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<\/p>\nLAX<\/p>\n
1 World Way, Los Angeles, CA 90045<\/p>\n
A weary, mud-spattered Clay arrives home in Los Angeles for the holidays. While Burbank is the city\u2019s far superior airport, unfortunately for Clay, there are no direct flights there from New Hampshire. He is greeted at LAX by his ex-girlfriend, Blair. Though the pair have a tenuous relationship, picking someone up at LAX is a location-specific love language.<\/p>\n
These days, LAX is no more pleasant, though the recent addition of an Urth Caff\u00e9 in Terminal 1 was a welcome one.<\/p>\n
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Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Carney\u2019s<\/p>\n
8351 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069<\/p>\n
Clay and Trent arrange to buy drugs from Julian at this Sunset burger joint; a bright yellow decommissioned train car on Sunset Boulevard is an easy landmark, after all. Both Carney\u2019s locations (there is also one in Studio City next to a former Bed Bath & Beyond) are still standing\u2014a testament to the power of a good burger and a novelty venue. (Glen Powell and his dog, Brisket<\/a>, would agree.)<\/p>\n La Scala<\/p>\n 434 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210<\/p>\n While this Beverly Hills hotspot is known for its chopped salad, Clay prefers to spend his time there another way. \u201cI sit at the bar at La Scala\u2026bored out of my mind, smoking, drinking red wine,\u201d he narrates early in the book. That doesn\u2019t stop him from heading back later: \u201cRip calls me and tells me that we should meet at La Scala Boutique, have a little lunch, a little chopped salad, discuss a little business.\u201d<\/p>\n Ma Maison*<\/p>\n 8368 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90069<\/p>\n Now a parking lot behind Sweet Lady Jane bakery.<\/p>\n