SeeLAinaDay, Los Angeles, CA (2024)

08/31/2024

📅 Schedule Update ⬇️ We've made it to a long weekend! Tours are booked, and there are some fun option this weekend. If you're looking for something different, why not check out the History and Architecture of Echo Park? This 2.5 hr tour will cover the history of the reservoir, take a trek through Angeleno Heights, hike the hills of Elysian Park, and return to where it all began. You can find that tour on the website only!

Fri 08/30 7pm Sunset Strip
Sat 08/31 11am Private Silver Lake Food Tour // 2pm Hist. and Arch. of Echo Park
Sun 09/01 10am Hist. and Arch. of DTLA
Mon 09/02 Nothing yet...
Tues 09/03 Nothing yet...
Wed 09/04 10am Hist. and Arch. of DTLA
Thurs 09/05 Nothing yet..

I took the lovely to Nick's for the first time this past week. The breakfast was amazing, as always. If you're looking for a classic diner spot in LA, it is hard to beat Nick's.

07/16/2024

Have you ever been to the ? This active fossil dig site also functions as an open park with a museum for visitors to come and learn all about a Los Angeles that would have been home to dire wolves, horses, camels, giant sloths, and short nosed bears! These mega fauna began to disappear around 50,000 years ago. Today, their remains are found right under your feet in one of the biggest cities in the world! I'll have some exciting tour news to share about the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum Row soon!

07/12/2024

📅 Schedule Update Below 👇 Hello! I'm back! It's been a lovely month away from social media (but certainly not from leading tours!). I've gotten a little bit older and returned with a new tour of Los Angeles! I can't say too much about it yet, but tickets will be available soon, and it is something I was excited to work on alongside some great tourism pros. For now, check out what is happening this weekend and into next week. As always, these are the tours that have booked, but there's plenty still available on the website.

Fri 07/12 10am Hist. and Arch. of DTLA // 2pm Hist. and Arch. of Venice Beach // 7pm Sunset Strip True Crime
Sat 07/13 10am Pvt. Hist. and Arch. of DTLA // 7pm Sunset Strip True Crime
Sun 07/14 10am Hist. and Arch. of DTLA
Mon 07/15 7pm Sunset Strip True Crime
Tues 07/16 10am Hist. and Arch. of DTLA* // 4pm Mt. Hollywood Hike w/
Wed 07/17 6pm Haunted Hollywood**
Thurs 07/18 Nothing yet...

* Currently at 1 booking, will be canceled if no one else books - your booking would guarantee this tour operates!
** Tour will be led by another guide

That's a pretty stacked schedule, and it will probably get more busy as the weekend continues. Summer is here, and there's so much to do in LA. Check out the pictures above for some fun images of and

05/28/2024

📅 Weekly Schedule Update: Check below to see this week's tours. The Beverly Hills tour is a pretty rare one, but it is available tomorrow at 2pm! Learn all about #90210 and its fascinating history with this tour and then sample the chocolate 🍫 Fans of I Love Lucy won't want to miss this!

Wed 05/29 2pm The Hist and Architecture of Beverly Hills
Thurs 05/30 Nothing yet...
Fri 05/31 10am LA River Eco Tour and Secret Stair Hike
Sat 06/01 1pm Central DTLA w/
Sun 06/02 2pm ***FREE*** The History and Architecture of Los Feliz
Mon 06/03 10am LA's Secret Painted Stairs
Tues 06/04 Nothing yet...

The pictures above are all from the Beverly Hills walking tour. The first picture is the Lily Pond and BH Sign. The next 2 photos are examples of public art in BH. The first is "Endless V" by Jaume Plensa, and the second is "The Drummer" by Barry Flanagan. The final shots are of the Beverly Hills Wilshire and Via Rodeo.

05/15/2024

📅Schedule Update: There have been a ton of different tours over the past couple of months! From Victorian homes to Malibu horseback riding, LA is full of amazing things to do and see. Check out the link in my bio to see the wide variety of tours on offer! It's a slow week moving forward, but that means there could be an opening for a tour that you've always wanted to take!

Wed 05/15 Nothing yet...
Thurs 05/16 10am LA in a Day w/ // 7pm Sunset Strip True Crime
Fri 05/17 7pm Sunset Strip True Crime
Sat 05/18 7pm Sunset Strip True Crime
Sun 05/19 1pm Central DTLA w/
Mon 05/20 10am The Hist. and Arch. of DTLA // 7pm Sunset Strip True Crime

The LA in a Day tour on 05/16 is a big 7-8hr walking tour that includes segments in Hollywood, DTLA, and Santa Monica. I'll be leading the Hollywood and DTLA segments, and I'll also be helping the guests make the trip to DTLA from Hollywood. There's a lot of the Sunset Strip this week. If you're a true crime aficionado, that's your tour! The mornings are still open for Fri-Sun, and it's a great time to do the LA River or Painted Stairs tour!

05/09/2024

📅 Schedule Update: Summer is right around the corner! The schedule is starting to fill up and it looks like it will be a season filled with hikes, architecture, film locations, and more! Check out what's coming up over the next week.

Thurs 05/09 Pvt. Sunset Strip True Crime
Friday 05/10 2pm Venice Beach Hist. and Arch. // 7pm Sunset Strip True Crime
Sat 05/11 Pvt. Hist. and Arch. of DTLA
Sun 05/12 10am Hist. and Arch. of DTLA
Mon 05/13 Nothing yet...
Tues 05/14 Nothing yet...
Wed 05/15 Nothing yet...

Next week is looking a bit light, but schools are about to finish up and travel will begin. This is a good time to book if you like smaller groups on your walking tours. I've added a 1:30pm time for the DTLA tour on Saturday since the private booking has taken the usual morning slot. You can find these tours and more with the link in my bio!

05/07/2024

Yesterday, I made it out to Malibu to do my "Perfect Day in Malibu" experience. That includes a morning horseback ride, beachside picnic, and afternoon wine tasting. It's a big effort to put together, but it's 100% worth it. Especially on a day like yesterday. The weather was amazing, and Malibu is looking beautiful right now. Something very cool is that the horseback ride with went through Paramount Ranch, where Westworld (and many other things) filmed!

In 1927, Paramount Pictures purchased 2,700 acres of the old Rancho Las Virgenes for use as a “movie ranch.” For 25 years, a veritable who’s who of Hollywood practiced their craft at Paramount Ranch including director Cecil B. Demille and actors Bob Hope, Gary Cooper, and Claudette Colbert. - National Park Service information.

Unfortunately, the 2018 Woolsey Fire did massive amounts of damage to Paramount Ranch. Many of the old western buildings were lost, but this little church building survived. If you're looking for a beautiful place to hike, I highly recommend Paramount Ranch.

04/15/2024

The beginning of Shohei Ohtani's time with the Dodgers has been... a little scandalous, to say the least. However, the excitement over signing the baseball phenom led to a surge of new murals around the city in celebration of the 3/4 of a billion dollars new hire. The massive mural that looks down on Little Toky is one of the best, and it's no surprise it was made by the incomparable

You can see this new mural and so much more with the History and Architecture of DTLA walking tour! Over 3 hours, you'll see famous landmarks like City Hall, hear amazing stories of resilience in Little Tokyo, and try the best mochi LA has to offer. This tour is available almost every day!

04/03/2024

📅 Schedule and Life Update: Hello Los Angeles! I hope you all had a good and rainy weekend. Tours were a little all over the place, and so was my life. I have quit working with a large tour company and will be able to focus more on my own business moving forward. It's a stressful but exciting time. Here's the schedule for the upcoming week and weekend!

Wed 04/03 10am The Hist. and Arch. of DTLA
Thurs 04/04 10am The Hist. and Arch. of DTLA // 7pm Sunset Strip True Crime
Fri 04/05 Nothing yet...
Sat 04/06 12:30pm Silver Lake Food Tour
Sun 04/07 1:30pm Hist. and Arch. of DTLA
Mon 04/08 10am Secret Painted Stairs
Tues 04/09 Private 10am Sunset Strip True Crime

There's currently a tour scheduled every day, but Friday. You can join these tours by checking out my website in my bio. The only one you won't find there is the Silver Lake Food Tour. Contact me directly if you'd like to join that one! Also, there will be another big neighborhood tour on the 23rd. This will be a 5+ hr hiking and history tour of Echo Park. I'll have more to tell you about that one soon!

03/19/2024

SCHEDULE UPDATE 📅

Hello Angelenos and LA explorers! Here's what's going on for the next week. I'll be out of town this weekend, but there are plenty of tours coming up tomorrow and when I get back!

Wed 03/20 10am LA's Secret Painted Stairs // 2pm The History and Architecture of Venice Beach
Thurs 03/21 - Sun 03/24 OUT OF TOWN
Mon 03/25 7pm Sunset Strip True Crime
Tues 03/26 10am The Hist. and Arch. of DTLA // 1:30pm Silver Lake Food Tour

The Silver Lake Food Tour may be replaced with an afternoon LA River Eco Tour and Stair Hike, but that is still TBD. Also, the Haunted Hollywood tour is available, even while I am out of town and will be led by some amazing guides. Let me know if you have any questions and you can find all these tours by using the link in my bio.

The picture is the view of Sunset Blvd that we have at the start of the Sunset Strip True Crime tour. The sunsets have been amazing the past few days and are a great backdrop for tales of gangsters and ghosts!

03/11/2024

Thank you to everyone that took the History and Architecture of Los Feliz walking tour on Saturday! And thanks to for getting these great photos of the walk. It was a packed 4 hrs of architecture, history, stairs, good views, and great weather.

Pic 1. The Ennis House by Frank Lloyd Wright
Pic 2. The Snow White Cottages where Disney animators lived.
Pic 3. The Los Feliz Theatre
Pic 4. Hollyhock House by FLW
Pic 5. The Blackburn Residence by Paul R. Williams
Pic 6. Prospect Studios

I'm working on ways to trim the tour down and make it a daily offering. I'm thinking something that starts at the Griffith Observatory and then descends to the Hollhock House. We could then use the DASH to return to the Observatory.

03/08/2024

The moment I saw this house, I was smitten. From the flowers along the walkway to turret to the... everything. This incredible home is known as "The Blackburn Residence." The architect was none other than the incomparable Paul Revere Williams. Paul R. Williams is a fascinating architect to study for his contributions to the LA architecture scene, but also for his experiences as a black architect designing homes for clients that wouldn't accept him as their neighbor.

We will dive deeper into Paul R. Williams during the History and Architecture of Los Feliz this Saturday at 12:30! See the Blackburn Residence and so many other incredible examples of residential architecture. This tour is NOT listed on any website, so send me a message if you'd like to join!

03/07/2024

SCHEDULE UPDATE: Two updates for everyone!

1. LA's Secret Painted Stairs is now available at 10am this Saturday 03/09. After hundreds of reviews, my first stair tour that I created is still 5 stars across all platforms! Come check out on of my most popular tours!

2. The History and Architecture of Los Feliz has been locked down for a 12:30pm start time on Sat 03/09. This tour will be a massive exploration of Los Feliz; from Griffith Park to Franklin Hills. We will cover a variety of subjects, but architecture fans won't want to miss out on this walk. Both the and house will be featured on the tour route. fans will also be treated to a variety of lesser known Disney landmarks. There'll also be a little time for a pit stop along Vermont Ave where there's a variety of coffee shops and restaurants. Expect to spend around 3-3.5hrs hiking a little over 5 miles! The price for the tour is starting at $50/person, but as more people book, the price will come down. The price will continue to decrease for every person after the 5th booking (currently at 3ppl). I'm hoping this will encourage people to bring friends and family! This may not become a regular tour, so I can't say when it'll be back on the schedule. If you're interested - send me a message, you won't find this tour on the website!

03/06/2024

SCHEDULE UPDATE FOR THIS WEEK! Hello everyone, you may be saying to yourself, "Wednesday isn't the beginning of the week." Correct! Schedule updates have been a little wonky because I was out of town last week, but we're getting back to normal soon. There's a special tour planned for this weekend and some other fun stuff on the agenda. Check it out!

Wed 03/06 6pm Haunted Hollywood***
Thurs 03/07 10am The Hist. and Arch. of DTLA // 1pm DTLA w/
Fri 03/08 nothing yet... (I'd recommend the River tour after our recent rain!)
Sat 03/09 The Hist. and Arch. of Los Feliz (time TBD) // 6pm Haunted Hollywood***
Sun 03/10 7pm Sunset Strip True Crime
Mon 03/11 7pm Sunset Strip True Crime
Tues 03/12 Pvt Driving Tour w/

I'm very excited about the special Los Feliz walking tour that I'll be leading this Saturday. This will be a 3hr walk and will cover an area that no other regular LA walking tours get to. We will discuss a wide variety of topics like the old Spanish Ranchos, some true crime, noir authors, world renowned architects, visit a world heritage site, talk about some Disney history, and more! Please message me for a details! This tour is starting at my usual 3hr/$50 price tag, but will become cheaper with each additional person that joins up. So get your friends together and join as a group! You'll save money and have an unforgettable LA experience. (We need to break 5ppl for the price to start dropping and we are currently at 3!) Message me for details and to get signed up!

*** Tour will be led by a guide that I have approved, but not myself.

02/28/2024

Back from a weekend away and time for a schedule update! We are still in the slow season now, but there are some tours planned for this week/weekend!

Wed 02/28 7pm Sunset Strip True Crime
Thurs 02/29 Nothing yet...
Fri 03/01 10am LA River Eco Tour and Stair Hike // 6pm Haunted Hollywood
Sat 03/02 Pvt Drving Tour w/
Sun 03/03 1pm DTLA w/ // 7pm Sunset Strip True Crime

All tours can be found by following the link in my bio!

02/16/2024

There's still time to join tomorrow's Silver Lake Food Tour! Over 2.5hrs you'll taste a variety of the best food that Silver Lake has to offer. I don't get to do this tour too often bc something else books and takes its place, but it always gets great feedback! Here's a snapshot of what tomorrow's tour will offer:

Coffee from the award winning ☕️
Tacos at the Guisados family spinoff 🌮
Japanese BBQ from by chef Damon Cho 🍖
Fresh produce from the 🥑
Turon from the 40+ year old United Bread and Pastry🍰

Check the link in today's STORY (not bio) to find tickets for this event.

PICTURE CREDIT: Playita Mariscos website

02/12/2024

by has been cleaned and is ready for a full restoration! I'll post the results, but while you wait, check out this week's (slow) schedule. Not much happening but there's a few tours planned!

Sun 02/11 10am Hist. and Arch. of DTLA // 1pm DTLA History w/
Mon 02/12 7pm Sunset Strip True Crime
Tues 02/13 nothing yet...
Wed 02/14 6pm Haunted Hollywood
Thurs 02/15 10am Getty to Griffith w/
Fri 02/16 nothing yet...
Sat 02/17 12:30pm Silver Lake Food Tour // 7pm Sunset Strip True Crime

Get out there and have a great week Angelenos!

02/09/2024

LA looking damp and beautiful after the rain! The animals also seem to be happy the rain is over. The weather should be good through the weekend and there's some tours coming up! Here's what's going on this weekend.

Fri 02/09 10am Painted Stairs // 1pm Hist. and Arch. of DTLA // 7pm Sunset Strip True Crime
Sat 02/10 1:30pm Hist. and Arch. of DTLA
Sun 02/11 10am Hist. and Arch. of DTLA

You can find all these tours and more at the link in my bio!

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