Oscar-Buzz Outings
Roll out the red carpet for some local adventures. We’ve opened the envelope to reveal three sure winners—supercool day outings inspired by three of our favorite Oscar-nominated films.
All the Money in Malibu
An Oscar-Worthy Visit to the Getty Villa
Want to feel like you have All the Money in the World? Visit the Getty Villa in Malibu! The movie recounts a crisis within the Getty family, the richest family in the world in the early 1970s, the period depicted in the film. The magnificent villa they built displays what some of
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Sonoma County Road Trip
Time is precious. Which is why Sonoma County is the ideal 48-hour getaway! We’re talking acres of beautiful open space, easygoing hiking and biking trails, amazing food, and of course—the wine! Day 1: Start at Sonoma Valley’s historic plaza, surrounded by restaurants, wine tastin
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A Blade Runner Walking Tour of Downtown LA
Watching the Oscar-nominated sequel Blade Runner 2049 put us in the mood to relive the original on a 2.6-mile round-trip cinematic walking tour of downtown LA shooting locations used in the 1982 sci-fi masterpiece. That film deftly manipulated LA’s existing architecture to evoke
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An Oscar-Inspired Visit to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach
Elisa in The Shape of Water falls in love with a humanoid creature from a mysterious underwater world, an affection that’s perfectly understandable when we visit the lovable real-life creatures that dwell in the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Start your journey at the Sou
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