Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Los Angeles (Irreverent Guides)

Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer's Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider's perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You'll get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you. "Like being taken around by a savvy local," said the New York Times. "Hipper and savvier than other guides," concurred Diversion magazine. Never shy about confronting the issues, the Irreverents are guides to real travel in the real world. Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Los Angeles, 4th Edition gives you the lowdown on: How to survive a smog alert Where to stay in Catalina and pretend you’re a 1920s millionaire Why Tail O’ the Pup is the city’s most significant architectural statement Beaming up to the Star Trek bridge at LAX Where to catch the Groundlings–the improv group that launched the careers of Jon Lovitz, Lisa Kudrow, and Will Ferrell And much more!
Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer's Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider's perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You'll get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you. "Like being taken around by a savvy local," said the New York Times. "Hipper and savvier than other guides," concurred Diversion magazine. Never shy about confronting the issues, the Irreverents are guides to real travel in the real world.

Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Los Angeles, 4th Edition gives you the lowdown on:   

• How to survive a smog alert

• Where to stay in Catalina and pretend you’re a 1920s millionaire

• Why Tail O’ the Pup is the city’s most significant architectural statement

• Beaming up to the Star Trek bridge at LAX

• Where to catch the Groundlings–the improv group that launched the careers of Jon Lovitz, Lisa Kudrow, and Will Ferrell

• And much more!

 

Frommer's庐 IRREVERENT guide to Los Angeles, 4th Edition 5 CONTENTS 9 INTRODUCTION 15 YOU PROBABLY DIDN鈥橳 KNOW 22 Chapter 1 ACCOMMODATIONS 29 Basic Stuff 32 The Lowdown 33 The Index 50 Chapter 2 DINING 61 Basic Stuff 64 The Lowdown 65 The Index 90 Chapter 3 DIVERSIONS 105 Basic Stuff 108 The Lowdown 108 The Index 132 Chapter 4 GETTNG OUTSIDE 143 Basic Stuff 144 The Lowdown 144 Chapter 5 SHOPPING 159 Basic Stuff 162 The Lowdown 164 The Index 186 Chapter 6 NIGHTLIFE 199 Basic Stuff 202 The Lowdown 203 The Index 213 Chapter 7 ENTERTAINMENT 219 Basic Stuff 222 The Lowdown 223 The Index 232 HOTLINES & OTHER BASICS 239 GENERAL INDEX 251 A collection of travel guides for the sophisticated traveler avoids clich��-ridden, promotional prose to furnish an inside look at each destination and to provide candid reviews of restaurants and accommodations, overrated landmarks and museums, top nightspots, and other offbeat highlights. A hotel can be simply a place to sleep when you need a bed, or it can become a staging area for whole subterranean parts of your personality that need to be visited occasionally in order to keep the rest of you alive.