If you'd like free visitor information before you go, contact LA INC., which is the snazzy moniker for the Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau (tel. 800/228-2452 or 213/624-7300; www.discoverlosangeles.com). Staffers will send you a free visitor's kit, provide a schedule of upcoming events, and answer questions over the phone. They also have two walk-in visitor centers: Downtown at 685 S. Figueroa St. at West 7th Street, and in Hollywood at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. at Highland Avenue.
In addition, almost every municipality and district in Los Angeles has a dedicated tourist bureau or chamber of commerce that will be happy to send you information on a particular area.
To read numerous blogs about the Los Angeles scene, log onto LA.COM's blog page at www.la.com/blog, a popular travel blog site. For a more esoteric array of L.A.-based blogs, try Metroblogging Los Angeles at http://la.metblogs.com.
