Peaceful Places: Los Angeles
Author | : Laura Randall |
Publisher | : Menasha Ridge Press |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2010-06-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780897327190 |
ISBN-13 | : 0897327195 |
Rating | : 4/5 (195 Downloads) |
Download or read book Peaceful Places: Los Angeles written by Laura Randall and published by Menasha Ridge Press. This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During her 1930s screenwriting days in Hollywood, wordsmith Dorothy Parker famously pegged Los Angeles as "72 suburbs in search of a city." Today even more communities radiate from the downtown core, creating a metropolitan universe of noise, speed, and congestion amid the glitter and bling. Los Angeles–based author Laura Randall knows just where to go for some urban stress relief. The second in a new guidebook series spotlighting calming sites in major U.S. cities, Peaceful Places: Los Angeles serves up a medley of soothing sanctuaries, panoramic vistas, fragrant gardens, restorative hideaways, and unexpected urban oases. Altogether, the entries present a feast for all five of the senses — not to mention the sixth sense, that perception that "this place quiets my soul."