Click to view pdf“Bel-Air†by Matthew
Jaffe - p. 42
A classic hotel, a happening jazz club, and some great eats
welcome visitors:Â Thanks to the landmark
gates on Sunset Boulevard, it’s easy to assume that Bel-Air is off-limits to
nonresidents. And the fact is, Bel-Air
is mainly a secluded, residential enclave.Â
But it also has hidden destinations open to the public, and summer is
the perfect time to discover these diamonds in the not so rough. Start at the Hotel Bel-Air, sequestered north
of Sunset Boulevard in a ravine where lush gardens blend with sycamores and
other native plants to create a verdant paradise. Combine a walk through the grounds with lunch
or one of the hotel’s famous afternoon teas, and you’ll have a memorable
in-city escape. Up at Bel-Air’s
commercial area, The Glen Centre, you’ll find outstanding shopping, as well as
one of
SHOP Dragon Books. A must-stop for book lovers – and lovers
of bookstores too.Â
INFO:Â Closed Mon; in
the Glen Centre at