Bradt Guide Eccentric California

Only in California can you visit an artist in residence at the city dump; buy a ticket to a power-tool drag race; taste wine wearing a Marge Simpson wig; climb a mountain made of hay and old paint; go shopping at the County Coroner's Office; leave your gum in Bubble Gum Alley. Every society needs a fringe and - from San Diego to San Francisco Bay - California's eccentrics answer their country's call. From rooms with a skew to the quirkiest cuisine, the oddest shops to the wackiest festivals, the strangest tours to the most peculiar pursuits, Jan Friedman ventures right to the edge of mainstream tourism and plunges deep into the heart of America's most wonderfully weird state.Friedman, Jan is the author of 'Bradt Guide Eccentric California ', published 2005 under ISBN 9781841621265 and ISBN 1841621269.