>mark miano said:
> Which leads to another subject: Mike, what did you
think of LA? Did you
> visit any other mystery bookstores besides
Terrill's? I want to hear all
the
> gory details.
>
i had a great time, mark. LA is a great city. i've been out
there a few times. i stayed at the marina del rey marriot,
which was within walking distance of venice beach. i went
running there in the mornings. there's the la brea tar pits,
mulholland drive, the drive along the beach up thru malibu
and topanga canyon, the wonderful sleaze of hollywood, and
the ritz of rodeo drive and beverly hills.
i've seen LA at some pretty momentous times... i was out
there during the rodney king riots, when you'd drive along
and note random areas that were burned, and then get stopped
in traffic where a new section was on fire. usually i'm
pretty oblivious to the pulse of a city, but that made me
nervous. i was out there a couple months after a big
earthquake collapsed a lot of buildings and a lot of the
interstate overpasses.
i didn't hit any of the stores down in san diego, but the
first day i got back to LA i called up terrill and got
directions and drove up to his place. in heavy traffic, it
was about 20 minutes north of me. here is a picture of the
storefront: http://www.zspider.com/mmm.jpg
terrill and i talked for quite a while and i picked up a
bunch of great books. here's a picture of terrill and some
dorky looking fat guy. http://www.zspider.com/terrillandme.jpg
the only other store i hit was the small world bookstore on
venice beach. they are not strictly a mystery bookstore, but
they had a small selection of good books, and quite a few
signed first editions. i tried to find the store in west
hollywood one evening, but i didn't have any luck.
miker
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