pootriarch reviewed Secret Los Angeles by Félicien Cassan (Secret Guides)
A concrete jungle surrounded by abundant nature, Los Angeles is surprisingly more than just celebrities, …
You'd never guess L.A. was this interesting
5 stars
(2022 review reposted from dead bookwyrm instance)
The house from the Thriller video. Abandoned missile control sites. The graves of Carole Lombard and Clark Gable… and their lovers. The steps down which Laurel and Hardy dropped a piano.
This is not your Fodor's L.A. With lots of offbeat sites - A street steeper than Lombard! Dine with cops! A fiberglass chicken! - there's something in here to interest any L.A. unbeliever.
Worth the trip? Don't know. But the book got me thinking seriously about whether L.A. could be fun, and that's a 5-star lift.