early christmas present

I bought myself the Louis Vuitton 2010 Los Angeles City Guide as an early Christmas present. Flying out to Los Angeles tonight at 11:00pm, after an hour in the sky it will be Christmas Day in New Zealand. Because of the time difference, I will be landing in Los Angeles at 2:00pm on Christmas Eve!

Los Angeles is one of the cities that was added to the already collectable Louis Vuitton City Guide books for 2010. It includes the usual 500+ addresses of places around Los Angeles worth a visit, under headings such as Restaurants, Good Things, Designer Fashion, Bars, Nightlife, Galleries and Excursions.

Also included are "My Los Angeles" pages from well known residents. One of particular interest to me is the one by actor Alan Dale as he was born in New Zealand and grew up in the area where I live; we both went to the same school, not at the same time obviously although he was there around the same time as my Aunty!

Another little book to add to my Louis Vuitton travel collection. I have the Tokyo City Guide from my trip last Christmas, and Carnet de Voyage notebooks for Sydney, Tokyo, New York, London, Paris and Beijing.