If you’re obsessed with all things Raymond Chandler (And really, if you’re reading a blog about offbeat L.A., how could you NOT be…?) and you’re born in March, then you are in double luck, my Go Go friend.
Esotouric, the always-edifying, ever-fascinating bus tour company of all things eclectic is offering their occasional tour of Westside Los Angeles about which Chandler’s iconic private detective Phillip Marlowe noted that “the bright gardens had a haunted look…as though the sunshine itself had a mysterious something in its light” and stripper Dolores noted that “The streets are paved with forgotten husbands!”
See if you agree with Marlowe and Dolores, especially if you have a March birthday or take the tour with someone who does; your ticket (or your March-born pal’s) will be $3.33 if one of you pays full price.
C’mon, what else are you going to do? Go home and play with your fingerprint collection…? (Whadya think? Of course Chandler wrote that!)
Esotouric’s Raymond Chandler’s Bay City Tour
Saturday, March 27
Check in at 11:30AM/Departure at 12:00PM sharp/Return at 4:00PM
Tour starts and ends at
The Museum of Jurassic Technology
9341 Venice Boulevard
Culver City 90232
Tickets: $58 or $3.33 for those with March birthdays
To purchase tickets or for more information:
http://esotouric.com/chandlerbaycity
Clarification: The March 8th, U Want 2 Go Go post ”Esotouric’s Crawling Down Cahuenga” suggested that tour leaders Kim Cooper and David Smay collaborated on a book about Tom Waits. In fact, Cooper and Smay have collaborated on two anthologies and Cooper has also written a solo book for 33 1/3 but David Smay is the sole author of Swordfishtrombones about Tom Waits and published by 33 1/3.
Sign up for the April 3rd, “Crawling Down Cahuenga” tour before it sells out!
Ready? U Know U Want 2 Go Go….
