LA SHOPPING SPECTACULAR: Putting the Fun back in Holiday Shopping!!
It’s fun to come up with unique tour ideas, and Hoffy Tours hit the mark with its Nov. 21st – LA Shopping Spectacular: A Stocking Stuffer’s Dream. Forty-two happy shoppers boarded the big white recliner at 9 AM for a da…
TEMECULA VALLEY WINE TOURS – LOCAL AND FRIENDLY
Everyone knows that Southern California has great beaches, tall mountains, expansive deserts, and, of course, Disneyland! But not everyone realizes it also has the nation’s seventh highest-rated wine region in the country – Te…
FAMILY REUNION TOURS: Lots of Planning, Lots of Reward
In my three years as a tour guide, I never thought I’d help organize a family reunion tour. In fact, the idea never occurred to me. Then I got a call from a friend who wanted to do something special for her husband’s sid…
LA Primer: What’s Up with Downtown Tour
Downtown LA keeps getting more and more fun – so we couldn’t resist! The Architectural Guild of South County signed up for a Hoffy Tour and, hopefully, came away with big smiles and a deeper view of many of the positive change…
Savannah and Charleston: Two Jewels of the South
Hoffy Tours enjoyed its longest tour to date by visiting the most beautiful cities in the South: Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina. I picked these cities for their unique urban design qualities and historic preservation fame.  …
San Diego Craft Beer Tour: Great Suds, Little Fuss
Craft beer tours are among my most popular tours. What I like about them are fourfold:1) it’s really fun to enjoy great beers with lots of friends and NOT worry about driving;2) craft breweries are putting out a mind-numbing array of brews, so th…
Southern Orange County: Ground Zero for Master Planned Communities
Planned communities often have a boring reputation, especially for those who don’t live in them. In urban planning circles, however, they are excellent case studies in design and large-scale development. And they are wildly successful for f…
Pride of Place: Creating Unique Community Identities
I noticed the Riverside Raincross symbol stamped on the outside of a fairly ugly parking structure. Then I noticed the same symbol stamped in the concrete walls along the 91 Freeway. I saw it in the street lights in down…
Garden Apartments: Everyone likes a little Green!
Little did I know it, but I grew up in a famous garden apartment. In fact, one mile away from what is now a National Historic Landmark – the Baldwin Hills Village (now Village Green). As a six-year-old, all I knew was t…
Boston – Walking the Freedom Trail with Hoffy Tours
I said it for New York, and now I have to say it for Boston – this is a tour guide’s dream city. Where else can you find so much revolutionary war history preserved so beautifully in a big city? How can a large city feel so walkable? …