Join Charles on this 6-hr walking & school bus tour beginning ending at Union Station – See Old Chinatown – Olvera Street – Clifton’s Cafeteria – The Bradbury Building – Carroll Avenue – Bob Baker Marionette Theater – Walt Disney Concert Hall and SO much more!

Experience the charm of MAIN STREET USA, exotica of ADVENTURELAND, wilderness of FRONTIERLAND, magic of FANTASYLAND, and future of TOMORROWLAND – all in the heart and soul of our city.

You will never see downtown LA the same way again! It’s just like a big theme park! The similarities between Downtown Los Angeles and Disneyland are staggering!”

Join Charles in his native Ontario, California for an afternoon school bus field trip adventure as he shares the pride and joy of the city’s most charming landmarks, legends and displays all decked out for the holidays!

* This rain-or-shine, 5-hr walking and driving tour begins and concludes in the heart of town at the ONTARIO MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART!

* Tour Southern California’s most charming destination, GRABER OLIVES, where the family has been curing, canning and selling olives since 1894!

* Stroll Southern California’s most elaborate civic holiday displays, twelve original 1959 RELIGIOUS DIORAMAS!

* At LOGAN’S CANDY, the candy man demos candy cane making …very special local holiday day tradition since 1933…

* Dinner is included and will be served at VINCE’S SPAGHETTI, the “Worlds Largest Spaghetti Restaurant,” homespun and family run since 1945!

Downey’s pop culture legends and landmarks are amazing and I want to share them with you! Join me in Downey, CA, on Saturday, March 27, 2010, for this one-time only “Up With Downey” tour – a 5-hr field trip adventure in “America’s Greatest Space Age Suburbia!” Were even gonna meet Miss Downey!

“Up With Downey” tour attractions include:

POP MUSIC LEGENDS…
See the former home of the pop music’s most successful duo, the Carpenter’s – where they lived and Karen tragically died, plus we’ll see their “Close to You” and “Only Just Begun” apartment buildings named for their first two #1 hits!

CRADLE OF THE APOLLO MISSION…
Tour the former North American Aviation “Space Ship Factory” where the Apollo Command Module, that safely delivered man to and from the moon six times, was designed – we’ll see vintage rocket ship models, memorabilia and a big space age surprise!

FAST FOOD GRANDDADDY…
**No host** lunch at the granddaddy of all fast-food stands, the worlds oldest McDonalds, (1953) plus learn the “McStory” at the McDonalds Museum next door!

HIDDEN GHOST TOWN DISCOVERED…
Experience the spectacular remains of the Los Angeles County “Poor Farm” and early days of Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation Center. This is a virtually unknown treasure trove of unique buildings built between the 1890s & 1920s in architecture styles including craftsman, Spanish, Egyptian Revival Moderne and more!

LOCAL MEMORABILIA ON DISPLAY…
At the Downey Historical Society Museum we’ll see a treasure trove of charming vintage local art, artifacts and memorabilia plus tour the city’s oldest house!

GOOGIE MIRACLE…
Finally we celebrate a car culture landmark prevervation/restoration miracle and learn the epic rise- and-fall-and-rise-again story of the greatest drive-in car hop coffee shop ever, (Originally Harvey’s Broiler, later Johnie’s, now Bob’s Big Boy!)

This five-hour driving and bus tour begins and ends at Bob’s Big Boy Broiler located at 7447 Firestone Blvd, Downey, CA 90241. (Free tour parking in Bob’s Big Boy’s auxiliary parking lot) $75.00 ticket includes bus transportation, museums etc. **No host** lunch at world’s oldest McDonald’s. (Sorry, no refunds or exchanges.)