laravel -- tutor/guru!

Hi/morning (depending on where you are when you see this)

I'm looking to get the toe dipped into "laravel". Basically, due to there
being a bunch of laravel apps, and I have to start somewhere. I realize
there are plenty of people who would/will say, use X, just as people will
also say, "do it with Y"..

But for now, I'm starting with laravel. Got to start somewhere.

So, I'm reading/looking over lots of sites, handing out in channels,
looking to get a clarity. This is a mess!

Sites too often make assumptions, and appear to just be cut/copy/paste with
some mods of other stuff..

They say "do X" with no explanation of what the proceeding steps should be,
or why, etc..

So, i'm looking for a tutor/mentor, someone I can talk with, do a quick
learn from with a real world example/site. Or perhaps someone has run
across a site that does a great job explaining this process.

Thanks

-bruce
[email protected]

ps, like I said, i've been hanging out in the various channels with no luck
at all.