So, pretending that today is actually Tuesday:
Today, I went to the Barnes and Noble at The Grove (which I had assumed would be a major location to check off in the guide book once I got it) to find my brand new 2010 Lonely Planet Guide to Los Angeles, that would be very clearly on display in the travel book section.
Boy was I wrong...
First of all, I found the travel section easily on the top floor (3) and there was a whole wall devoted to California. Despite my efforts, I couldn't find one goddamn Lonely Planet Guide to Los Angeles. There was the LP California Coast, LP San Francisco, LP California (State), but not one guidebook for LA. Not one. In fact I couldn't find any LA guide books until a helpful employee pointed me to a table for LA guidebooks. Once again... no LP book for LA. Finally, someone thinks to mention that on the first floor, RIGHT as you walk in, there is also a wall dedicated to Los Angeles travel books. Well, that made no sense. Why do we need a table AND a wall for the same thing, have different things on either one and then put them as far away from each other as possible. I venture back down to where I came in and there it was. I finally find that there isn't a book specific to Los Angeles, but rather Los Angeles & Southern California. This is not what I want, but I am so frustrated and late for a movie, that I just suck it up and buy it.
Excited for my brand new guidebook, I open it up, expecting to see big pretty pictures and colorful descriptions, only to find a book full of lists. Granted these lists have short descriptions, but those are pretty much dedicated to pertinent information, not the secrets of LA's most interesting locales.
It was then that I realized I wouldn't just be relaying my personal experience, but I would be adding the most important details to the guide: the flavor, the sauce, the secrets, the hits, the misses, the essence.
I hope you appreciate me!
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