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Haunts of a Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowski's Los Angeles Bus Tour

The Esotouric Bus - At Philippes The Original (1001 N Alameda Street Los Angeles, CA 90012)
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Haunts of a Dirty Old Man is a fascinating four-hour guided bus tour to literary giant Charles Bukowski's favorite haunts -- the places where the author lived, worked and drank. Visit the downtown postal sorting facility he writes about in "Post Office, the De Longpre apartment he called home for a time, and his regular haunts from Skid Row to Crown Hill to the East Hollywood liquor store The Pink Elephant.

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The Esotouric Bus - At Philippes The Original
1001 N Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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    You might want to bring a bottle of water and a snack.
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    Bring a bottle opener
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    There was a $4 all day parking lot just up the street from the pickup point
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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
Written on Oct 29 2007

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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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Bought a ticket for my husband-a huge Bukowski fan. He had a great time! It is definitely a tour geared to those who are fans. Not sure a "non-fan" would enjoy the scenery as it is in the rougher parts of Los Angeles. Great tour though!
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A must for any fan of Bukowski or of Los Angeles history.
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More Information About Haunts of a Dirty Old Man: Charles Bukowski's Los Angeles Bus Tour

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http://www.esotouric.com/buk

Description

This tour focuses on Bukowski’s great passions: writing, screwing and Los Angeles. The tour will 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 bars and liquor stores, and many other spots. Along the way, we’ll explore the people and ideas that made up the warp and weft of Buk’s rich inner life.

This Esotouric bus adventure is 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, to Bukowski's favorite East Hollywood liquor store, the Pink Elephant.

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 been represented in the Bukbird, a pale blue version of his beloved alcoholic crow character, represented by a logo created by cartoonist Tony Millionaire exclusively for this tour.