Table des matières

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

• California as Myth
  California as European Myth; The Myth of Northern and Southern California; California as "First In The Nation"; Contemporary California Facts and Fancy
• The Land : An Island In Space and Time
  Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Crusty Plates; California Creation : When Worlds Collide; From Fire to Ice : The California Climate; California Flora : Blooming at the Brink : California Fauna : A Lonely Howl in the Wilderness
• The History of the Golden Dream
  California's First People; Foreigners Plant Their Flags; Gold in Them Thar Hills; Southern California's Golden Age; Dreaming the New Gold Dream; California Government : The Best that Money Can Buy : The Glitter of the Golden State Economy; The People - Always on the Move
• Doing the Dream : Practicalities
  Being Here : Basic Truths; Playing Here : Outdoor Recreation; Staying - and Eating-in the Golden State; Other Details; In the Know : Services and Information; Surviving; Health and Safety; Getting Here, Getting Around

SPECIAL TOPICS

• "Right" Attitude
• What to Bring
• Amtrak's California Passes
• Getting Oriented : Los Angeles as Theme Park

GREATER LOS ANGELES

INTRODUCTION

• Los Angeles as Idea
  City of Dreams and Dreamers : "Real" Los Angeles
• Los Angeles as Place
  Land of East-West Mountains; Land of Endless Sunshine; Flora and Fauna : Palm Trees and Feral Parakeets
• Los Angeles as Story
  Dusty Pueblo Days; Days of Oranges and Roses : Water, Oil, and Autos Everywhere; Hollywood's Heyday; Barbies and Bombers : Los Angeles after World War II; Los Angeles in the New Age; The Next Los Angeles - Back to the Future ?; Governing the Ungovernable; Big Bucks : L.A.'s World-class Economy
• Los Angeles as Diversion
  The Arts in Los Angeles; Entertaining Los Angeles; Entertaining Tours; Eventful Los Angeles; Sporting Los Angeles; Shop 'Til You Drop
• Los Angeles as Destination
  Getting Settled; Getting There : By Freeway; Getting There : By Bus, Boat, Train, and Plane; Getting Around; Getting Informed

SPECIAL TOPICS

• A Riverbed Runs Through It
• Shaky Ground
• The Rain of Wallets
• Red Wind
• Stay Out of the Way in LA. : Some Rules of the Road
• The Freeway Maze : Untangling the Concrete Yam Ball

PASADENA AND VICINITY

• Crowned by Agriculture - And Culture; The Craftsman Crown; Crowned by Progress : Present-day Pasadena
• Seeing And Doing Pasadena
  Old Pasadena; The Arroyo Seco; The Gamble House and Vicinity; The Oak Knoll Area; Downtown Again
• Artful, Entertaining Pasadena
  Museum-Quality Pasadena; Entertaining Pasadena; Eventful Pasadena; Shopping as Entertainment
• Practical Pasadena
  Staying in Pasadena; Eating in Pasadena; Getting Oriented, Getting Around
• Near Pasadena
  South Pasadena; San Marino and "The Huntington"; Highland Park : El Alisal El Alia; Descanso Gardens; Mission San Gabriel; The Arboretum of Los Angeles County; Santa Anita Park; Elsewhere in the San Gabriel Valley; Into the Mountains : Angeles National Forest

SPECIAL TOPICS

• Bungalow Heaven
• Jackie Robinson : From Segregation to Integration
• Pasadena Overview
• Wackiness on Parade : The Occasional Doo Dah Parade
• A Parking Strategy for Shoppers
• Bargain Shoppers' Bonanza : Resale Glad Rags
• About Smog and Summer Weather
• Railroad and Real Estate Speculation : The Huntington Fortune

DOWNTOWN AND AROUND

• Seeing and Doing Downtown
  El Pueblo De Los Angeles; Other Downtown Cultural Attractions; Artful Downtown L.A.; Downtown Markets
• Mid-Wilshire and the Miracle Mile
  Wandering West on Wilshire
• Around Downtown
  To Exposition Park; Exposition Park; South-Central and Southwest Los Angeles; East Los Angeles : El Barrio; North-Central Los Angeles
• Practical Downtown (And Around)
  Staying Downtown; Staying Around Downtown; Eating Downtown; Eating Around Wilshire

SPECIAL TOPICS

• Railway to Heaven
• Downtown's Dashing Dash
• America Tropical
• Getting Up to Speed Downtown
• Coming Soon : Downtown Disney
• Korean Cultural Museums
• Neon - LA.'s Signature Flash
• Putting Wilshire on the Map
• Mid-Wilshire Overview
• "Our Town" and a Towering Imagination
• Wartime Wake-Up Call : The Zoot Suit Riots

HOLLYWOOD AND VICINITY

• The Trappings of Tinseltown
• Tinsettown Then : Making the Myth
• Tinseltown Now : Touring Hollywood
  Hollywood Boulevard and Vicinity; Beyond the Bull : Gower Gulch, Where It All Began; More Hollywood; Silver Lake, Los Feliz, and Vicinity; Griffith Park; The Hollywood Bowl and Vicinity
• Practical Hollywood
  Staying in Hollywood; Eating in Hollywood; Eating In Silver Lake; Tinseltown Transportation and Information
• Tinseltown Now : Touring West Hollywood
  Sunset Strip; Pacific Design Center; Melrose Avenue and Around
• Practical West Hollywood
  Staying in West Hollywood; Eating in West Hollywood
• Beyond Hollywood : Touring The Valley
  Universal Studios Hollywood; North Hollywood and the Noho Arts District; Beautiful Downtown Burbank; America's Hometown; Glendale and Beyond; Mid-Valley and West
• Practical Valley
  Staying in the Valley; Eating in the Valley
• North from Tinseltown
  Escape from LA.

SPECIAL TOPICS

• Hollywood Citypass
• American Film Institute
• The Hollywood Sign
• Touring Movieland
• Museum of Death
• Monuments to the Movies
• Some Classic LA. Drives
• Coming Attractions : West Hollywood
• Schindler House and Studio
• Coming Attractions : The Valley
• The Valley's Celebrity Cemeteries
• M*A*S*H and Malibu Creek State Park
• Major Mass : Early California High Art
• Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village
• Six Flags California

BEVERLY HILLS AND VICINITY

• Before Beverly Hills
• Seeing and Doing Beverly Hills
  Basic Beverly Hills; Bopping Around Beverly Hills : Celebrity Sights; Century City : Movie City; Westwood Village : Collegiate Metropolis; Cities on a Hill; The Getty and Vicinity; Wilderness City : The Santa Monica Mountains
• Staying in and Around Beverly Hills
  Beverly Hills Stays; Bel-Air and Brentwood Stays; Westwood and Century City Stays
• Eating in and Around Beverly Hills
  Fairly Affordable Fare; Stylish and Expensive Fare : Eating in Bel-Air and Brentwood; Eating in Century City; Eating in and Around Westwood

SPECIAL TOPICS

• Welcome to the Westside
• Museum of Tolerance
• Of Architectural Note : Cliff May
• Robert Irvin's Central Garden

THE LOS ANGELES COAST

• Santa Monica and Vicinity
  At the Beach; Museums, Arts, Artsy Shops; Venice : Westside Bohemia
• Staying in Santa Monica and Vicinity
  Low-Rent Santa Monica Stays; Midrange Santa Monica Stays; Classic Santa Monica Stays; More High-Rent Santa Monica Stays; Staying in Venice and Vicinity
• Eating in Santa Monica and Vicinity
  People's Eats; Richer People's Eats; Eating in Venice and Vicinity
• Up the Coast : North of Santa Monica
  Pacific Palisades : An Optimist's Paradise; Malibu : Surfing Celebrity; Malibu : The Coastline : Beyond the Beaches; Slaying North of Santa Monica; Eating North of Santa Monica
• Down the Coast : The South Bay
  South Bay Beach Cities; Palos Verdes Peninsula; Practical South Bay
• Long Beach : Iowa by the Bay Goes Big Time
  Seeing and Doing Long Beach; Practical Long Beach
• Catalina : 22 Miles Across The Sea
  Seeing and Doing Catalina; Practical Catalina

SPECIAL TOPICS

• Life's a Beach
• View from the Edge : The Museum of Jurassic Technology
• Uplifting LA.
• The Queen of Malibu
• Topanga Canyon
• South Bay Bicycle Trail
• Big-time Transit Options
• Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific

GREATER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

ORANGE COUNTY

• The Difference Between L.A. and Orange County
  Getting Oriented to the Big Orange; Practical Orange County
• Seal Beach and Vicinity
  Bolsa Chica State Beach
• Huntington Beach and Vicinity
  Surf City; The New Surf City; Huntington Beach Beaches; Seeing Surf City; Staying in Surf City; Eating in Surf City
• Newport Beach and Vicinity
  Seeing Newport Beach; On the Balboa Peninsula; Off the Balboa Peninsula; Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve; Artful, Entertaining, and Eventful Newport; Staying in Newport Beach; Eating in Newport Beach; Down the Coast : Crystal Cove State Park
• Laguna Beach and Vicinity
  The Arts, Artists, and Assorted Others : Pageant of the Masters and Festival ot the Arts; Other Laguna Beach Arts; Art of Shopping; Art of the Outdoors : Laguna Beach Beaches and Parks; Staying in Laguna Beach; Eating in Laguna Beach; Entertaining Laguna Beach
• Dana Point and Vicinity
  Before the Mast, Before the Hobie Cat; Seeing and Doing Dana Point; Practical Dana Point; San Juan Capistrano; San Clemente
• Disneyland : The Happiest Place on Earth
  Walt Disney's Brave New Worlds Doing Disneyland; Practical Disneyland; Staying Near Disneyland; Eating Near Disneyland
• Near Disneyland
  Knott's Berry Farm; Near Knott's Berry Farm
• Beyond Disneyland : Other Cities and Sights
  Fullerton : Night and Day; The Richard Nixon Library : The Comeback Kid Comes Home; International Orange; Westminster and Little Saigon; Santa Ana, A Place for Art and Science; Irvine : Send in the Clones; From Orange County; Temecula and Vicinity

SPECIAL TOPICS

• Getting Comfortable on the Gold Coast
• Eventful Orange County
• Five Days at Huntington
• The Surfriders : Surfing Goes Green
• Rendez vous at Balboa
• South Coast Plaza : Shopping as the Center of Everything
• A Newport Romance : Villa Nova
• Greeters Corner
• Laguna Beach Info and Travel Tips
• Madame Modjeska in America
• Shopping Orange County
• "Lexus Lanes" Not So Swift After All ?
• Grunion Run Free. So Why Can't We ?
• A Note on "Lantern" Streets
• The Disneyland Resort Fundamentals
• Adventure City
• Disney's California Adventure : Whose Virtual Reality Is This ?
• An Aside on the Price of Happiness
• Sporting Orange County
• From Commie Hunting to Watergate : A Man And His Myth
• Orange County's Mission Days
• Hiking the Big Orange

SAN DIEGO COUNTY

• Northern San Diego County
  South Along the Coast; Staying Along the Coast; Eating Along the Coast; Inland from the Coast : Escondido and Vicinity; Inland from the Coast : Julian and Vicinity
• Greater San Diego
  San Diego as Discovery; The Lay of the Land; The San Diego Story
• Balboa Park
  Balboa Background and Foreground; Along El Prado; Beyond El Prado; San Diego Zoo
• Old Town, Downtown, and Around
  Old Town San Diego; Downtown San Diego; Around San Diego Bay; Beach Towns and Beaches; La Jolla and Vicinity : Seaside Sophistication; Coronado : Crown of the Bay
• Artful, Entertaining San Diego
  Eventful San Diego; Outdoor San Diego; Shopping San Diego
• Staying in San Diego
  Staying in and Around Downtown; At the Bay and Along the Coast; Staying in and Around Old Town; Staying in La Jolla and Del Mar; Staying on Coronado
• Eating in San Diego
  In and Around Downtown; At the Bay and Along the Coast; In Old Town; In La Jolla and Del Mar; On Coronado
• Practical San Diego
  Visitor Information; San Diego Transport

SPECIAL TOPICS

• Legoland Carlsbad : A Big-Time Small World
• Condor Ridge : Born To Be Wild
• Lawrence Welk Museum
• San Diego's "Perfect" Climate
• Finding San Diego's Latino Heritage
• Practical Balboa Park
• Old Globe Theatre and Friends
• High-Flying San Diego
• To Do the Zoo, Think Strategically
• Up the Hill from Old Town
• San Diego Whale-Watching, By Land and By Sea
• The Scripps Legacy
• Coronado Tripping
• Fun Near Balboa : Hillcrest and Vicinity

THE DESERTS

• Land of Lost Borders
  Two Become One; Desert Survivalists : Flora and Fauna
• Greater Palm Springs
  The Desert Riviera
• Seeing and Doing Palm Springs
  Seeing And Doing Greater Palm Springs; Artful, Entertaining Palm Springs; Shopping Palm Springs
• Staying in and Near Palm Springs
  Budget Stays and Good Deals; Historic Stays; Other Stylish Stays; Resorting to Resorts
• Eating in and Near Palm Springs
  Cheap Eats; The Cuisine Scene; Transportation and Information
• Beyond Palm Springs
• Joshua Tree National Park
  Land in Transition; Seeing Joshua Tree; Doing Joshua Tree; Practical Joshua Tree; Practical Options Near Joshua Tree; Sights Near Joshua Tree
• Mojave National Preserve
  Along Kelbaker Road; Mid Hills, Hole-1 n-The-Wal I, and Vicinity; The Mojave Road and Other Highlights; Baker and Vicinity
• Death Valley National Park
  The Lay of the Land; Life in Death Valley : Flora and Fauna; Death Valley History : Badlands, Bad Water, and Borax
• Seeing and Doing Death Valley
  In and Around Furnace Creek; Heading South : Bad Water, Better Views; Heading North : Stovepipes and Scotty's Castle; Heading West : Into the Panamints
• Practical Death Valley
  Staying and Eating in Death Valley; Death Valley Area Diversions; Death Valley Information and Essentials
• Other High Desert Highlights
  Barstow; Near Barstow; Ridgecrest and Vicinity; More Desert Highlights

SPECIAL TOPICS

• The Land of Little Rain
• Desert Wilderness : New National Parks
• Desert Survival : Be Prepared
• Golfing Palm Springs
• Cahuilla Cool : The Agua Caliente People
• Touring Palm Springs
• A Map to the Stars' Graves
• Desert Adventuring by Jeep
• Some Family Fun
• Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument
• Hiking Palm Springs
• Into the Oasis : Touring Thousand Palms
• Date Shakes and Other Delicacies
• The Ramona Pageant : Racial Injustice as Romance
• Way Out There : Picacho State Recreation Area
• Helping Everyone "See" at Joshua Tree
• Wither the Desert ?
• The Road to Zzyzx
• Wildflowers : The Most Ephemeral Desert Beauty
• Death Valley Fish Story : Prehistoric Pupfish
• "Death Valley Scotty" : A Man and His Myth
• Getting Some Kicks on Route 66
• Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum

INLAND EMPIRE : SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE

• A Tale of Two Cities and Counties
• San Bernardino : Birthplace of McDonald's
  Doing San Bernardino and Vicinity; Practical San Bernardino; Into the Mountains : Big Bear and Vicinity : Big Bear Reclaims Its Bears
• Riverside : Navel of the Inland Empire
  The Mission Inn; Seeing and Doing Downtown; Other Riverside Attractions; Practical Riverside

SPECIAL TOPICS

• Lake Perns
• Riley's : Staying in Colonial New England
• Sunrise Near the On-ramp

UP THE COAST FROM L.A.

• Ventura County
  Oxnard and Vicinity : Seabee Central; Ventura : Hometown Adventures; Islands in Time : Channel Islands National Park; Santa Paula : Blast from the Past; Ojai : Svelte Shangri-la Santa
• Barbara and Vicinity
  Seeing Santa Barbara : Downtown; Seeing Santa Barbara : Around Town and Beyond; Doing Santa Barbara
• Practical Santa Barbara
  Staying in Santa Barbara; Eating in Santa Barbara; Transportation and Information
• North of Santa Barbara
  Solvang and Vicinity; Practical Solvang; Lompoc and Vicinity; Santa Maria and Vicinity
• San Luis Obispo and Vicinity
  Seeing and Doing San Luis Obispo; Seeing and Doing the Bay; Practical San Luis Obispo
• Morro Bay and Vicinity
  Seeing and Doing Morro Bay; Practical Morro Bay

SPECIAL TOPICS

• Near Oxnard : Port Hueneme
• Channel Islands Tours and Trips
• Near Santa Paula
• Ojai Music Festival, Other Events
• Natural Santa Barbara
• Santa Barbara Museum of Art
• Santa Barbara Wine Country
• Point Conception
• In Search of the Ten Commandments
• Hiking the Diablo Coast
• James Dean Died Here
• Touring the County's Wineries
• Touring Diablo Canyon
• Worthwhile North of San Luis Obispo
• Hearst's Castle : Pleasure He Could Afford

BOOKLIST

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