A review by ericbrightwell
Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles by David L. Ulin

5.0

In the interest of full disclosure, the book's cover is adapted from two of my maps -- but in all honesty, I'd have sought out, read, and likely enjoyed this book just as much had the cover been blank. It's a careful, contemplative, and thought-provoking work of easily digestible length. In fact, I almost read the entire thing whilst walking around the Silver Lake Reservoir. I also read portions as I walked to and from my home to the Silver Lake Trader Joe's, the continually nightmarish parking lot of which serves to remind the sane Angeleno why "nobody drives in LA."