5 comments about Pocket Guide to the Best of Los Angeles.

1. Even though I was born and raised in the Los Angeles area, I never knew there were so many fun and interesting places to visit. The "Pocket Guide to the Best of Los Angeles" is assisting to provide my family and me with many exciting and educational experiences. Recently I visited the Museum of Tolerance. I must say that I have heard it advertised in the past, but had no desire to visit. It was quite a learning experience and now I am excited about choosing more places both for relaxation and education. Thank you "Pocket Guide to the Best of Los Angeles" for enlightening me to such experiences. Now when family and freinds visit, we will be able to plan exactly what we want to do, already knowing all the necessary details for a perfect outings.

   I have had the pleasure of going on a few of the book's Adventure Tours and being able to read a biography about each of the stars certainly makes viewing their homes more interesting. The choice of only the prime super stars of today and the past was excellent. The driving directions were easy to follow, accurate and the stops on the tours were not too far apart.

   I like the way the book is organized with various types of attractions separated from the tours, and also the recommendations on visiting other sights in the area. The book is just the right size to fit into my pocket or purse. While browsing, we noticed the clever comments by the authors throughout the book. A little humor is always good. I can't wait to try other adventures. My leisure time is valuable and the use of the web site addresses and other information in the pocket guide allows me to make the most of that time. As they say "Time is money" and this was money well spent.

   Three Cheers For The Authors.




2. What a great Book! This is the best guide to L.A. that I have seen. Not only does it contain over one hundred of the best attractions, but it also has five self-guided tours around the greater Los Angeles area.

   Four of the tours stop at famous landmarks and the homes of the biggest superstars in Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Brentwood and Pacific Palisades. Celebrity biographies are provided for more then 60 of the greatest stars of today and yesteryear. Some of my favorites include Brad Pitt, John Travolta, Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman. Marilyn Monroe, Lucille Ball, and Elvis Presley.

   The final tour is a walking tour exploring downtown Los Angeles. This tour unveils the various cultures, historical facts and gives you a feel for the future of the city of Los Angeles. Featured are water parks, beautiful gardens, mini-museums, three different ethnic communities, architectural feats, and much more.

   Not only does the book have very accurate driving directions, but it contains GPS coordinates for those who like to navigate with GPS. Additionally, it contains a very innovative GPS Adventure Game which is a type of cross word puzzle where you are given GPS coordinates and clues. You travel to each GPS coordinate, read the clue and determine the answers. The game's route follows pretty close to the route of Adventure Tour I, so you can play the game at the same time that you go on the tour. For example, one clue is the tomb inscription, "She did it the hard way". The GPS coordinates take you to Forest Lawn Memorial Park to Bette Davis' tomb. Another clue is "A winged lady holding an electron", and you are guided to GPS coordinates at The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences where you see a thirty foot Emmy (the answer) and many more busts of the greatest television stars.

   The book was well planned and is very convenient. I highly recommend the "Pocket Guide to the Best of Los Angeles" to everyone.




3. You will have fun reading this handy little book even if you don't go on the variety of tours it has to offer. The concise, often humorous, descriptions are full of little known facts on people and places all over L.A. There are museums, parks, landmarks, cemetaries and unique attractions I never knew existed and it was a great experience seeing them for the first time. Most of them were FREE! Pocket Guide to L.A. is not your typical Hollywood guide book. It is a entertaining and educational activity book that covers a wide range of interesting places to visit again and again. It would make a great gift.



4. This was a great, handy book to have while visiting southern California. I have been on two of the tours so far. Both were accurate and fun. I am origianally from California, but live in Dallas now. This was a nice way to refresh my memory of the area, and find out new places to see. It is a must have if you are planning to spend some time in the southern California area.



5. I purchased this guide to replace an old LA Guide I have had for 10 years. Although it mentions some interesting things to do, directions and lack of maps showing freeways, etc. are a big minus. I would not recommend this guide.

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2 comments about Museum Companion to Los Angeles : A Guidebook to Museums, Historic Houses, Libraries, Special Collections, Botanical Gardens, and Zoos in LA County.

1. This book provides a very useful overview of museums both large & small across the LA Basin. From the Norton Simon to the smallest, you'll get photos of major exhibit items, overviews of what's there, plus the stats & particulars to assure that your museum choice for a given day in not a wasted day. Buy it!



2. You need 3 books to enjoy LA:
   1) this book, the museum companion to LA (what to do in LA)
   2) Jonathan Gold's Counter Intelligence (where to eat in LA)
   3) the LA/Orange County Thomas guide (how to get around in LA)

   You also need to listen to the traffic report, every 10 minutes at the 01, 11, 21, etc minutes on the clock, to AM 980 to avoid our traffic.

   LA is a huge melting pot - you can see it in the variety of food and museum collections. There is the netsuke collection at LACMA, Blue Boy and extensive gardens at the Huntington, the porcelain collection at the Pacific Asia Museum, the bookstore (it is ther best in town for art and architecture related books) at the Armand Hammer, the La Brea Tar Pits, California Museum of Science and Industry (free admission) with the BEST science experiments for toddlers. The book also includes lots of beautiful gardens in the area.