276. Read. Look. Drink.
Bart’s Books, the world’s largest open-air bookstore. Read.// I first discovered Eve Babitz’s books on a gloomy New Jersey morning, and though I was roughly 2,800 miles away from her beloved Los Angeles, her funny, acerbic voice was so immediate, so electric that reading her made me feel as if I were hanging out with her under the shade of a jacaranda tree, gossiping about the passersby. If you live in a wintery part of the world and miss sunshine this time of year, Babitz’s Slow Days, Fast Company has got you covered.