Dr. Laura Schlessinger
self-help, history, art
213 Beverly Hills, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar,
'zines (local news and events and history): LA Weekly, Beverly Hills Courier, City Beat
The Wild Side
Moulin Rouge, any other movie about dancing... Akira Kurosawa movies, Harry Potter movies, 007, Japanime, Lord of the Rings, The Riddick Chronicles, Vidocq, Brotherhood of the Wolf
Nero Wolf, Monk, The History Channel, The Discovery Channel, Monty Python, sci-fi
Sean Connery, Derek Jacobi, John Leguizamo, Brad Pitt, Jet Li, Anthony Hopkins, Halle Berry, Catherine Zeta-Jones
wide-ranging..tendencies toward bouncey, lots of beat, house music, Maori,
No Doubt, (Gwen Stefani), Annie Lennox, Ozomatli, Patsy Cline. Blondie, The Bravery, The Killers, Celia Cruz, Junior Vasquez....
if ball-room dancing now counts
its not so much a spot as a journey...I like the travel part best..mostly by car...
ethnic and fresh...California offers a bounty of choice and culture to influence its preparation