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Haunts Of A Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowski's Los Angeles Bus Tour
The Esotouric Bus - At Philippes The Original (Los Angeles, CA)
Rated 3.4 by 10 members who went.
"Haunts of a Dirty Old Man" is a four hour guided bus tour to Charles Bukowski's homes, favorite bars and bookshops, plus locations from the movie "Barfly." Enjoy a cocktail in a historic dive bar frequented by Bukowski, visit the downtown postal sorting facility he writes about in "Post Office," visit Skid Row and discuss the area's history and see the Central Library reading room where Buk discovered his "God," L.A. novelist John Fante.
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Jim
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you could really see the passion that the tour hosts had for the subject, they were witty and friendly and the tour was a great way to see parts of the city I was unaware of while learning history along the way
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Jayne Kennedy
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Amazing tour, thoughtfully executed with audio visual support, terrific research, and astonishing access to the sites, people, and liquor suppliers of Bukowski's world! I will gladly do more tours with Esotouric, and the things I learned, sights I saw and people I met will be sure to have lots of resonance for the rest of my days in Los Angeles. Most highly recommended!
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- Nicole C.
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Nicole C.
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i got this as a gift for my dad, who's a big bukowski fan. we both enjoyed it. the only improvement i think could be made is knowing how much walking is involved. i had gone on another esotouric tour and there was no walking. my 76-year-old dad is kick ass in lots of ways, but the walking kind of tuckered him out. maybe a note on the event somewhere to rate how much physical exertion is needed. :) thanks, though, had fun.
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More Details About Haunts Of A Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowski's Los Angeles Bus Tour
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Website: http://www.esotouric.com/buk
This tour focuses on author Charles Bukowski's great passions:
writing, screwing and Los Angeles. You'll take in the canonical
locations of his life and myth: the Postal Annex Terminal where he
gathered the material for "Post Office," the De Longpre apartment
where he briefly experimented with marriage and fatherhood, one of his favorite dive bars, and many other spots. Along the way, you'll
explore the people and ideas that made up the warp and weft of Buk's rich inner life. Hosted by Richard Schave, one of the organizers behind the successful campaign to name Charles Bukowski's East Hollywood bungalow a Cultural-Historic Landmark
"Haunts of a Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowski's LA" spans Bukowski's personal city, from Skid Row to once-genteel Crown Hill, East Hollywood liquor stores to the Post Office.
Esotouric has made its name with true crime bus tours (Black Dahlia, Pasadena Confidential) and explorations of literary LA (Raymond Chandler, John Fante, James M. Cain). Now they turn their creative attentions to Bukowski, the prolific poet, novelist and screenwriter whose rough-hewn tales of boozing, wild women and rotten jobs never obscure the deep vein of sweetness and hope that runs through all his work. In one of his finest poems, he described this as a bluebird he kept caged, and that bluebird is represented in the Bukbird, Esotouric's new logo by cartoonist Tony Millionaire, a pale blue version of his beloved alcoholic crow character.
German born, Bukowski spent most of his life in LA, working for the US Postal Service, as "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" columnist for the Free Press and writing the screenplay for the autobiographical "Barfly." The city and its characters are everywhere in the work, so this tour celebrates the artist within his city with visits to places that were important to him.
