If you will write either one of these books I’ll read it.

A history of the restaurant business in Los Angeles

Start with the earliest Californio/Mexican food stands and go through the beginning of fine dining with the Derby and the other famous restaurants of the Golden Age of Hollywood and finishing with the nouvelle food revolution started by Wolfgang Puck and others.  Every chapter could be a vignette of a person.

A Literate Legacy, The Building of the Carnegie Libraries

How did Carnegie decide to fund this project?   How was it managed?  By who?  How many were built?  Where?  How many are still extant?  Still Libraries?

Lots of pictures and quotes from people like me.  I grew up going to the Carnegie Library in Olean, New York.  The children’s room was on the second floor and I borrowed the limit every week. Five Books.