BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Esotouric - ECPv6.18.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Esotouric X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://esotouric.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Esotouric REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240413T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240413T133000 DTSTAMP:20240126T012802Z CREATED:20231213T023240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240126T012802Z UID:10000599-1713004200-1713015000@esotouric.com SUMMARY:RAYMOND CHANDLER’S NOIR DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES WALKING TOUR DESCRIPTION:Join Esotouric for an immersive time travel trip in the footsteps of master detective novelist Raymond Chandler and his cynical alter ego Philip Marlowe\, in the historic heart of Downtown Los Angeles. \nChicago-born and educated in a fine English boarding school\, Chandler found his literary voice during long boozy lunches as a 1920s oil company executive\, quietly observing the criminal origins of great Los Angeles fortunes. Although he left Downtown in the 1930s and found success with fiction and screenwriting\, the old neighborhood cast an abiding spell and he returned to it throughout his career. \nThis tour explores some of the time capsule sites where the young Chandler worked and played\, and where the mature writer set some of his most memorable and murderous scenes. From Angels Flight Railway and old Bunker Hill to the Oviatt Building\, Clifton’s Cafeteria to seedy hotels on the edge of Skid Row\, we’ll bring Chandler’s real and invented worlds alive on a stroll among beautiful\, fascinating landmarks. \nAlong the way\, you’ll get to know the real Raymond Chandler\, with intimate details sleuthed out by the tour guides who over many years of noir exploration have discovered Chandler’s previously unknown comic operetta and penned a Chandler map and nonfiction novel The Kept Girl about the real life cult of angel worshippers who fleeced his oil executive colleague and were front page news in a crime crazed city. \nThis walking tour is illustrated with rare photos you can view on your smartphone. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING INSTRUCTIONS:\nTour begins at 10:30am sharp\, with check-in time 10am at the patio outside Grand Central Market in front of Maple Block BBQ at 324 S Hill St\, Los Angeles\, CA 90013. Please arrive on time and proceed to the check in table to get signed in and logged in to the smartphone slideshow. Scroll down for tour rules and recommendations. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n TOUR RULES & RECOMMENDATIONS:\nBE PREPARED: This is a walking hour lasting approximately 3 hours\, moving at a casual pace. Wear comfortable walking shoes\, sunscreen and a hat. Bring your smartphone so you can view the tour slide show. We will have a cooler with cold water\, and you’re encouraged to bring a full water bottle. A restroom will be available at the start\, middle and end of the tour. If you need more information about what to expect\, please email us. \nMASK POLICY: Masks are welcome\, but not required\, with the exception of on tours that visit unventilated historic spaces\, when we will provide masks for your safety. \nCAMERA POLICY: If you’d like to share about the tour on social media\, please tag Esotouric in your posts. We ask you don’t record long portions of your hosts’ tour presentations. Still cameras and sketchbooks are fine.\n  \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Parking & Public Transit:\nThere are numerous paid public parking lots around Grand Central Market\, including GCM’s multi-level lot at 308 South Hill Street Los Angeles\, California 90013.  The nearest Metro stations are Civic Center/Grand Park and Pershing Square. If using public transit\, this link can help you plan your trip: \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY:\nIf you’re sick\, please do not attend the tour. Get some rest\, and let us know not to expect you. If notified at least 72 hours before tour departure\, we can refund or reschedule your booking. As long as you contact us before the tour begins\, we are happy to move your reservation to a future tour date. You may also gift your ticket to someone else—we will need their name\, email address and phone number to make this switch. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n CONTACTING US ON OR BEFORE TOUR DAY:\nEmailing is the best way to communicate with us\, but after 8am on tour day you can call or text Richard on his mobile phone\, 213-915-8687. URL:https://esotouric.com/event/raymond-chandler-spring-2024/ LOCATION:Grand Central Market\, 308 South Hill Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90013\, United States CATEGORIES:bus tour,walking tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esotouric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/chandler-tour-collage-300x169-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Esotouric":MAILTO:tours@esotouric.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240224T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240224T150000 DTSTAMP:20240122T231546Z CREATED:20231105T222611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240122T231546Z UID:10000592-1708772400-1708786800@esotouric.com SUMMARY:THE REAL BLACK DAHLIA CRIME BUS TOUR DESCRIPTION:“This tour… has established itself as an L.A. classic.” — The Los Angeles Times \n\nThe Black Dahlia murder in 1947 is the most compelling unsolved crime Los Angeles has ever known. What Jack the Ripper is to London\, the Torso Killer to Cleveland\, the Black Dahlia is to L.A. And yet unlike those other cases\, the name Black Dahlia refers not to the killer\, but to the victim. What was it about Elizabeth Short that keeps her the object of obsessive fascination by writers\, musicians\, artists\, filmmakers\, cops and readers\, more than sixty years after she was slain? \nThe Real Black Dahlia Crime Tour seeks to answer this question by intimately exploring the last weeks of Elizabeth Short’s life\, asking not “who killed her?” but “who was she?” \nThe tour takes us from the human hustle of Main Street to the serene lobby of the Biltmore (the second-to-last place she was seen alive)\, to the newspaper offices and the Greyhound station where she checked her bags\, and concludes at the site where her bisected body was found in Leimert Park and with a little known suspect who lived nearby. \nFrom the few personal possessions she left behind to the friends who scarcely knew her\, from the mass hysteria of the investigation with its fruitless leads\, wacko suspects and false confessions\, the tour reveals all that’s known about this enigmatic black-haired girl who reinvented herself at whim\, and shows how she came to be the unfortunate symbol of her time and place. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING INSTRUCTIONS:\nTour begins at 11am sharp\, with check-in time 10.30am at the patio outside Grand Central Market at 324 S Hill St\, Los Angeles\, CA 90013. Please arrive on time and proceed to the check-in table to get signed in\, logged in to the smartphone slideshow\, and select a seat on the bus. Scroll down for tour rules and recommendations. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n TOUR RULES & RECOMMENDATIONS:\nBE PREPARED: This is a bus tour lasting approximately 4 hours\, which will be split fairly evenly between time on and off a 56-seat coach class bus. The bus has A/C\, video monitors (the tour has a slideshow)\, and a restroom. There will be a complimentary coffee and snack break during the tour\, and you’re welcome to bring a packed lunch to enjoy at this time\, as well as any non-alcoholic beverages. \nCOVID SAFETY: Guests are required to wear a mask while boarding and traveling on the bus. Please bring your own mask\, or ask for one on check in. The charter company that we work with cleans the bus cabin before each trip\, and also requires passengers to wear a mask when on board. Thank you for working with us to help keep each other healthy so we can enjoy exploring today and in the future. \nIf you need more information about what to expect\, please email us. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Parking & Public Transit:\nThere are numerous paid public parking lots around Grand Central Market\, including GCM’s multi-level lot at 308 South Hill Street Los Angeles\, California 90013.  The nearest Metro stations are Civic Center/Grand Park and Pershing Square. If using public transit\, this link can help you plan your trip: \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CONTACTING US ON OR BEFORE TOUR DAY:\nEmailing is the best way to communicate with us\, but after 8am on tour day you can call or text Richard on his mobile phone\, 213-915-8687. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY:\nIf you’re sick\, please do not attend the tour. Get some rest\, and let us know not to expect you. If notified at least 72 hours before tour departure\, we can refund or reschedule your booking. As long as you contact us before the tour begins\, we are happy to move your reservation to a future tour date. You may also gift your ticket to someone else—we will need their name\, email address and phone number to make this switch. URL:https://esotouric.com/event/black-dahlia-winter-2024/ LOCATION:Grand Central Market\, 308 South Hill Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90013\, United States CATEGORIES:bus tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esotouric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/black-dahlia-featured-better-WP.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Esotouric":MAILTO:tours@esotouric.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231209T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231209T133000 DTSTAMP:20230920T044551Z CREATED:20230905T005124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T044551Z UID:10000584-1702117800-1702128600@esotouric.com SUMMARY:HIGHLAND PARK ARROYO TIME TRAVEL TRIP WALKING TOUR DESCRIPTION:Come take a walk back through time in one of our favorite early Los Angeles suburbs: Highland Park\, down around the Arroyo. We’ll begin the adventure at El Alisal\, the Pueblo Revival / Craftsman style home of author\, preservationist and civic booster Charles Fletcher Lummis. Following a tour of the house museum and tales of The Old Man’s advocacy for saving Southern California landmarks\, documenting traditional recipes and songs\, and recognizing Native American achievements in art and architecture\, we’ll set out on a stroll around the lower Arroyo\, for tales of fascinating characters\, remarkable buildings and places where the past is so very present you can almost kiss it. \nOn our walk\, we’ll explore Griffin Avenue\, part of an early subdivision\, and share stories of crimes and oddities that took place there. And we’ll stop at the one-time home of Florencio Morales\, to honor the neighborhood hero folk artist whose wild holiday displays were a citywide sensation in the early 1990s. \nWe’ll get a tour of the the Arturo and Mabel Bilderrain House (1912)\, an unusual\, transitional home that blends the then popular Craftsman and Mission Revival styles with elements that reflect the inward facing adobe culture of the Spanish Colonial-era\, to learn about the famous pet rooster\, and ascend 40 steps to see the landmarked Young-Gribling Residence (R.B. Young\, 1885) and enjoy fabulous city views in the company of California historian and neon sign maker Paul Greenstein\, who restored both homes. \nAnd we’ll visit Heritage Square\, the living history museum of rescued buildings\, to hear about the tragedy of the landmarked mansions The Castle and The Salt Box that were moved from Bunker Hill. And we’ll hear some much happier historic preservation success stories. Plus you’ll get to see Heritage Square’s vintage Los Angeles streetlight boneyard\, with rare lamps awaiting future restoration. \nThis walking tour is illustrated with rare photos you can view on your smartphone. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n CHECK-IN DETAILS:\nTour begins at 10:30am sharp\, with check-in time 10am at Lummis House\, 200 East Avenue 43\, Los Angeles\, CA 90031. Please arrive on time to get signed in and logged in to the smartphone slideshow\, and take a stroll around the grounds. Scroll down for tour rules and recommendations. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n PARKING & PUBLIC TRANSIT:\nThere is ample unmetered street parking with no time restrictions along Carlota Boulevard\, by the East gate of Lummis House. Please read any posted signs before parking. The nearest Metro stops are Heritage Square / Arroyo and Southwest Museum. If using public transit\, this link can help you plan your trip. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n TOUR RULES & RECOMMENDATIONS:\nBE PREPARED: This is a walking hour lasting about 3 hours\, over mostly level ground moving at a casual pace\, however\, halfway through the tour we will walk up 40 steps to get to an late 19th century home. We will have to go back down those same 40 steps as well to leave. Total distance walked is about 3 1/2 miles. Wear comfortable walking shoes\, sunscreen and a hat. Bring your smartphone so you can view the tour slide show. We will have a cooler with cold water\, and you’re encouraged to bring a full water bottle. A restroom will be available at the start and end of the tour. If you need more information about what to expect\, please email us. \nMASK POLICY: Masks are welcome\, but not required\, with the exception of on tours that visit unventilated historic spaces\, when we will provide masks for your safety. \nCAMERA POLICY: If you’d like to share about the tour on social media\, please tag Esotouric in your posts. We ask you don’t record long portions of your hosts’ tour presentations. Still cameras and sketchbooks are fine. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CONTACTING US ON OR BEFORE TOUR DAY:\nEmailing is the best way to communicate with us\, but after 8am on tour day you can call or text Richard on his mobile phone\, 213-915-8687. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY:\nIf you’re sick\, please do not attend the tour. Get some rest\, and let us know not to expect you. If notified at least 72 hours before tour departure\, we can refund or reschedule your booking. As long as you contact us before the tour begins\, we are happy to move your reservation to a future tour date. You may also gift your ticket to someone else—we will need their name\, email address and phone number to make this switch. URL:https://esotouric.com/event/arroyo-time-travel-fall-2023/ LOCATION:Lummis House/El Alisal\, 200 East Avenue 43\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90031\, United States CATEGORIES:bus tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esotouric.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/arroyo-featurd-WP.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Esotouric":MAILTO:tours@esotouric.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231118T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231118T170000 DTSTAMP:20231117T025719Z CREATED:20230825T011320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231117T025719Z UID:10000581-1700303400-1700326800@esotouric.com SUMMARY:Special Event: Leo Politi Loves Los Angeles Bus Tour DESCRIPTION:Esotouric invites you to attend a special all-day tour that celebrates the life\, work and passions of acclaimed author and illustrator Leo Politi (1908-1996) through visits to time capsule locations that figure in his remarkable Los Angeles story. This tour is also a rolling birthday celebration for Esotouric’s Richard Schave\, which means we’re pulling out all the stops to make it an experience that will blow your mind. \nLeo Politi was born in Fresno and raised in Italy and London. Demonstrating exceptional artistic talent as a small child\, he received the benefit of a traditional Italian art apprenticeship. Politi returned to California in 1931\, and soon established himself as Olvera Street’s public artist\, drawing and painting the historic buildings\, colorful characters\, and festive events that honored his adopted city’s multi-cultural history and selling portraits to tourists and locals. \nDocumenting the people\, the past\, the faiths\, the landscape and the built environment of Southern California\, and advocating for the preservation of landmarks\, would be his life’s work\, manifested through more than a dozen illustrated books for children and adults\, hundreds of paintings and drawings\, and select murals and sculptures installed in public spaces. \nThe tour will begin at Grand Central Market in Downtown Los Angeles\, across the street from Politi’s beloved Angels Flight Railway funicular and the redeveloped Bunker Hill that replaced his lost Victorian neighborhood. We’ll visit Olvera Street and the Plaza\, to see the place where he found inspiration and gained fame\, returning years later to paint a mural of the Blessing of the Animals. We’ll visit the colorful plazas of New Chinatown\, see the Victorian mansions that survive atop Angeleno Heights—including Politi’s own residence—and swing out to South Pasadena’s library\, where an original Politi mural and a very personal sculpture welcome children to lose themselves in books. Back Downtown\, Central Library’s special collections department is graciously bringing out some of the paintings that Politi donated to the people of Los Angeles after completing his book “Bunker Hill Los Angeles: Reminiscences of Bygone Days.” Join us as we get to know his beloved city through vintage photos and the drawings\, paintings and writings of our guiding star\, Leo Politi. \nOur guests include Gordon Pattison\, native son of old Bunker Hill\, Bunker Hill historian Nathan Marsak\, and Leo Politi’s daughter Suzanne Bischof\, and attendees will have the opportunity to buy copies of Politi’s books. Coffee\, cookies and lunch (choice of turkey\, tuna or vegetarian sandwich from Arto’s Broadway Deli is included in the ticket price\, plus Richard’s birthday cake. \nThis tour is a special event\, and gift certificates for regularly scheduled tours are not accepted. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING INSTRUCTIONS:\nTour begins at 10:30am sharp\, with check-in time 10am at the patio outside Grand Central Market in front of Maple Block BBQ at 324 S Hill St\, Los Angeles\, CA 90013. Please arrive on time and proceed to the check in table to get signed in and logged in to the smartphone slideshow. Scroll down for tour rules and recommendations. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n TOUR RULES & RECOMMENDATIONS:\nBE PREPARED: This is a bus tour lasting approximately 5½ hours\, which will be split fairly evenly between time on and off a 56-seat coach class bus. The bus has A/C\, video monitors (the tour has a slideshow)\, and a restroom. There will be a scheduled lunch break (sandwich included in the ticket price)\, complimentary coffee and cookies. You’re welcome to bring other snacks to to enjoy at this time or during our off-the-bus stops\, as well as any non-alcoholic beverages. We will have an ample supply of cold water available. Plus there will be birthday cake! \nCOVID SAFETY: Guests are required to wear a mask while boarding and traveling on the bus. Please bring your own mask\, or ask for one on check in. The charter company that we work with cleans the bus cabin before each trip\, and also requires passengers to wear a mask when on board. Thank you for working with us to help keep each other healthy so we can enjoy exploring today and in the future. \nIf you need more information about what to expect\, please email us. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Parking & Public Transit:\nThere are numerous paid public parking lots around Grand Central Market\, including GCM’s multi-level lot at 308 South Hill Street Los Angeles\, California 90013.  The nearest Metro stations are Civic Center/Grand Park and Pershing Square. If using public transit\, this link can help you plan your trip: \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CONTACTING US ON OR BEFORE TOUR DAY:\nEmailing is the best way to communicate with us\, but after 8am on tour day you can call or text Richard on his mobile phone\, 213-915-8687. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY:\nIf you’re sick\, please do not attend the tour. Get some rest\, and let us know not to expect you. If notified at least 72 hours before tour departure\, we can refund or reschedule your booking. As long as you contact us before the tour begins\, we are happy to move your reservation to a future tour date. You may also gift your ticket to someone else—we will need their name\, email address and phone number to make this switch. URL:https://esotouric.com/event/leo-politi-tour-2023/ LOCATION:Grand Central Market\, 308 South Hill Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90013\, United States CATEGORIES:bus tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esotouric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/leo-politi-WP.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Esotouric":MAILTO:tours@esotouric.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231028T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231028T150000 DTSTAMP:20230714T191127Z CREATED:20230714T162436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230714T191127Z UID:10000578-1698490800-1698505200@esotouric.com SUMMARY:THE REAL BLACK DAHLIA CRIME BUS TOUR DESCRIPTION:“This tour… has established itself as an L.A. classic.” — The Los Angeles Times \n\nThe Black Dahlia murder in 1947 is the most compelling unsolved crime Los Angeles has ever known. What Jack the Ripper is to London\, the Torso Killer to Cleveland\, the Black Dahlia is to L.A. And yet unlike those other cases\, the name Black Dahlia refers not to the killer\, but to the victim. What was it about Elizabeth Short that keeps her the object of obsessive fascination by writers\, musicians\, artists\, filmmakers\, cops and readers\, more than sixty years after she was slain? \nThe Real Black Dahlia Crime Tour seeks to answer this question by intimately exploring the last weeks of Elizabeth Short’s life\, asking not “who killed her?” but “who was she?” \nThe tour takes us from the human hustle of Main Street to the serene lobby of the Biltmore (the second-to-last place she was seen alive)\, to the newspaper offices and the Greyhound station where she checked her bags\, and concludes at the site where her bisected body was found in Leimert Park and with a little known suspect who lived nearby. \nFrom the few personal possessions she left behind to the friends who scarcely knew her\, from the mass hysteria of the investigation with its fruitless leads\, wacko suspects and false confessions\, the tour reveals all that’s known about this enigmatic black-haired girl who reinvented herself at whim\, and shows how she came to be the unfortunate symbol of her time and place. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING INSTRUCTIONS:\nTour begins at 11am sharp\, with check-in time 10.30am at the patio outside Grand Central Market at 324 S Hill St\, Los Angeles\, CA 90013. Please arrive on time and proceed to the check-in table to get signed in\, logged in to the smartphone slideshow\, and select a seat on the bus. Scroll down for tour rules and recommendations. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n TOUR RULES & RECOMMENDATIONS:\nBE PREPARED: This is a bus tour lasting approximately 4 hours\, which will be split fairly evenly between time on and off a 56-seat coach class bus. The bus has A/C\, video monitors (the tour has a slideshow)\, and a restroom. There will be a complimentary coffee and snack break during the tour\, and you’re welcome to bring a packed lunch to enjoy at this time\, as well as any non-alcoholic beverages. \nCOVID SAFETY: Guests are required to wear a mask while boarding and traveling on the bus. Please bring your own mask\, or ask for one on check in. The charter company that we work with cleans the bus cabin before each trip\, and also requires passengers to wear a mask when on board. Thank you for working with us to help keep each other healthy so we can enjoy exploring today and in the future. \nIf you need more information about what to expect\, please email us. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Parking & Public Transit:\nThere are numerous paid public parking lots around Grand Central Market\, including GCM’s multi-level lot at 308 South Hill Street Los Angeles\, California 90013.  The nearest Metro stations are Civic Center/Grand Park and Pershing Square. If using public transit\, this link can help you plan your trip: \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CONTACTING US ON OR BEFORE TOUR DAY:\nEmailing is the best way to communicate with us\, but after 8am on tour day you can call or text Richard on his mobile phone\, 213-915-8687. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY:\nIf you’re sick\, please do not attend the tour. Get some rest\, and let us know not to expect you. If notified at least 72 hours before tour departure\, we can refund or reschedule your booking. As long as you contact us before the tour begins\, we are happy to move your reservation to a future tour date. You may also gift your ticket to someone else—we will need their name\, email address and phone number to make this switch. URL:https://esotouric.com/event/black-dahlia-fall-2023/ LOCATION:Grand Central Market\, 308 South Hill Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90013\, United States CATEGORIES:bus tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esotouric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/black-dahlia-featured-better-WP.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Esotouric":MAILTO:tours@esotouric.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T150000 DTSTAMP:20230714T191725Z CREATED:20230709T194942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230714T191725Z UID:10000576-1697886000-1697900400@esotouric.com SUMMARY:The Birth of Noir: James M. Cain's Southern California Nightmare Bus Tour DESCRIPTION:Southern California 1931: Amongst the burgeoning urban sprawl built atop bulldozed orange groves and the bitter realization that you can’t eat the sunshine\, recent emigre James M. Cain found a kernel of truth and his voice\, which would eventually distill through his Los Angeles novels\, The Postman Always Rings Twice\, Mildred Pierce and Double Indemnity and subsequent film adaptations into the unique American genre: Film Noir. \nHow did this East Coast sophisticate go from managing editor of The New Yorker to populist novelist accused of writing dirty books? The tour explores Cain’s Los Angeles from Hollywood to Glendale and along old Route 66\, and includes illuminating visits to Forest Lawn Memorial Park (site of the funeral of Mildred Pierce’s “other” daughter\, Ray)\, the Glendale Train Station where the Double Indemnity murder plot played out\, and the punch line to a Billy Wilder joke so subtle\, it took six decades for anyone to get. The tour includes cameo appearances by the artisans who transformed Cain’s fictions into Film Noir classics\, including Billy Wilder\, Raymond Chandler\, Joan Crawford and Lana Turner. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING INSTRUCTIONS:\nTour begins at 10:30am sharp\, with check-in time 10am at the patio outside Grand Central Market in front of Maple Block BBQ at 324 S Hill St\, Los Angeles\, CA 90013. Please arrive on time and proceed to the check in table to get signed in and logged in to the smartphone slideshow. Scroll down for tour rules and recommendations. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n TOUR RULES & RECOMMENDATIONS:\nBE PREPARED: This is a bus tour lasting approximately 4 hours\, which will be split fairly evenly between time on and off a 56-seat coach class bus. The bus has A/C\, video monitors (the tour has a slideshow)\, and a restroom. There will be a complimentary coffee and snack break during the tour\, and you’re welcome to bring a packed lunch to enjoy at this time\, as well as any non-alcoholic beverages. \nCOVID SAFETY: Guests are required to wear a mask while boarding and traveling on the bus. Please bring your own mask\, or ask for one on check in. The charter company that we work with cleans the bus cabin before each trip\, and also requires passengers to wear a mask when on board. Thank you for working with us to help keep each other healthy so we can enjoy exploring today and in the future. \nIf you need more information about what to expect\, please email us. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Parking & Public Transit:\nThere are numerous paid public parking lots around Grand Central Market\, including GCM’s multi-level lot at 308 South Hill Street Los Angeles\, California 90013.  The nearest Metro stations are Civic Center/Grand Park and Pershing Square. If using public transit\, this link can help you plan your trip: \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CONTACTING US ON OR BEFORE TOUR DAY:\nEmailing is the best way to communicate with us\, but after 8am on tour day you can call or text Richard on his mobile phone\, 213-915-8687. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY:\nIf you’re sick\, please do not attend the tour. Get some rest\, and let us know not to expect you. If notified at least 72 hours before tour departure\, we can refund or reschedule your booking. As long as you contact us before the tour begins\, we are happy to move your reservation to a future tour date. You may also gift your ticket to someone else—we will need their name\, email address and phone number to make this switch. URL:https://esotouric.com/event/birth-noir-fall-2023/ LOCATION:Grand Central Market\, 308 South Hill Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90013\, United States CATEGORIES:bus tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esotouric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/birth-noir-featured-WP.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Esotouric":MAILTO:tours@esotouric.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231014T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231014T150000 DTSTAMP:20230714T190758Z CREATED:20230627T172754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230714T190758Z UID:10000575-1697281200-1697295600@esotouric.com SUMMARY:EASTSIDE BABYLON CRIME BUS TOUR DESCRIPTION:Go East\, Young Crime Fiend! And let Esotouric guide you through a century’s weird history on the east side of the Los Angeles River. On this true crime tour\, you’ll discover fascinating\, little-known neighborhoods and the grim memories they hold. Come visit Boyle Heights\, where the Night Stalker was captured. Roam the hallowed lawns of Evergreen\, L.A.’s oldest cemetery and home of some most unusual burials. Visit East Los Angeles\, where a deranged radio shop employee made mincemeat of his boss and bride–also home to the world’s biggest tamale. Explore the ghastly streets of Commerce\, where one small neighborhood’s myriad crimes will shock and surprise. Visit Montebello\, to get your heart broken by a horrifying case of mother love gone haywire. All this\, and so much more on Esotouric’s exploration of the Eastside’s most horrifying forgotten crimes. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING INSTRUCTIONS:\nTour begins at 11am sharp\, with check-in time 10.30am at the patio outside Grand Central Market at 324 S Hill St\, Los Angeles\, CA 90013. Please arrive on time and proceed to the check-in table to get signed in\, logged in to the smartphone slideshow\, and select a seat on the bus. Scroll down for tour rules and recommendations. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n TOUR RULES & RECOMMENDATIONS:\nBE PREPARED: This is a bus tour lasting approximately 4 hours\, which will be split fairly evenly between time on and off a 56-seat coach class bus. The bus has A/C\, video monitors (the tour has a slideshow)\, and a restroom. There will be a complimentary coffee and snack break during the tour\, and you’re welcome to bring a packed lunch to enjoy at this time\, as well as any non-alcoholic beverages. \nCOVID SAFETY: Guests are required to wear a mask while boarding and traveling on the bus. Please bring your own mask\, or ask for one on check in. The charter company that we work with cleans the bus cabin before each trip\, and also requires passengers to wear a mask when on board. Thank you for working with us to help keep each other healthy so we can enjoy exploring today and in the future. \nIf you need more information about what to expect\, please email us. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Parking & Public Transit:\nThere are numerous paid public parking lots around Grand Central Market\, including GCM’s multi-level lot at 308 South Hill Street Los Angeles\, California 90013.  The nearest Metro stations are Civic Center/Grand Park and Pershing Square. If using public transit\, this link can help you plan your trip: \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CONTACTING US ON OR BEFORE TOUR DAY:\nEmailing is the best way to communicate with us\, but after 8am on tour day you can call or text Richard on his mobile phone\, 213-915-8687. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY:\nIf you’re sick\, please do not attend the tour. Get some rest\, and let us know not to expect you. If notified at least 72 hours before tour departure\, we can refund or reschedule your booking. As long as you contact us before the tour begins\, we are happy to move your reservation to a future tour date. You may also gift your ticket to someone else—we will need their name\, email address and phone number to make this switch. URL:https://esotouric.com/event/eastside-babylon-fall-2023/ LOCATION:Grand Central Market\, 308 South Hill Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90013\, United States CATEGORIES:bus tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esotouric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/eastside-babylon-featured.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Esotouric":MAILTO:tours@esotouric.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230909T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230909T150000 DTSTAMP:20230714T190332Z CREATED:20230627T165142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230714T190332Z UID:10000571-1694257200-1694271600@esotouric.com SUMMARY:Pasadena Confidential Crime Bus Tour DESCRIPTION:“Intensely dark and deeply researched.” – Los Angeles Magazine \nThe Crown City masquerades as a calm and refined retreat\, where well-bred ladies glide around their perfect bungalows and everyone knows what fork to use first. But don’t be fooled by appearances. Dip into the confidential files of old Pasadena and meet assassins and oddballs\, kidnappers and slashers\, Satanists and all manner of maniac in a delightful little tour you WON’T find recommended by the better class of people! From celebrated cases like the RFK assassination (with a visit to Sirhan Sirhan’s folks’ house)\, “Eraserhead” star Jack Nance’s strange end\, black magician/rocket scientist Jack Parsons’ death-by-misadventure and the 1926 Rose Parade grand stand collapse\, to fascinating obscurities\, the tour’s litany of murders\, arsons\, kidnappings\, robberies\, suicides\, auto wrecks and oddball happening sites provide a alternate history of Pasadena that’s as fascinating as it is creepy. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING INSTRUCTIONS:\nTour begins at 11am sharp\, with check-in time 10.30am at the Southwest corner of Central Park (Del Mar & Fair Oaks). There is a public restroom in the park and one the bus. Please arrive on time and proceed to the check-in table to get signed in\, logged in to the smartphone slideshow\, and select a seat on the bus. Scroll down for tour rules and recommendations. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n TOUR RULES & RECOMMENDATIONS:\nBE PREPARED: This is a bus tour lasting approximately 4 hours\, which will be split fairly evenly between time on and off a 56-seat coach class bus. The bus has A/C\, video monitors (the tour has a slideshow)\, and a restroom. There will be a complimentary coffee and snack break during the tour\, and you’re welcome to bring a packed lunch to enjoy at this time\, as well as any non-alcoholic beverages. \nCOVID SAFETY: Guests are required to wear a mask while boarding and traveling on the bus. Please bring your own mask\, or ask for one on check in. The charter company that we work with cleans the bus cabin before each trip\, and also requires passengers to wear a mask when on board. Thank you for working with us to help keep each other healthy so we can enjoy exploring today and in the future. \nIf you need more information about what to expect\, please email us. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Parking & Public Transit\nThere is ample parking at the Metro Del Mar Station on Raymond Ave (the east side of Central Park). Central Park is adjacent to the Del Mar Metro Station served by the A Line. This link can help plan your trip on public transit. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CONTACTING US ON OR BEFORE TOUR DAY:\nEmailing is the best way to communicate with us\, but after 8am on tour day you can call or text Richard on his mobile phone\, 213-915-8687. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY:\nIf you’re sick\, please do not attend the tour. Get some rest\, and let us know not to expect you. If notified at least 72 hours before tour departure\, we can refund or reschedule your booking. As long as you contact us before the tour begins\, we are happy to move your reservation to a future tour date. You may also gift your ticket to someone else—we will need their name\, email address and phone number to make this switch. URL:https://esotouric.com/event/pasadena-2023/ LOCATION:Central Park (Pasadena)\, 275 S Raymond Ave\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91105\, United States CATEGORIES:bus tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esotouric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/pasadena-confidential-featured.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Esotouric":MAILTO:tours@esotouric.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230826T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230826T150000 DTSTAMP:20230714T190148Z CREATED:20230621T010119Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230714T190148Z UID:10000570-1693047600-1693062000@esotouric.com SUMMARY:Hotel Horrors & Main Street Vice Crime Bus Tour DESCRIPTION:From the founding of the city through the 1940s\, downtown was the true center of Los Angeles\, a lively\, densely populated\, exciting and sometimes dangerous place. After many quiet decades\, downtown is making an incredible return. But while many of the historic buildings remain\, their human context has been lost. This tour aims to revive the ghosts that cling to the bricks and alleyways. \nThe Hotel Horrors section is a true crime and oddities tour featuring some of the wildest\, weirdest\, goriest and most memorable happenings in historic hotels like the St. George\, Barclay and Cecil. Join us to see inside some of these legendary locales and find out where Night Stalker Richard Ramirez dumped his blood-soaked clothing and where Canadian tourist Elisa Lam fell off the map\, see the hotel that saw a visit from the Skid Row Slasher and the one where two traveling chocolate salesmen laughed so hard they fell backwards out a window to their deaths. You’ll also explore the fiery curse that repeatedly leveled one building. Included are some light hearted stories to help the blood and gore go down. \nThe Main Street Vice section celebrates the social history of the ribald\, racy\, raunchy old promenade where the better people simply did not travel\, but kicks were had by all who did. Burlesque babes and dirty picture parlors\, mummified western outlaws and old time tattoo parlors\, wax museums and pawn brokers\, “professors” offering sex lectures and magazine peddlers with nudie Marilyn Monroe calendars under the counter\, sophisticated steak houses and nickel donut dives — these were the pleasures and the people to be found along Main during the first half of the 20th century. We’ll visit the scenes of some more unforgettable debaucheries and share stories of crime\, smut\, passion and commerce. \nThis “downtown double feature” tour is especially recommended for residents curious about their neighborhood’s neglected history\, and anyone fascinated by grim crimes and gorgeous architecture. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING INSTRUCTIONS:\nTour begins at 11am sharp\, with check-in time 10.30am at the patio outside Grand Central Market at 324 S Hill St\, Los Angeles\, CA 90013. Please arrive on time and proceed to the check-in table to get signed in\, logged in to the smartphone slideshow\, and select a seat on the bus. Scroll down for tour rules and recommendations. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n TOUR RULES & RECOMMENDATIONS:\nBE PREPARED: This is a bus tour lasting approximately 4 hours\, which will be split fairly evenly between time on and off a 56-seat coach class bus. The bus has A/C\, video monitors (the tour has a slideshow)\, and a restroom. There will be a complimentary coffee and snack break during the tour\, and you’re welcome to bring a packed lunch to enjoy at this time\, as well as any non-alcoholic beverages. \nCOVID SAFETY: Guests are required to wear a mask while boarding and traveling on the bus. Please bring your own mask\, or ask for one on check in. The charter company that we work with cleans the bus cabin before each trip\, and also requires passengers to wear a mask when on board. Thank you for working with us to help keep each other healthy so we can enjoy exploring today and in the future. \nIf you need more information about what to expect\, please email us. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Parking & Public Transit:\nThere are numerous paid public parking lots around Grand Central Market\, including GCM’s multi-level lot at 308 South Hill Street Los Angeles\, California 90013.  The nearest Metro stations are Civic Center/Grand Park and Pershing Square. If using public transit\, this link can help you plan your trip: \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CONTACTING US ON OR BEFORE TOUR DAY:\nEmailing is the best way to communicate with us\, but after 8am on tour day you can call or text Richard on his mobile phone\, 213-915-8687. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY:\nIf you’re sick\, please do not attend the tour. Get some rest\, and let us know not to expect you. If notified at least 72 hours before tour departure\, we can refund or reschedule your booking. As long as you contact us before the tour begins\, we are happy to move your reservation to a future tour date. You may also gift your ticket to someone else—we will need their name\, email address and phone number to make this switch. URL:https://esotouric.com/event/hotel-horrors-2023/ LOCATION:Grand Central Market\, 308 South Hill Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90013\, United States CATEGORIES:bus tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esotouric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hotel-horrors-featured.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Esotouric":MAILTO:tours@esotouric.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230812T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230812T150000 DTSTAMP:20230503T042826Z CREATED:20230426T024959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230503T042826Z UID:10000565-1691838000-1691852400@esotouric.com SUMMARY:HAUNTS OF A DIRTY OLD MAN: CHARLES BUKOWSKI'S LOS ANGELES BUS TOUR DESCRIPTION:This page is for the Charles Bukowski bus tour which debuted in 2007. In 2024\, we launched a walking tour of Charles Bukowski’s Westlake. Check the website calendar for upcoming dates. \n[This tour is] a poetic journey full of rare insight into the life of a man who’s come to represent the ghettoized contingency of the City of Angels.” – Tanja M. Laden\, Flavorpill \n“Haunts of a Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowski’s LA” focuses on Bukowski’s great passions: writing\, screwing and Los Angeles. We’ll take in the canonical locations of his life and myth: the Postal Annex Terminal where he gathered the material for “Post Office\,” the De Longpre apartment where he briefly experimented with marriage and fatherhood (and which your tour guides helped save)\, the cathedral-like Central Library\, an iconic SRO apartment residence and many other spots. Along the way\, we’ll explore the people and ideas that made up the warp and weft of Buk’s rich inner life. This Esotouric tour is hosted by Richard Schave and spans Bukowski’s personal city\, from Skid Row to once-genteel Crown Hill\, to Bukowski’s favorite East Hollywood liquor store\, the Pink Elephant. \nIn honor of this tour and Bukowski’s poem Bluebird\, cartoonist Tony Millionaire has created The Bukbird\, a pale blue version of his beloved alcoholic crow character. The Bukbird is available on T-shirts\, mugs\, coasters and fine art prints by plasticmuse. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING INSTRUCTIONS:\nTour begins at 11am sharp\, with check-in time 10.30am at the patio outside Grand Central Market at 324 S Hill St\, Los Angeles\, CA 90013. Please arrive on time and proceed to the check-in table to get signed in\, logged in to the smartphone slideshow\, and select a seat on the bus. Scroll down for tour rules and recommendations. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n TOUR RULES & RECOMMENDATIONS:\nBE PREPARED: This is a bus tour lasting approximately 4 hours\, which will be split fairly evenly between time on and off a 56-seat coach class bus. The bus has A/C\, video monitors (the tour has a slideshow)\, and a restroom. There will be a complimentary coffee and snack break during the tour\, and you’re welcome to bring a packed lunch to enjoy at this time\, as well as any non-alcoholic beverages. \nCOVID SAFETY: Guests are required to wear a mask while boarding and traveling on the bus. Please bring your own mask\, or ask for one on check in. The charter company that we work with cleans the bus cabin before each trip\, and also requires passengers to wear a mask when on board. Thank you for working with us to help keep each other healthy so we can enjoy exploring today and in the future. \nIf you need more information about what to expect\, please email us. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Parking & Public Transit:\nThere are numerous paid public parking lots around Grand Central Market\, including GCM’s multi-level lot at 308 South Hill Street Los Angeles\, California 90013.  The nearest Metro stations are Civic Center/Grand Park and Pershing Square. If using public transit\, this link can help you plan your trip: \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CONTACTING US ON OR BEFORE TOUR DAY:\nEmailing is the best way to communicate with us\, but after 8am on tour day you can call or text Richard on his mobile phone\, 213-915-8687. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY:\nIf you’re sick\, please do not attend the tour. Get some rest\, and let us know not to expect you. If notified at least 72 hours before tour departure\, we can refund or reschedule your booking. As long as you contact us before the tour begins\, we are happy to move your reservation to a future tour date. You may also gift your ticket to someone else—we will need their name\, email address and phone number to make this switch. URL:https://esotouric.com/event/bukowski-tour-2023/ LOCATION:Grand Central Market\, 308 South Hill Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90013\, United States CATEGORIES:bus tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esotouric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Bukowski-WesternAve-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Esotouric":MAILTO:tours@esotouric.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230722T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230722T150000 DTSTAMP:20230501T164724Z CREATED:20230426T015041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230501T164724Z UID:10000562-1690023600-1690038000@esotouric.com SUMMARY:IN A LONELY PLACE: RAYMOND CHANDLER’S LOS ANGELES BUS TOUR DESCRIPTION:Bungalows. Crime. Hollywood. Blondes. Vets. Smog. Death. \nThis was Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles\, which resonated under deft and melancholy fits from his writer’s bow. \nJoin us as we go down the mean streets that shaped his fiction\, and that in turn shaped his hard-boiled times\, in a four hour tour of downtown\, Hollywood and surrounding environs: The Los Angeles Athletic Club\, the Larry Edmunds Bookshop\, the Hotel Van Nuys\, Paramount Studio’s gates\, and much\, much more. \nThrough published work\, private correspondence\, screenplays and film adaptations\, we trace Chandler’s search for meaning and his anti-hero Philip Marlowe’s struggle to not be pigeonholed or give anything less than all he has\, which lead them both down the rabbit hole of isolation\, depression\, and drink. \nExclusive on this tour: the fascinating story of Raymond Chandler’s lost comic operetta The Princess and the Pedlar\, a bombshell in Chandler studies\, discovered by our own Kim Cooper in 2014. \nTour passengers will have the opportunity to purchase an autographed copy of co-host Kim Cooper’s mystery novel The Kept Girl\, inspired by this tour and starring the young Chandler and the real-life Philip Marlowe on the trail of a cult of murderous angel worshippers\, as well as the new Raymond Chandler Map of Los Angeles. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING INSTRUCTIONS:\nTour begins at 11am sharp\, with check-in time 10.30am at the patio outside Grand Central Market at 324 S Hill St\, Los Angeles\, CA 90013. Please arrive on time and proceed to the check-in table to get signed in\, logged in to the smartphone slideshow\, and select a seat on the bus. Scroll down for tour rules and recommendations. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n TOUR RULES & RECOMMENDATIONS:\nBE PREPARED: This is a bus tour lasting approximately 4 hours\, which will be split fairly evenly between time on and off a 56-seat coach class bus. The bus has A/C\, video monitors (the tour has a slideshow)\, and a restroom. There will be a complimentary coffee and snack break during the tour\, and you’re welcome to bring a packed lunch to enjoy at this time\, as well as any non-alcoholic beverages. \nCOVID SAFETY: Guests are required to wear a mask while boarding and traveling on the bus. Please bring your own mask\, or ask for one on check in. The charter company that we work with cleans the bus cabin before each trip\, and also requires passengers to wear a mask when on board. Thank you for working with us to help keep each other healthy so we can enjoy exploring today and in the future. \nIf you need more information about what to expect\, please email us. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Parking & Public Transit:\nThere are numerous paid public parking lots around Grand Central Market\, including GCM’s multi-level lot at 308 South Hill Street Los Angeles\, California 90013.  The nearest Metro stations are Civic Center/Grand Park and Pershing Square. If using public transit\, this link can help you plan your trip: \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CONTACTING US ON OR BEFORE TOUR DAY:\nEmailing is the best way to communicate with us\, but after 8am on tour day you can call or text Richard on his mobile phone\, 213-915-8687. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY:\nIf you’re sick\, please do not attend the tour. Get some rest\, and let us know not to expect you. If notified at least 72 hours before tour departure\, we can refund or reschedule your booking. As long as you contact us before the tour begins\, we are happy to move your reservation to a future tour date. You may also gift your ticket to someone else—we will need their name\, email address and phone number to make this switch. URL:https://esotouric.com/event/chandler-bus-tour-summer-2023/ LOCATION:Grand Central Market\, 308 South Hill Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90013\, United States CATEGORIES:bus tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esotouric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/chandler-bus-featured-WP.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Esotouric":MAILTO:tours@esotouric.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230701T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230701T150000 DTSTAMP:20230503T042905Z CREATED:20230426T022712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230503T042905Z UID:10000564-1688209200-1688223600@esotouric.com SUMMARY:ECHO PARK BOOK OF THE DEAD BUS TOUR DESCRIPTION:From the deranged minds of Esotouric\, an historical crime tour meant to honor the lost souls who wander the hills and byways of the “streetcar suburbs” (Echo Park\, Silver Lake\, Elysian Park\, Angeleno Heights) that hug Sunset Boulevard. Climb aboard to see seemingly ordinary houses\, streets and commercial buildings revealed as the scenes of chilling crimes and mysteries\, populated by some of the most fascinating people you’d never want to meet. Featured cases include Edward Hickman’s kidnapping of little Marion Parker\, the Hillside Strangler serial killings and the bizarre “Man in the Attic” love nest slaying\, plus many more incredible\, forgotten tales of Angelenoes in peril. Guests will also see some of the most beautiful historic architecture in Los Angeles\, including a visit to Sister Aimee Semple McPherson’s exquisite Parsonage\, her one-time home\, now a museum. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING INSTRUCTIONS:\nTour begins at 11am sharp\, with check-in time 10.30am at the patio outside Grand Central Market at 324 S Hill St\, Los Angeles\, CA 90013. Please arrive on time and proceed to the check-in table to get signed in\, logged in to the smartphone slideshow\, and select a seat on the bus. Scroll down for tour rules and recommendations. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n TOUR RULES & RECOMMENDATIONS:\nBE PREPARED: This is a bus tour lasting approximately 4 hours\, which will be split fairly evenly between time on and off a 56-seat coach class bus. The bus has A/C\, video monitors (the tour has a slideshow)\, and a restroom. There will be a complimentary coffee and snack break during the tour\, and you’re welcome to bring a packed lunch to enjoy at this time\, as well as any non-alcoholic beverages. \nCOVID SAFETY: Guests are required to wear a mask while boarding and traveling on the bus. Please bring your own mask\, or ask for one on check in. The charter company that we work with cleans the bus cabin before each trip\, and also requires passengers to wear a mask when on board. Thank you for working with us to help keep each other healthy so we can enjoy exploring today and in the future. \nIf you need more information about what to expect\, please email us. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Parking & Public Transit:\nThere are numerous paid public parking lots around Grand Central Market\, including GCM’s multi-level lot at 308 South Hill Street Los Angeles\, California 90013.  The nearest Metro stations are Civic Center/Grand Park and Pershing Square. If using public transit\, this link can help you plan your trip: \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CONTACTING US ON OR BEFORE TOUR DAY:\nEmailing is the best way to communicate with us\, but after 8am on tour day you can call or text Richard on his mobile phone\, 213-915-8687. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY:\nIf you’re sick\, please do not attend the tour. Get some rest\, and let us know not to expect you. If notified at least 72 hours before tour departure\, we can refund or reschedule your booking. As long as you contact us before the tour begins\, we are happy to move your reservation to a future tour date. You may also gift your ticket to someone else—we will need their name\, email address and phone number to make this switch. URL:https://esotouric.com/event/echo-park-bus-tour-summer-2023/ LOCATION:Grand Central Market\, 308 South Hill Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90013\, United States CATEGORIES:bus tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esotouric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EchoPark-5-Cropped.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Esotouric":MAILTO:tours@esotouric.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230624T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230624T150000 DTSTAMP:20230501T164405Z CREATED:20230426T020329Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230501T164405Z UID:10000563-1687604400-1687618800@esotouric.com SUMMARY:THE REAL BLACK DAHLIA BUS TOUR DESCRIPTION:“This tour… has established itself as an L.A. classic.” — The Los Angeles Times \n\nThe Black Dahlia murder in 1947 is the most compelling unsolved crime Los Angeles has ever known. What Jack the Ripper is to London\, the Torso Killer to Cleveland\, the Black Dahlia is to L.A. And yet unlike those other cases\, the name Black Dahlia refers not to the killer\, but to the victim. What was it about Elizabeth Short that keeps her the object of obsessive fascination by writers\, musicians\, artists\, filmmakers\, cops and readers\, more than sixty years after she was slain? \nThe Real Black Dahlia Crime Tour seeks to answer this question by intimately exploring the last weeks of Elizabeth Short’s life\, asking not “who killed her?” but “who was she?” \nThe tour takes us from the human hustle of Main Street to the serene lobby of the Biltmore (the second-to-last place she was seen alive)\, to the newspaper offices and the Greyhound station where she checked her bags\, and concludes at the site where her bisected body was found in Leimert Park and with a little known suspect who lived nearby. \nFrom the few personal possessions she left behind to the friends who scarcely knew her\, from the mass hysteria of the investigation with its fruitless leads\, wacko suspects and false confessions\, the tour reveals all that’s known about this enigmatic black-haired girl who reinvented herself at whim\, and shows how she came to be the unfortunate symbol of her time and place. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n MEETING INSTRUCTIONS:\nTour begins at 11am sharp\, with check-in time 10.30am at the patio outside Grand Central Market at 324 S Hill St\, Los Angeles\, CA 90013. Please arrive on time and proceed to the check-in table to get signed in\, logged in to the smartphone slideshow\, and select a seat on the bus. Scroll down for tour rules and recommendations. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n TOUR RULES & RECOMMENDATIONS:\nBE PREPARED: This is a bus tour lasting approximately 4 hours\, which will be split fairly evenly between time on and off a 56-seat coach class bus. The bus has A/C\, video monitors (the tour has a slideshow)\, and a restroom. There will be a complimentary coffee and snack break during the tour\, and you’re welcome to bring a packed lunch to enjoy at this time\, as well as any non-alcoholic beverages. \nCOVID SAFETY: Guests are required to wear a mask while boarding and traveling on the bus. Please bring your own mask\, or ask for one on check in. The charter company that we work with cleans the bus cabin before each trip\, and also requires passengers to wear a mask when on board. Thank you for working with us to help keep each other healthy so we can enjoy exploring today and in the future. \nIf you need more information about what to expect\, please email us. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Parking & Public Transit:\nThere are numerous paid public parking lots around Grand Central Market\, including GCM’s multi-level lot at 308 South Hill Street Los Angeles\, California 90013.  The nearest Metro stations are Civic Center/Grand Park and Pershing Square. If using public transit\, this link can help you plan your trip: \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CONTACTING US ON OR BEFORE TOUR DAY:\nEmailing is the best way to communicate with us\, but after 8am on tour day you can call or text Richard on his mobile phone\, 213-915-8687. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY:\nIf you’re sick\, please do not attend the tour. Get some rest\, and let us know not to expect you. If notified at least 72 hours before tour departure\, we can refund or reschedule your booking. As long as you contact us before the tour begins\, we are happy to move your reservation to a future tour date. You may also gift your ticket to someone else—we will need their name\, email address and phone number to make this switch. URL:https://esotouric.com/event/black-dahlia-bus-tour-summer-2023/ LOCATION:Grand Central Market\, 308 South Hill Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90013\, United States CATEGORIES:bus tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esotouric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/black-dahlia-featured-better-WP.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Esotouric":MAILTO:tours@esotouric.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR