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The
group pose with Daffy Duck at Warner Brothers
Studios
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Client Name: |
Wendy Allen |
Group Size: |
3 adults, 1 teenager |
Group Make-up: |
Wendy, her parents and her daughter Shelley
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Home: |
Manchester, England |
Interests: |
Hollywood, churches, shopping, sightseeing,
football (the English variety) |
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This was the first trip to the US for Wendy and her
15 year-old daughter, Shelley. Her parents had been
to New York once, but hadn't ever been to the West Coast.
So, this was to be a true first-time California experience
for the whole group, and they wanted it to be special.
The Allens were not particularly interested in a whole
lot of adventurous activities, or too much in the way
of outdoors and nature. They really wanted to see the
famous highlights that they'd seen and heard about for
years, augmented with some churches for her father,
and plenty of shopping.
Challenges:
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Execute an itinerary that offered
something to everyone, covering the interests
of 3 generations. While everyone was quite keen
to see the big highlights, each had their specific
interests, as well. We needed to incorporate churches
for Wendy's dad, plenty of shopping for her mother,
a trip along Route 66 for Wendy, and had to search
for a specific house for Shelley. |
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Maximize the amount
of times in the cities, while still making the
area in-between interesting. |
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Allow for some swimming pool and beach time
while still covering a lot of ground. |
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One of the priority tasks for the Allens' trip was
finding a particular house for 15 year-old Shelley.
Shelley is a big fan of the series "Charmed,"
which is set in San Francisco, and chronicles the
stories of a family of "good witches." Our
challenge was to find the actual house that was used
as the series' most identifiable setting.
We knew from Wendy's research that the actual house
was not located in San Francisco, but somewhere in
Los Angeles. Jeff Lowe, who would be the family's
guide while they were here, got straight to work and
found the house in Echo Park without much effort.
Then, going above and beyond, as is his custom, Jeff
joined a "Charmed" discussion forum and
found several other filming locations for the series,
including a very beautiful church (which combined
Shelley's interests with her grandfather's).
Once meeting the group, Jeff discovered that "Buffy
the Vampire Slayer" was also one of Shelley's
favorite series, and incorporated (on the fly) a couple
of filming locations for that series as well.
Read Jeff's description of
arriving at the "Charmed" house along with
a detailed account of the Allens' trip.
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