{"id":396,"date":"2026-01-15T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbaraguggenheim.com\/bg\/?p=396"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:47:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:47:40","slug":"only-in-l-a-an-insiders-guide-to-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbaraguggenheim.com\/bg\/only-in-l-a-an-insiders-guide-to-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Guggenheim&#8217;s Only In L.A. (The Insider&#8217;s Guidebook.)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Barbara-Guggenheims-Only-L\/dp\/1734590424\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/barbaraguggenheim.com\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OnlyInLAamazon-640x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Only In L.A. (The Insider's Guide to Los Angeles) by Barbara Guggenheim.\" class=\"wp-image-395\" style=\"width:363px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbaraguggenheim.com\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OnlyInLAamazon-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/barbaraguggenheim.com\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OnlyInLAamazon-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/barbaraguggenheim.com\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OnlyInLAamazon-768x1228.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barbaraguggenheim.com\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OnlyInLAamazon-47x75.jpg 47w, https:\/\/barbaraguggenheim.com\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OnlyInLAamazon-78x125.jpg 78w, https:\/\/barbaraguggenheim.com\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OnlyInLAamazon.jpg 938w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Insider&#8217;s Guide to Los Angeles.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The guidebook even for people who live here!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To some,&nbsp;<strong>Los Angeles<\/strong>&nbsp;may be a dystopia of urban sprawl, strip malls, and traffic congestion. Not so for&nbsp;<strong>Barbara Guggenheim<\/strong>, the widow of famed Hollywood lawyer&nbsp;<strong>Bert Fields<\/strong>. \u201cQuite simply, LA is the most dynamic, vibrant city on the planet,\u201d she writes in this engaging travel guide that takes readers on an unabashedly reverential tour of attractions ranging from the famous to the more obscure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book is packed full of juicy details about the larger-than-life, audacious characters who helped build Los Angeles. It\u2019s hard to resist a guide in which the author recalls bicycling with television news legend&nbsp;<strong>Barbara Walters<\/strong>&nbsp;and running into the&nbsp;<strong>Dalai Lama<\/strong>&nbsp;pedaling from the other direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Barbara-Guggenheims-Only-L\/dp\/1734590424\">Get It Now at Amazon. 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