Samantha & Nick
Things To Do
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
If you like flowers and architecture, plan a visit here for a few hours!
Griffith Observatory
Griffith Observatory offers you a great view of the city and the Hollywood Sign as well as a planetarium. There are good hiking trails around it during the day, and depending on the night, they have free star-gazing parties where you can look at different constellations and planets through high-powered telescopes.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM)
This is Sam's favorite museum in Los Angeles and is a great way to spend an afternoon!
Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood
Want to get a behind the scenes look at how movies are made? This tour is always a fun one to take! This will take you all around the Warner Brothers studio lot and show you where a lot of your favorite tv shows and movies were filmed.
Universal Studios Hollywood
Do you want to go to a theme park but don't want to drive all the way to Disneyland? Universal Studios is a short drive from our wedding venue. Enjoy a butterbeer for us!
Golden Road Brewery
This brewery is right down the road from Sam and Nick's apartment and is a great spot to grab dinner and a couple of beers. Nick's favorite is the Wolf Pup IPA while Sam loves their Mango Cart Ale.
Din Tai Fung
Nick and Sam's favorite dumpling spot. This Taiwanese chain has amazing soup dumplings and noodles. Make a reservation in advance, or be prepared to wait a bit while walking around the Americana. Try the Xiao Long Bao and thank us later.
HomeState
Come here for the breakfast tacos and queso, stay for the margaritas. Sam and Nick eat here at least once every couple of weeks and it's one of their favorites for date night.
Gimme Gimme Records
If you collect vinyl, check out our favorite record shop! Nick and Sam always manage to find something great and/or unexpected here. Right across the street is Mason's Dumpling Shop if you work up an appetite while record hunting.
Triple Beam Pizza
This Roman style pizza place charges you by the ounce instead of by the slice, so use this as an excuse to try a bunch of different kinds of pizza!