this facility regardless of religious affiliation.

The Skirball features an extraordinary museum, changing exhibitions, engaging music, theater, comedy, film, family, and literary programs, Zeidler's Cafe, and Audrey's Museum store all in a stunning architectural setting designed by renowned architect Moshe Safdie.

Nearly 400,000 people visit the Skirball each year. They may be coming to enjoy an exhibition, attend a music program, participate in a meeting hosted by a community organization, educational institution, or local business, or partake in a life-cycle event such as a baby naming, wedding, or memorial service.

Interestingly, the Skirball's acclaimed school program serves over 30,000 children and teachers annually from public, private, and parochial schools. The Skirball traces the experiences and accomplishments of the Jewish people over four thousand years.

There are numerous exhibitions to tour, the galleries include multimedia installations, rare artifacts, photographs, interactive computer stations, and sound recordings that lead visitors on the Jewish people's journey, culminating with their history in the United States.

Come visit the Skirball on your next visit to Los Angeles.

Sedalia Party Bus

Start off your party bus tour in Sedalia at the Magic City Night Club Lounge where your group can gather and have drinks or a pitcher of cold beer as magicians perform right at your party bus group's table. There are snacks available and ask about the drink specials.

Steve's Korner Lounge is a cozy stop for your party bus excursion of Sedalia. This fun stop has the usual pub grub available and a great staff. There are ample drinks available at the bar and there is always cold beer on tap for your party bus pal's enjoyment.

Ramada Inn Sedalia is another fun destination along the way for your party bus gang. There is always a comfortable seat and good drinks available. Some nights have live entertainment available, other nights have music played over a sound system, either way there is always something good for your party bus gang to listen to why they tip up a few glasses.

Chez When Cocktail Lounge is a comfortable stop on your party bus tour in Sedalia. Pull up a chair and gather around a table and order a round of drinks or a pitcher of cold beer for your party bus gang. There is usually a mix of Jazz and Blues played and some nights a live band is available. Your party bus gang will enjoy the cozy, cool atmosphere of this stop.

Bears is a rustic stop on your party bus outing in Sedalia, this place has dozens of beers to choose from, a fully stocked bar and even pool tables available if anyone in your party bus gang feels the needs to rack 'em up and hit a few balls.

There isn't a better way to see Sedalia than in your own private party bus, charter your next outing today!

Page Museum La Brea Tar Pits

Located in Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in the heart of Los Angeles, the Page Museum has the one of the world's largest and most diverse collection of extinct Ice Age plants and animals. If you are interested in how the world looked thousands of years ago, then this is a must see museum for you.

One can see and learn about Los Angeles as it was between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago. A few of the animals you will see on your visit, are the saber-toothed cats and other sometimes bizarre looking now extinct species of mammals that once roamed the Los Angeles basin.

Who says window watching can't be fun? Viewing through the windows of the Page Museum, visitors can see actual bones of extinct animals being cleaned and repaired. Take a walk outside of the Museum, in Hancock Park, and you will see several, now extinct, life-size replicas of mammals. In late summer outdoor excavation pits show the process of just how bones are found and recovered.

Helpful information:
Location: 5801 Wilshire Blvd.,Los Angeles, CA 90036

Hours of operation:Monday through Friday 9:30a.m. - 5:00p.m.
Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays, 10:00a.m. to 5:00p.m.
Admission is free to all on the first Tuesday of each month.
The Museum is closed on Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.

Admission costs:$7.00 for adults; $4.50 for seniors 62 years old and older, as well as for students with a valid I.D.; $2.00 for children 5- 12 years old always get in free.

For an interesting look at the past, come see the Page Museum La Brea Tar Pits.

Avila Adobe Museum

Is one of the oldest homes in the Los Angeles area. It has a long history.
It was originally constructed by Don Avila, the mayor at the time, who began construction of his adobe home in 1818. A site was selected just a few hundred feet north of the town's plaza, where the citizens gathered on a regular basis. He built his house on the east side of Olvera Street, one of the oldest streets in Los Angeles that was also the social center of town.

The plaza where the Avila Adobe is located today is not the original plaza. The first site was settled by Felipe de Neve and the eleven pobladores (settlers) on September 4, 1781, may have been near the point where the Hollywood Freeway crosses the west bank of the Los Angeles River today.

This original site was washed away by floods, not once but twice.
Residents finally began rebuilding the plaza area in a place that did not flood.

By 1928, the area had fallen into decay. The once prominent and lively plaza fell victim to neglect and in time it became an urban slum, a skid row.
Filled with crime and dilapidated houses.

The Avila Adobe was among those houses that were in a huge state of disrepair until a young woman named Christine Sterling was taking a walk in the area and envisioned the entire plaza revitalized. She also knew the history of the Avila Adobe and felt strongly against the old home being razed. She launched a drive to have the home declared a historic landmark.

The house was restored using the traditional methods to make the restorations as authentic to the original designs as possible. The sturdy walls of the Avila adobe were between two and a half to three feet thick and made from sun baked adobes bricks. The only main change was to the roofing of the Avila Adobe. The original roof was flat, not angled as it appears today. Natural "Brea" or tar was brought from the pools of asphaltum located near the north boundary line of his Rancho La Cienegas. These tar pits may still be seen at Hancock Park on Wilshire Boulevard. The brea was mixed with rocks and horsehair, then applied to the rough wooden beams of the roof. This mixture created a seal protecting the contents of the house from the elements and to this day works very well. The Avila Adobe is open for tours from Tuesday through Friday 10AM-3PM.

The Avila adobe survives as a legacy to the great city's historic and cultural past.

Los Angeles Old Plaza

The Old Plaza was an old gathering spot. When Christine Sterling was working to revitalize Olvera Street from ruin, she also worked on the Old Plaza area.

Originally this area was imagined Mexican landscape not unlike the renowned tourist districts of Mexican border cities. The theme of this area was "old Mexico," pitting a timeless, romantic, Spanish-Mexican culture against industrialization, immigration, urban decay and modern life itself.

The streets that border the plaza now feature rows and rows of curio shoppes, and eateries just to name a few. There are a myriad of things to see and do around the plaza.

During the time that the civic department wanted to revitalize Los Angeles and the downtown area, Old Plaza was slated for revitalization due to a major slum area developing due to lack of commercial development.

This unique place is a center for all kinds of meeting places and shops. There are also a number of historical houses in this area. Today, the Plaza and Olvera Street site comprise the forty-four acre El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, El Pueblo Monument is at once the historic heart of Los Angeles, a popular tourist site, a Mexican-American cultural symbol, and a complex microcosm for shifting cultural and political agendas in Los Angeles.

The Plaza is still a magnet for the locals to come gather, and if you get a chance to stop in this area during your tour of Los Angeles, be sure to take a stop by Old Plaza and take in the very history of this place and its people.

Museum Of Neon Art

Other than a Museum of a similiar ilk located in Nevada,this is the only museum of its kind. It features all types of neon signs from vintage signs to decorative lamps--one collection that's all gas, glass and kitsch.

There are works of neon art from the 1940s liquor store signs to actual artistic renderings. Moving lights and silly sounds lend a playful feel to the gallery. Both kids and grown-ups will enjoy this museum.

Most of the work was salvaged from mid-century signage to kinetic pieces of contemporary sculpture created by artists for the Burning Man installations.
The museum regularly showcases works from the permanent collection and also present about half a dozen original exhibitions every year.

There are a number of antique signs that have been restored and the differences in the signage from the 1940s to the present is a very interesting exhibit. There are also some truly elaborate neon designs, signs that make use of animation and other intriguing creations.

There are almost 50 artists represented in its permanent collection gallery and there is something interesting to see around every corner. If you thought neon signs were just for low-rent motels, barbershops and restraurants, think again. You will see some amazing works of art.

The cost to get in for all this fun is $5; Seniors and Students with a valid I.D. are admitted for $3.50.

The staff is ultra-friendly and you are guaranteed an unusual and enjoyable time at this venue. If you happen to be visiting the Museum of Neon Art on the second Thursday of every month, your admission is free!

Peterson Automotive Museum

This historical automotive museum located in Los Angeles, California, is the long time dream of Robert E. Petersen and his wife Margie. Contributing over $30 million dollars to the Petersen Automotive Museum makes it one of the largest gifts made to any museum in the country.

It is one of the world's largest, most innovative automotive museums.
There are four floors of automotive history, including it's influence to our culture. The visitor can enter this 300,000 square foot and view such exhibits as lifelike dioramas, as well as 150 rare and classic cars, trucks and motorcycles.

You will be treated to exhibition galleries consisting of state-of-the-art race cars, vintage motorcycles, concept cars, celebrity owned and movie used vehicles.

On the third floor one will find the May Family Children's Discovery Center. It is a 6,500 square-foot, hands-on learning center. Teaching children basic scientific principles regarding the automobile's functions. The Sparkletts Truck brings fun and excitement to your young children and toddlers with it's special "Discovery Bottles". The bottles are filled with educational games and puzzles to entertain and educate the child.

Other helpful information:
Hours: Closed on Mondays, and Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. Tuesday through Sunday 10:00a.m. - 6:00p.m.

Admission:
$10.00 Adults
$ 5.00 Seniors (62 and over)
$ 5.00 Students with I.D.
$ 3.00 Children (5 - 12 years)
Free Members and children under 5

Should you wonder just what you might have looked like dressed up in historical motoring attire, then wonder no more. The Museum offers you the perfect opportunity to dress up in the goggles, coats, and scarves of the early motoring era. Photographs can be taken in the 1910 Model T for your photo album, providing you with a once in a lifetime memento.

Exposition Park

If you ever wanted to go just one place and visit a multitude of places, Exposition Park is the destination for you. Originally it was developed as a showground for agricultural affairs of the area. Eventually, it fell into an extreme state of disrepair and because State Land in the 1880s. The area became crime ridden and it caught the attention of William Bowen, who saw a good potential in the park beyond all the crime and riff-raff. The land was re-developed to be a grand park and reopened to the public in 1913.

The park is richly landscaped and the rose garden carries a jaw-dropping 16,000 donated rose bushes.

You can see Natural History Museum of L.A. County where the indiginous peoples and wildlife of the area of featured in exhibits throughout the Museum. Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena and Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum are interesting destinations with rich histories of wins and losses. If your favorite team is in town, check out a game.

California Science Center is a place where hands on is encouraged. Numerous exhibits highlight scientific studies and other realms of science. There is something for everyone at this locale.

Aerospace Museum has a rich number of exhibits highlighting man's obsession with flight. Imax Theatre is always good for a show, you will feel like you're part of the show! California African-American Museum is an awesome stop, as it highlights the sacrifices and contributions by great African-Americans.

John F. Kenndey gave his acceptance speech for the 1960 Presidential elections in this park and numerous others have spoken here.

Exposition Park truly has history and venues for everyone.

Party Bus to Dothan

Pile your friends on in to a party bus to Dothan, Alabama. Why? You may ask that now, but after you visit Dothan you'll be saying why didn't we come here before and when can we come back?

The Old Mill Restaurant is one reason for sure. Your party bus will truly enjoy this Alabama restaurant. Located on Murphy Mill Road in Dothan, The Old Mill is like no other you've seen before. This rustic old mill offers some of the best BBQ in the whole state of Alabama. Steaks and fresh seafood top off the menu at this characteristically country stop on your party bus tour. And the tall cool drinks will make you want to stop and sit a spell.

Not to be outdone, your next stop on your party bus tour should be Mrs. Boomer's Pub and Grill at 256 North Foster Street in Downtown. Possibly the best burger you'll ever eat is being made a hundred times a day right here at Mrs. Boomer's. Do not leave without trying the famous "Boomer Burger". It would truly be a crime. Maybe the crime is how the locals refer to Mrs. Boomer's as the place to get some "lousy food and hot beer". Something keeps them coming back for more and more and more. This eccentric establishment is your second stop on your party bus stop for sure.

Now, if you're wanting fresh seafood, don't go any further than Hunt's Steak, Seafood and Oyster Bar out on Campbellton Highway. And when we say fresh we mean fresh. The raw oysters are to die for! Partner that with an ice cold draft and you won't know what to do with yourself 'cause it will seem like you are in Heaven. Not sure if you want steak or seafood? Why make a choice? Only the best grade A beef is used at Hunt's. Partner that up with your favorite catch from the sea, and you've got a dinner worth sitting down for. The top shelf cocktails aren't anything to turn down either!

Now, doesn't that sound good? Get on your party bus and get over to Dothan.

Elysian Park Los Angeles

Elysian Park is a great get away for a day. This nearly 600-acre park is the second largest in Los Angeles and has been a public park since 1781. There are still several unspoiled hiking trails on which to trek. The area known as the Chavez Ravine Arboretum is dotted with rare trees planted throughout the 19th century.

The park is open from 6am-sunset daily. Additionally, Elysian Park is home to numerous historic sites, including the Los Angeles Police Academy and Barlow Hospital, that are linked by miles of walking trails.

The park got its start in 1769, Gaspar de Portola and Father Juan Crespi camped on the river bank opposite Buena Vista Hill and Yang-Na Indian villagers greeted the Spaniards with and drink and the Spaniards established a small settlement.

In 1781, the Pueblo of Los Angeles was officially established by Spanish California Governor Felipe de Neve with the Royal Grant of 4 square Spanish leagues (translated into 28 square miles or about 17,000 acres) of Pueblo Lands. Interestingly, of this land granted, the approximately 575-acre Elysian Park is the last remaining large piece of this entire land grant.

In 1886, the Mayor and City Council of Los Angeles dedicated the Rock Quarry Hills as a city park forever, and renamed it Elysian Park (Elysian is derived from the Greek word paradise). Subsequent city charters have protected dedicated park lands and their use for park purposes eternally.

Presently, Elysian serves as a great place to get away and enjoy nature at its finest. This park is extremely well maintained and many of the trails are completely natural and appear to have very little wear.

Enjoy Elysian Park on your next tour of Los Angeles.

Craft And Folk Art Museum

Next time you're in Los Angeles, make sure to schedule a stop by the Craft and Folk Art Museum. This fantastic display of creative efforts from artists who are mostly considered unskilled and untrained makes for a fantastic feast for the eyes.

Some of the art is functional,some is pure whimsy. The Museum was founded by Edith Wyle who originally called the facility "The Egg and The Eye" and she was truly passionate about promoting unknown and traditional artisans.
The Museum itself opened in 1974.

Presently, the Museum is the only organization in the city whose sole purpose is the development of public programs designed to benefit and encourage awareness and appreciation of the cultural diversity and history of Los Angeles through folk art.

Another endeavor of the Museum is to preserve and strengthen the folk culture of the community based on its belief that the quality of urban life is directly related to the vitality and diversity of viewpoints and traditions. Art affects people and no stronger community statements are communicated than though the art of its people.

The International Festival of Masks was founded by the Museum in 1976 and has become a tradition. Numerous Los Angeles schools, ethnic centers, museums and non-profit institutions participate in this yearly even that brings together many diverse groups of people and celebrates diversity.

There are numerous changing events throughout the year and you honestly never know what you're going to find at the Museum. Guest artisans put on demonstations several times a year and there is usually a great exhibition to take in.

Make sure The Craft and Folk Art Museum is on your touring agenda!

Los Angeles Fashion District

Now known as "The Garment District", this Mecca for shopping is located in downtown Los Angeles and is continually expanding. It currently lists at 82 city blocks of shops, market centers and apparel marts.

Serving both buyers and the general public, the district boasts a huge concentration of fashion-related businesses and a block devoted to every type of fabric imaginable, where bargaining and haggling is the norm.

If you see something you like, traditionally you would try to strike a deal.
It's okay with most merchants to offer less and try to get a deal. There is a good deal of "deal making" at these venues.

There is an interesting area called Santee Alley a densely populated "back alley" shopping path between Maple and Santee Street, stretching from Olympic to Pico. This alley is notorious for being home to a large concentration of bootleggers, trying to sell a variety of faux designer goods, ripped DVDs, and other stolen or bootleg items. There are numerous designer knock-offs and police raids are not uncommon to catch these dealers in stolen and fraudulant property. Despite this, there are many reputable and honest merchants in the alley.

In the past several years, a huge push was made to revitalize this area in 1995 with the development of the Downtown Property Owners Association (DPOA) which launched one of California's first property based business improvement districts (BID) giving the Garment District a new name in the process. There are also strict policing within the garment community of bootleggers and other illegal activities that before had been merely tolerated.

Check out the Fashion District on your next visit to Los Angeles.

Armand Hammer Museum

The Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Culture Center (AHMACC) opened to the public in November 1990. It was originally founded by Dr. Armand Hammer and financed by Occidental, the Museum was built adjacent to the Corporation's international headquarters in Westwood.

At the time of its opening, the Museum featured galleries for Dr. Hammer's collections - old master paintings and drawings, and a collection of works on paper by Honore Daumier and his contemporaries - as well as galleries for traveling exhibitions and non-permanent installations.

Dr. Hammer died in December 1990, three weeks after the opening of the Museum. Upon his death, all construction was halted and the building was never completed, leaving many spaces unfinished. This makes for an interesting view as it seems parts of the dream died with the man.

In 1992, the Museum was assumed by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), In April 1994, the partnership with UCLA was finalized and the following year the University relocated to the Hammer its collections and the staff of the Wight Art Gallery. The Hammer also assumed responsibility for the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden, located at the north end of the UCLA campus.

The Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center is now operated by the University of California, Los Angeles. Its collections are considered among some of the best in the country and with its frequently changing exhibits, there is always something new to see.

If you are planning to visit the Los Angeles area soon, make it a point to stop by the Armand Hammer museum, there are a myriad of great artworks to view.

Andean Adomos Tour

Andean Adornos is a must see on your tour of Los Angeles sites. This is an awesome place to pick up a unique, exquisitely crafted piece of jewelry or mask or other accessory inspired by the beauty and color of South America and crafted by Andean hands.

Janice Arce is a native South American and her love of her home country and fantastic design style equals jewelry designs that can't be beat. Her creations include pieces with rare gemstones such as the mystical Peruvian Opal, colorful Peruvian Turquoise, and other unique South American gemstones.

There are beautiful masks, hand woven baby blankets, candles, artfully decorated pillows and intriguing hats all items are created by hand from skilled South American artisans

There is an enourmous collection of Kantu Masks at Andean Adomos. The Kantu Masks are created as an ancient Peruvian way to honor loved ones that have passed on to their next life. The ancient Peruvians sustained a deep sense of life after death that led them to the development of complicated funeral rites and burial accoutrements for the purpose of saying farewell to their loved ones as they embark on their voyage to the afterlife. The Kantu Masks are still made in this tradition.

The tea tree candles are outstanding and there are darling traditionally crafted Peruvian dolls that will look as nice in a young girl's arms as on a shelf as part of a prized collection.

Other cultures of the area that are represented here include: Chancay, Vicus, Tiahuanaco, Lambayeque, Nazca, Mochica, Wari, and Inca.

The next time you find yourself in Los Angeles, make sure to visit Andean Adornos.

Angels Flight Funicular Railway

This railway was offline from running the Los Angeles Streets for nearly 27 years. When this historic mode of transporation re-opened, for only 25 cents a ride, you could be taken to Downtown Los Angeles, where you could go to the Broadway Retail District or the Grand Central Market. The Angel Flight Railway would also take you to the modern financial district atop the hill, ending at the California Plaza Watercourt, featuring shops, a large number of restaurants and a public live entertainment space with some intriguing water-jet displays. The Museum of Contemporary Art is within walking distance of the last stop on of the Angels Flight Railway.

The railway was open seven days a week from 6:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., except for the first and third Tuesdays of each month, when the flight is temporarily closed for maintenance from 6:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.

The history of the Angels Flight is interesting, originally known as the "Los Angeles Incline Railway," was built in 1901 by Col. J.W. Eddy to connect the original Downtown shopping district below with the posh residential district of Bunker Hill. Angels Flight was known "The World's Shortest Railway," with its two counterbalanced passenger cars making the daily runs - all for a nickel.

Shortly after World War II era, as Los Angeles grew, the Bunker Hill area became a slum and slowly the posh houses were either razed or turned into boarding houses. Angels Flight, however, was not demolished but merely dismantled, by the City, who promised to move and re-build the Los Angeles landmark in the future. After a few decades, Angels Flight did evenutally reopen but was closed following an accident on February 1, 2001 that killed one person and injured seven. There are no plans at the present time to open then funicular for operations. The location is availble for self-touring.

If you want to see a closed and interesting chapter of Los Angeles history, make a stop by Angels Flight.

Natural Museum of Los Angeles County

Called the Crown Jewel of Los Angeles' museums, the Natural Museum of Los Angeles County, opened it's doors to the public in 1913. Housing over 33 million spectacular, diverse specimens and artifacts makes it one of the largest historical museums in the Western United States. The Museums collection of specimens and artifacts document over 4.5 billion years of Earth's history.

The Natural Museum of Los Angeles County is made up of four museums:
The Natural History Museum-Exposition Park, the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, the Petersen Automotive Museum and the William S. Hart Museum in Newell.

It is an active research center, spanning the areas of living and fossil invertebrates, vertebrates, mineralogy, anthropology and history.

Children of all ages will enjoy a visit to the Museum, as it appeals to all ages. Learning more about the earlier inhabitants of Earth is a true eye opening experience!

The exhibits in the Museum have a wide range of offerings to view. There is a lively insect zoo where children can urge on the Madagascar Hissing cockroaches until they hiss. You can view the old-fashioned dioramas of hippos against painted backdrops. This exhibit will surprise you when you view and learn about the huge preserved body of a megamouth shark that was caught off Catalina Island. Be shocked and awed at the "SuperCroc", a 40 foot long crocodile that made snacks out of other dinosaurs.

Hours:
Monday - Friday 9:30a.m. - 5:00p.m.
Saturday - Sunday 10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.

Admission:
$8.00 Adults; $5.50 Seniors and students with I.D.; $2.00 Children (5-12)

A visit to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is a real learning experience, and an adventure back in time. Take the family to see all that lived here on Earth back in time, and what they really looked like, and were like.

Music Center For Performing Arts

The Music Center is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the nation, and one of the world's premier cultural organizations. Located in downtown Los Angeles, the Music Center is home to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theater, Mark Taper Forum and Walt Disney Concert Hall.

The Music Center welcomes more than 1.3 million people to its performances each year. There are four outstanding groups that play here on a regular basis. Los Angeles Philharmonic www.laphil.org, Center Theater Group (CTG) www.taperahmanson.com, ; Los Angeles Opera www.losangelesopera.com, and Los Angeles Master Chorale a series of internationally acclaimed performances that represent traditional and contemporary techniques and dance styles from around the world.

The Music Center Education Division www.musiccenter.org/education, is nationally recognized for its school programs, teacher training, and development of arts curriculum that benefits both students and teachers alike.

The Music Center complex was designed by architect Welton Becket and opened December 6, 1964 as not-for-profit partnership with the County of Los Angeles which actually owns the facility.

The Center was established largely through the extraordinary efforts of one outstanding woman named Dorothy Buffum Chandler who raised $20 million in private donations; the County provided the site and raised the remaining $14 million using mortgage revenue bonds to get the facility built. Soon the site was built and dedicated and now takes in visitors from all walks on a daily basis.

The Music Center For The Performing Arts is an inspirational facility that will delight tourists of all ages.

Olvera Street Tour

What can one find on a One Day Olvera Street Tour? More than one can imagine.
Olvera Street is the birthplace of the City of Los Angeles, otherwise known as El Pueblo Historic Monument. Historic Olvera Street started out as a short lane called Wine Street. In 1877 the street was extended and its name changed to Olvera Street in honor of Agustin Olvera, who owned a home at the end of the street across from the Plaza. He was the first county judge of Los Angeles. By 1903 the street had considerably declined and a large and noisy substation was built next to the Avila Adobe to provide power for the city's electric streetcars. The Italian Hall, a center for Italian organizations, was constructed in 1907 at the north end of Olvera Street. Across the street the Italian winery expanded its building in 1914.

Several historic buildings line the street, including the Avila Adobe, built around 1818 by former mayor Francisco Avila, the Pelanconi House, oldest brick house in the city, dating from 1855, and the Sepulveda House, built in 1887 as an Eastlake Victorian business and residential building.

While on the Olvera Street tour you will learn about a religious side of it.
To show where the original Zanja Madre (or mother ditch) had brought water to the pueblo, its path was marked on the street with diagonal bricking. Trees were planted and a large wooden cross erected at the south end of the street which opened with great festivity as a colorful Mexican market place on Easter Sunday (April 20), 1930. It offered Mexican American vendors an opportunity to sell traditional wares and to make the street a place "to preserve and present the customs and trades of early California." One well-known business that moved to Olvera Street in 1930 was La Golondrina Cafe, the first restaurant in the city to serve authentic Mexican food.

The colorful village features 27 historic buildings with a traditional Mexican style plaza area. Wander around the marketplace and shop for souvenirs including handcrafted Mexican wares typical of old Mexico. Stroll through this beautiful street and stop for the popular taquitos or tacos at the outdoor cafes. As you tour through Olvera Street, you will find that it offers a variety of traditional authentic Mexican cuisine, with delicious enchiladas, mole and other native dishes.

For touring information: Olvera Street is open everyday from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. However, some stores may open earlier and close later. Olvera Street is free to the public.

Seeing Savannah On A Party Bus

First stop - Churchill's Pub at 13-17 W Bay Street where your party bus gang can enjoy a good English pub with a selection of imported beer on tap and great pub food, like fish and chips, shepherd's pie, and bangers and mash. The great atmosphere makes this a fun place to kick off your party bus tour of Savannah.

JJ Cagney's is another great stop on your Savannah party bus excursion. Your party bus gang can listen to some of the best live music in Savannah and never the same band twice. There is a range of styles from blues and jazz to RandB and Southern rock. There is something for every musical taste on your party bus.

Kevin Barry's Irish Pub at 117 West River Street is in a restored building and has a great "old" feel to it. This cozy stop for your party bus group will include a lot of cigars, single malt scotch, and great beers. They even have Guiness and Harp on tap! Your party bus gang can sit upstairs where you can view the ships going by, as well as all the other people on River Street. You can listen to live Irish music Wed-Sun starting at 8:30PM.

Malone's Food and Spirits is another grand stop on your Savannah party bus tour. There is something for everyone on your party bus excursion as Malone's has dancing, drinks, pool tables, and live music out in the courtyard on Friday and Saturday nights. Be aware there is a cover charge after 10:00PM on the weekends; and if it gets too crowded for your party bus folks inside, you can always sit outside and listen to the tunes while you share a pitcher of beer.

Touring Tampa Bay On Your Party Bus

Bahama Breeze located at 3045 N Rocky Point Drive. Your party bus group will love the Caribbean atmosphere of this place. Order up a frosty drink for your party bus gang and enjoy some of the fantastic seafood munchies. Live reggae music provides a fun atmosphere for your party bus group. There are bars are located inside and out, and the happy hour will offer up your party bus gang two for one drinks and a great party mood in the making.

Dubliners Irish Pub at 2307 W Azeele Street. Your party bus group will enjoy this taste of Ireland. Your party bus gang will consider this as close to a blarney stone experience as they can get without the plane ride. There is a cozy decor and free flowing ales and dark beers. Your traditional favorites are also on tap and if your party bus gang leans towards the harder libations, there's plenty of that too! If your party bus gang is feeling hungry, there is a full menu available to fill those tummies.

Four Green Fields at 205 W Platt Street is a fun stop for your party bus gang and is named after Ireland's four provinces, this pub is housed in a thatched-roof cottage amid a grove of palm trees. Once inside, your party bus gang will be surrounded by pints of Guinness and lilting accents and your party bus group will truly believe that you've been transported to the Emerald Isle. There is not only great brews available, but a full menu as well. There is authentic Irish music played for your party bus group's enjoyment and if you gather your group on the front porch, there's always a laid-back group who gather up to drink and talk.

Come see Tampa Bay soon on your next party bus excursion with your group!

Museum of Contemporary Art and The Geffen Contemporary

Hours: Monday and Friday 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Thursday 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM. The museum is closed on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Admission: General admission $8, Students and Seniors $5, Children under 12 are free.

The Museum of Contemporary Art and The Geffen Contemporary celebrates new and contemporary art as we know it today. No other museum in Los Angeles engages the population in current art like the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Over 5,000 pieces of art call the Museum of Contemporary Art home. There are several permanent fixtures as this museum that draw large crowds each and every year. They are masterpieces that everyone should view once in their lifetime.

One of the collections in the Museum of Contemporary Art is the Barry Lowen Collection. This is a collection of 67 pieces of art by artists like Agnes Martin, Joel Shapiro, and Julian Schnabel. They are depicted through minimalist and post-minimalist sculptures, paintings, and photography.

Another section of the Museum of Contemporary Art is the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Photography Collection. This is a huge collection of 2,300 documentary photos by giants in photography such as Robert Frank and Danny Lyon.

Something everyone should attend during the summer is a twelve night celebration at the Museum of Contemporary Art. This celebration shows film screenings, has live music, food, and music. It is meant to involve the general public in contemporary art in a way they never knew was possible. The cost of this event is free with Museum of Contemporary Art admission.

The arts are an important element of culture. As time goes on, people and art have gotten further and further separated. The Museum of Contemporary Art aims to bridge that gap and bring the arts back to the public.

The 1996 bequest of Marcia Simon Weisman brought 83 exquisite prints and drawings to MOCA's permanent collection, including work by Willem de Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn, Sam Francis, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, and Clyfford Still. In connection with the gift, MOCA has established a works-on-paper study center at the museum.

The remarkable growth of MOCA's permanent collection received renewed attention in 1997 when the Lannan Foundation made an extraordinary gift of 114 works by 53 artists. This important gift increased the museum's holdings of several significant Southern California artists such as Wallace Berman, Chris Burden, Mike Kelley, Charles Ray, and Jim Shaw. Additionally, within the past two years, the museum has received several individual gifts of video and multimedia installations, including pieces by Doug Aitken, Tracey Emin, Steve McQueen, Pipilotti Rist, and Diana Thater.

MOCA has also been fortunate to receive gifts of work from many artists. Among the most significant of these gifts are 10 paintings from Sam Francis representing the major phase of his development from 1951 to 1992 and a gift from Ed Moses of 11 paintings from pivotal phases of his career. In 1996 the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation donated six box constructions and 15 collages by Joseph Cornell, one of the most significant American artists of this century.

While the museum does not have a large budget for the purchase of artwork, several essential acquisition funds make purchases possible. MOCA was able to purchase 32 significant works by accomplished California artists including Terry Allen, Lari Pittman, Alexis Smith, and Bill Viola, thanks to the El Paso Natural Gas Company Fund for California Art. The Citibank Private Bank Emerging Artists Award sponsored several exhibitions and purchases of work by emerging artists including Kevin Appel, Jessica Bronson, and Catherine Opie. The Gene J. Burton Acquisitions Endowment allows the museum to purchase works on paper, and The MOCA Acquisition and Collection Committee raises funds for specific acquisitions in consultation with museum staff.

Oh! Ocala On A Party Bus

Bankshot Billiards is a fun way to begin your party bus tour of Ocala. Whether you crave a round of eight-ball or just want to practice your stop shot and your English, this well-equipped place stands at the ready for your party bus group. Beneath high ceilings, 17 tables cater to folks of all skill levels on your party bus tour group. Pub food will help keep your energy levels high and the full bar will keep your party spirit going. Plus, Bankshot's "Rhythm Room" supplies great music throughout the night for your party bus pals to listen to, not to mention awesome light shows. Pool table rentals begin at $4 an hour for one person. A repair service for tables and cues is also available if your party bus gang gets a little overzealous.

Cafe on the Rock is another great stop on your Ocala party bus tour. This coffee shop offers nightlife with a twist and caters to young and old alike. On weekends, live music is the standard of this place, and the karaoke fun gives your party bus pals the chance to show off their own performance skills. So, come for the shows, have an espresso or a smoothie, snack on a muffin, and enjoy the homey atmosphere and the friendly clientele.

Charlie Horse Restaurant and Lounge is something a little off the beaten path for your party bus group. This place starts jumping after 9PM. Karaoke is popular in Ocala and this venue is no different. Patrons shout out the tunes they want you to sing and you just give it your best shot! A full bar ensures that hesitation and shyness are minimized on the parts of your party bus group, and camaraderie brings together all the people who get up and show off for friends and strangers. Go ahead and get up and sing your little party bus hearts out.

If you want to laugh on your party bus tour of Ocala, take a stop by the Marion Theater Improv Comedy. This group is big on current topical humor, they also rely on input from the audience, guaranteeing that no two events are ever the exactly the same. This is a great place to go off if your party bus wants to do something a little bit different.

Jurassic Park - The Ride

Universal Studios has gone all out on this ride. Your kids will definitely want to ride this one, so you should know beforehand that minimum height is 46". The seats are wide and you can site 4-5 across. The ride starts out with a peaceful float through a dinosaur theme park. You will see various kinds of friendly dinosaurs and scenes of animatronic dinosaurs eating and roaring.

The waves around your boat grow increasingly bigger and a little more menacing. Then the lights blink, and you see the fences come down. The little dinosaur that spit in the eyes of the guy that tried to originally steal the dinosaur DNA and leave the park shows up and menaces your raft but you get away just in the nick of time.

Then a car plunges over a cliffside right beside your raft, you are guaranteed to jump out of your skin when that one happens.

The lights go dark and you hear the menacing walk of a T-Rex but you can't tell from which direction it is coming, suddenly directly over your raft a 50ft tall T-Rex is snarling and roaring, I guarantee you'll forget just for a moment this is just a ride!

Next you are taken to a cave where you are suddenly dropped 84 ft straight down into a splashing stop at the finish of this ride. If you have keys or a cell phone make sure you bring a plastic bag to put them in and place them deep in your pockets.

This is an amazing ride that will take you into the very movie, "Jurassic Park". Most people can't just enjoy one ride on this extravaganza. This is a double take adventure at the very least.

Come see Jurassic Park the Ride on your next visit to Los Angeles, it's a blast from the past!

Los Angeles Zoo

The Los Angeles Zoo is a trendsetter and a beautiful gift to the city of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Zoo houses 1200 unique animals and various plant life to see from all over the world.

The Los Angeles Zoo was opened in 1966. This zoo has been, and always will be a gift to every species of animals it houses. Each year it strives to save endangered animals while researching and protecting others. One example was in 1967, the zoo obtained three endangered Oryx. They bred the animals and released the offspring back into the wild in Israel. This was not a one-time good deed. The zoo constantly strives to help species. By visiting the Los Angeles Zoo, you are monetarily contributing to their efforts.

There are several wild things to see at the Los Angeles Zoo. You can visit the alligator pits and lion grazing tundra. There are Monkey cages, and bird houses. You can even see the elephant named Gita. She has been at the Los Angeles Zoo since it opened! You want it, they've got it!

The Los Angeles Zoo is also home to lush botanical gardens. Here visitors can view the native and exotic greens that make up the Los Angeles habitat. Don't be fooled, this botanical garden is not only home to plant life. Various animal species live amongst the greens. Keep your eyes peeled. A trip in the Los Angeles Zoo botanical gardens will be a relaxing, and educational journey for all.

Hours: 10:00 AM-5:00 PM (Zoo keepers put animals away beginning at 4:00 PM)
Admission: Adults $10, Seniors $7, Children 2-12 $5, Children under 2 are free.

Everyone loves animals and everyone loves fun. The Los Angeles Zoo can provide both of those things for everyone in your family to enjoy.

Griffith Observatory

Residents of Los Angeles and visitors world wide have visited this observatory for over 60 years. Opening in 1935, it is one of the most famous, most visited landmarks in Southern California. Apparently, it was a most anticipated site, as receipts show. On the first day over 2000 people visited the Observatory, with an additional 11,000 visiting during the next four days.

The Griffith Observatory is still attracting crowds. It's main feature is the twelve-inch Zeiss telescope. The Zeiss telescope is a refracting telescope using a lens with a diameter of 12 inches to gather light. Having an unique mounting system which gives the eyepiece better stability, and ideal for public viewing. The telescope was purchased in 1930 and installed in 1935.

One of the tasks of the Observatory is to dispel people's fears regarding the natural world. Ranging from the simple fear of the dark,
to the belief in eclipses as omens of disaster.

Many exciting events in the sky have been witnessed at the Griffith Observatory. Such as the return of Halley's Comet, the collision of the fragmented comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, as well as man's venture into space travel.

The Observatory has been interpreting the skies for over 60 decades, and stands ready to continue on into the 21st century.

The Observatory is under going it's first major renovation and expansion. It will more than double the public space in the building, while maintaining it's classic look. The Observatory closed in January 2002 and will reopen to the public in 2006.

Sitting on the southern slope of Mount Hollywood it has a stunning view of the Los Angeles basin. Millions of visitors have enjoyed the view from high atop the balconies, especially at night. At the moment, safety reasons have caused the grounds and nearby hiking trails to be closed to the public. However, the trail from the Observatory parking lot to Mt. Hollywood remains open during construction.

Japanese American National Resource Center

Having built a comprehensive collection of Japanese American objects, images, and documents, and exhibiting them through educational programs, films, and publications, The Japanese American National Resource Center is the first of it's kind in the United States. It is dedicated to sharing the history of Americans of Japanese ancestry. Telling the story of Japanese-Americans around the country to a national as well as a world wide audience.

The Japanese American National Resource Center's mission is to provide a service to all ages and skill levels a diverse collection of documentation of the Japanese American experience. A reference collection, as well as an artifactual collection and to the institutional archives, to better provide an interpretation and appreciation of America's ethnic and cultural diversity.

A wide ranged collection of vintage kimonos to World War II artifacts and contemporary art assembled from families, organizations, families, and individuals, are on display at the museum. Representing the history and experience of it's people.

Helpful information:
Hours: Closed on Mondays, and Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. Tuesday through Sunday, 10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.; Thursday 10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.;

Admission:$6.00 Adults; $5.00 Seniors; $3.00 Students with valid I.D and children ages 6 - 17; Free Members and children under 5
Free every Thursday from 5:00p.m. til 8:00p.m.
Free the third Thursday of the month from 10:00a.m. - 8:00p.m.

In the continuing exhibit, the visitor will find a moving historical overview of Japanese American communities. Starting in the early days of the first generation Japanese Americans, the Issei pioneers, and going through World War II incarceration, to present day. You will see objects, documents, photographs, and the Museum's largest artifact, a barracks from the concentration camps at Heart Mountain, Wyoming.

California Science Center

California Science Center is conveniently located in the Exposition Park near downtown Los Angeles. Is is said to be the West Coast largest hands-on science center! Imagine an elementary school with all of the resources a teacher or parent could ever want. It's located near world-class museums, a major university and a state-of-the-art teacher professional development center. The school features an integrated curriculum emphasizing science, mathematics and technology. Its teachers are fully credentialed with a demonstrated ability to make science and math engaging and accessible to their students. And it's not a magnet school but, rather, a neighborhood school for underserved groups of children and their parents. While such a school seems like a dream, it is a dream that has become reality in South Los Angeles.

While on a One Day Tour at California's Science Center one will learn that the school opened for the first day of classes on September 9, 2004, which means that it just celebrated its' one year anniversary. In preparation, the school administration and faculty hosted a gala Ribbon Cutting ceremony and two Parent Orientations to disseminate information about school procedures, uniforms and school expectations. The events were held in the Big Lab of the adjacent Wallis Annenberg Building for Science Learning and Innovation.

On a California Science Center One Day Tour, you will see that the building of the Science Center School represents a crucial step in its 25-year master plan. The construction site is part of the Science Center complex and includes a new building to house most of the school's classrooms and the newly renovated Wallis Annenberg Building for Science Learning and Innovation. The Wallis Annenberg Building houses six classrooms, administrative offices, a multi-purpose room and the school library.

In addition, the Wallis Annenberg building includes over 80,000 square feet for the Science Center's education division, the Amgen Center for Science Learning. This means that the Science Center School is directly adjacent to cutting edge facilities that will house many of the Science Center's programs including community programs, summer science camp, camp-ins and a burgeoning teacher professional development program.

Vail Party Bus

8150 is the name of your first stop on your Vail party bus tour. Located at 143 E. Meadow Drive. 8150 Club has a jammin' dance floor and popular live bands and when there isn't live music your party bus group can enjoy the sounds spun out by a DJ.

Altitude Billiards and Sports Bar located on Evergreen Lodge has not only great drinks for your party bus group but pool tables and televisions galore to take in your favorite team. There is ample cold beer on tap for your party bus group to enjoy and even munchies are available if anyone in your party bus group is feeling a case of the munchies!

The Club located at the Top of Bridge Street is an unassuming name for a very fun Vail venue for your party bus to make a stop at. There is ample live music and cold beer for your party bus group to enjoy.

Club Chelsea is a Vail party bus excursion stop a little off the beaten path. It's a cigar lounge upstairs and a DJ driven dance floor downstairs. If stogies are your party bus group's thing, go light up something exotic upstairs and then go downstairs for some great cardio-vascular exercise downstairs.

Garfinkel's has a huge patio for your party bus group to gather on and enjoy a round of cold drinks or a pitcher of frosty cold beer. There is usually great music and if anyone is feeling hungry in your party bus group, there is ample food available from the kitchen.

Vail has a lot of fun awaiting you and your gang on your next outing together. Make your next get together on a party bus!

Oakland Party Bus

Oakland, California is one of the best cities to spend a party bus night.

To start your party bus excursion off on the right foot, begin at Ben and Nick's. This is a microbrewery that features some of the best homemade brews around. It has an extremely casual atmosphere and features an infamous dart board. Your party bus crew may spend hours competing for the darts championship.

Next, head over to Eli's Mile High Club in Oakland. Your party bus gang will absolutely love this club. It is home to live blues bands six nights out of the week. This venue draws large crowds and tons of infectious energy.

If you are looking for something a little bit different, park your party bus at Yoshi's. This is a unique venue that is a Japanese restaurant AND a jazz hall. Yes, you heard that right, Japanese, AND jazz! Take advantage of their reasonable drink prices while you enjoy the show of local jazz favorites. This club is hopping

Now your party bus crew may feel like dancing. The Fifth Amendment in Oakland has what you are looking for. This club blasts loud music that pulses through the club with excitement. Their dance floor is intoxicating with surrounding mirrors. Jazz is the genre of choice here, and your party bus will surely appreciate.

After a lot of jazz music and dancing, your party bus posse will probably need some coffee. Mama's Royal Cafe can provide this for you. Not only does this Oakland cafe have great coffee, but also a wide selection of breakfast foods to choose from. Make sure you fill your bellies while you recover from the night.

Oakland is full of culture, fun, and excitement. Make sure you bring your party bus over to partake in the festivities.

Koreatown

Koreatown is one of the fastest growing cultural communities in Los Angeles, and has a fantastic array of shopping and other activities.

Make Koreatown Plaza a stop on your tour of this area. Inside the plaza, you'll find everything from a traditional Korean grocery store, Korean stationery store, Korean bakery (yes, they have samples), cosmetics, clothing, Korean music store, and health food store. If you are feeling hungry, grab lunch on the run at the food court serving a variety of Korean food ranging from Korean barbecue to Korean style noodles, to spicy tofu casserole to bim-bim-bap (rice with vegetables and meat served sizzling in a hot stone pot).

Another interesting stop on your tour of Koreatown is the Korea Galleria which has a myriad of speciality stores and all the big names you know and love.

Be sure to make the Korean Cultural Center a stop on your tour of Koreatown. You can see Korean art exhibits, artifacts and a resource library on Korea and Korean culture, the exhibitions change frequently so you are always assured of a great and original exhibit.

For something off the beaten path, take in a traditional Korean tea ceremony.
The soothing, calm atmosphere of Hwa Sun Ji is sure to remind you of old Korea. If you don't have time for a tea ceremony, stop in for traditional hot and cold teas.

If you always wanted to sing karaoke but the thought of strangers staring at you terrifies you, you will enjoy this stop. Debut no-rae-bang is where you can sing songs in English, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Tagalog or Spanish. This bar provides individual rooms for you and your friends so you can sing your heart out to your favorite tunes.

Griffith Park

On a one day tour at Griffith Park there is so much to do and enjoy for all ages. Which brings me to the miniature train ride. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays and until 5 p.m. on weekends and holidays. It has served the public in Griffith Park since 1948. Youngsters of all ages enjoy the experience of riding the Freedin Train or the Colnel Griffith on the Griffith Park Southern Railroad. The track stretches over a mile and takes the rider past pony rides, through a lush green meadow, through an old Western town, and past a Native American village.

Griffith Park One Day Tour-- Hollywoodland Girls Camp is located in Griffith Park, nestled between the Hollywood Sign and the Griffith Park Observatory. The camp is designed to provide girls in the Los Angeles area with camping and recreational programs, close to the city in an mountain atmosphere. The staff at Camp Hollywoodland is hard at work planning our Summer Camp programs. We have some great new themes for our campers to experience, as well as our tried-and-true old favorites. We will offer 9 one-week sessions for girls between the ages 6-17, starting the week of June 27.

A one day tour at Griffith Park shouldn't stop females just above the toddler age to teens from spending at least one day at the Hollywoodland Girls Camp. Scheduling a Griffith Park One Day Tour will allow young females 6-17 to join in one of the 9 one week sessions. All sessions begin with Monday morning Check-in and end with Saturday morning Check-out. Camp fees vary based on the program, activities and trip planned: between $185 -$210 per session. Of course the price would be pro-rated for a one day session.

There are other sports and ways to relax while on Griffith Park One Day Tour. Hiking, Horseback Riding, Swimming, Soccer, Tennis and Jogging. On a Griffith Park One Day Tour you will explore the favorite routes for jogging which are Griffith Park Drive from the Los Feliz Boulevard/Riverside Drive entrance, Crystal Springs Drive in Park Center to the Los Angeles Zoo, and Zoo Drive to the Travel Town Museum.

Griffith Park One Day Tour has a yearly calendar of events that starts the middle of March and ends the middle of December. This includes School events, Health and Fitness seminars, March of Dimes, Ronald McDonald House, American Liver Foundation, Muscular Dystrophy and Southern California Stroke Association.
Whatever day is that you choose to visit there is always an exciting and worthwhile event taking place on a Griffith Park One Day Tour.

Golden Isles Party Bus

Start off your party bus tour of the Golden Isles with a great meal. Take a stop at Allen's Bar-B-Q where your party bus group will find slow cooked Texas style beef brisket by the pound, fresh off the smoker.

Barberitos Southwestern Grille and Cantina is another great destination for great beer and good food. The food here is fast and very fresh. No freezers or microwaves used here! Your party bus gang can enjoy burritos, nachos, tacos, quesadillas, fajitas, and more. For the vegetarians in your party bus tour, there is a huge selection of vegetarian and vegan items. All customized right in front of you. If beer is on your party bus group's minds, there is a large selection of domestic and import beers. If your party bus group loves mixed drinks, the happy hour includes two for one margaritas and daiquiris every night from 5:00PM-7:00PM

Beef 'O' Brady's has a fun neighborhood feel your party bus group will enjoy with 28 TVs, video games, and pool tables. If anyone in your party bus group is feeling hungry, that can be cured here too with their huge selection of salads, sandwiches, and absolutely yummy wings.

Bennie's Red Barn has been a staple of the Golden Isles since 1954. Your party bus group will love the delicious food choices as well the fully loaded bar and beers on tap. If dessert is in order for your party bus gang, try one of their homemade pecan or keylime pies.

Blanche's Courtyard has a full service bar just waiting to serve up some drinks or a pitcher of cold beer to your party bus gang. There is also a great menu available in case you didn't catch any food at previous stops.

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Hollywood Forever Memorial Park is its actual name and it is known as the "Final Resting Place for the Stars". This is also an old cemetery - established in 1899, and filled with tall, old-fashioned headstones and towering monuments, including a few unusual ones shaped like obelisks and rocket ships.

It is the most beautiful and peaceful place of rest in the city. Its beautiful landscaped lawn bordered by assorted flowers gives the cemetery a feel for the life of the Stars and reminds you of the much needed rest from their talents and hard labor. It is filled with old-fashioned headstones, monuments and statues. It has two huge indoor mausoleums and countless outdoor graves.

Hollywood Forever Memorial Park holds the remains of great and matchless actors such as: Rudoph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, Nelson Eddy, Peter Lorre, Janet Gaynor, Tyrone Power and Clifton Webb, just to name a few.

A writer by the name of Tony Scott has been working on this project for over three years, and it will be the most comprehensive book ever written about the cemetery. It details hundreds of Hollywood personalities buried at the park, many of them forgotten in unmarked graves.

Hollywood Forever Memorial Park is named by sections: "The Sanctuary of Peace", "Eternal Life", "The Abbey of the Psalms" and "The Shrine of Eternal Love". In each section you will find couples, siblings, parents and friends buried near one another.

Columbus Georgia Party Bus

Kick off your tour of Columbus on your own private party bus at Miriam's Cafe and Gallery where your party bus gang can enjoy this venue which is a nightspot and gallery. The prix fixe evening experience includes an artistically prepared meal which changes as do the works of art. Miriam is an artist and has decorated the restaurant walls herself. Featured art from a specific area artist is also displayed on the walls for your party bus gang's viewing enjoyment.

Old City Jail is a fun venue for your party bus tour of Columbus. There is live music, loud place, fun and your party bus gang will love every minute of it. There is a fully stocked bar and the happy hour on Fridays is defintely worth a gander. If you have any pool sharks on your party bus tour, there is a pool tournement every Thurs, and 50-cent pool all night long.

The Loft is another cool stop for your party bus gang. Not only is there live music to listen to but many nights there is a comedy act to get your whole group smiling. If anyone in your party bus gang is feeling hungry there is a good selection of pub grub available for munching.

Uptown Tap is a great way to wrap up your party bus tour of Columbus with their live music, great drinks, and a happy hour that runs from Monday through Friday from 5PM - 8PM.

There is no better way to tour a city with your gang of friends than on your own private party bus. You arrive safely to each destination and your only obligation is to have a good time!

Beverly Hills Hotel

Opulence, decadence, sumptuous, and lavish are but a few words to describe this world renowned hotel. Opening on May 12, 1912 by Margaret J. Anderson and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, this grand hotel became the special attraction by which the city of Beverly Hills was built around.

Home away from home to many famous celebrities, this hotel anticipates your every need well in advance. Their motto being, every need has been anticipated, and no detail overlooked. Assuring each and every guest a memorable stay!

The Beverly Hills Hotel has so much to offer it's guest, that the thought to go out for any reason during your stay does not even occur to you. A competition size outdoor swimming with 21 private cabanas, each with a television, phone and fax makes for a relaxing afternoon.

If you prefer a more rigorous time, then perhaps tennis on one of the two lighted outdoor courts fits the bill. Of course there is the fitness center, complete with a variety of state-of-the-art exercise equipment. Or visit the Beverly Hills Hotel Spa by La Prairie, a place to de-stress, de-age, and abandon high pressure of all types. It is the perfect spa with Swiss Science, and elegant expertise.

Unwind at one of the lounges. The Polo Lounge is a favorite of many of the Hollywood dealmakers, as well as the stars themselves. Beautiful indoor and outdoor seating, serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A jazz trio entertains during lunch and dinner. Perhaps the romantic setting of the Sunset Lounge is more to your liking. Offering elegant musical accompaniment, in an elegant tea-room atmosphere.

Pamper yourself with the best of the best, at The Beverly Hills Hotel. Where you are treated like royalty from the moment you arrive until your departure. It is a stay that will leave you anticipating your next visit!

Autry Museum of Western Heritage

Opening in November of 1988, the Autry Museum of Western Heritage was a dream come true for Gene Autry. Known as "America's Favorite Singing Cowboy", his career took in many forms of the entertainment industry.

Mr. Autry is the only entertainer to have a star for each area of entertainment he performed in. His stars are for radio, records, film, television, and live performance, including rodeo. He appeared in 93 films and made 635 recordings, and in 1961 purchased the American League's Los Angeles Angels. Out of his huge success and popularity, he felt he owed the people who had made him the icon he became something in return. Thus the dream of a museum, center for the history of the America West was born.

The Autry Museum of Western Heritage gives great insight to the experiences of a greatly diverse peoples of the American West, as well as connecting it all to our present and future. It is divided into three entities, which allow for the better understanding of the curatorial specialization, and distinctive inquiry to better grasp the diverse study of the American West.

What a grand museum in scope and size! It is host to six permanent exhibitions. You find mining picks, cavalry swords, hats, spurs, antique guns of the old west era,and Native American crafts. All pulled together to give the visitor a real image of the old west. The visitor will be treated to such exhibits as a "Buffalo Bill Show". Where you will see Annie Oakley's engraved golden pistol a gift from her husband Frank Butler. Also, there are many antiques available for viewing, branding