You can buy virtually
anything, anywhere, anytime
in LA. The big
department
stores or the exclusive
Rodeo
Drive will have it if
the ubiquitous
run-of-the-mill retailers
don't, and if all else fails
try LA's massive
malls
, which often resemble
self-contained city suburbs
as much as shopping
precincts. The antiseptic
CityWalk
mall at Universal Studios
distills a dozen LA
neighborhoods into cutout
facades fronting all the
national chain stores,
complete with a sandy beach.
At the central seven-acre
Beverly
Center , at Beverly and
La Cienega boulevards,
you'll find designer stores,
fourteen cinemas and ample
opportunities for
star-spotting, all above a
giant parking garage.
Another local favorite is
the
Century City Mall
, 10250 Santa Monica Blvd,
Century City, aimed at
middle-class and upscale -
but unpretentious - buyers.
West Hollywood and
Melrose
Avenue hold many of the
city's trendier boutiques,
but if you're after a first
edition of Shirley
MacLaine's autobiography,
old movies stills or a rare
Beatles "butcher
cover" LP in mint
condition, try one of the
places we've listed.
Books
Acres of Books 240 Long
Beach Blvd, Long Beach tel
562/437-6980. LA's largest,
and most disorganized and
confusing, secondhand
collection - well worth a
trip down the Blue Line.
Book Soup 8818 Sunset Blvd,
West Hollywood tel...
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Records
Aron's Records 1150 N
Highland Ave, Hollywood tel
323/469-4700. One of the
best places in LA for
secondhand discs - huge
stock, all styles, all
prices. Moby Disc 28 E
Colorado Blvd, Pasadena tel
626/449-9975. Secondhand
and...
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