Call me heretical, but sometimes I feel that way about L.A.’s palm trees. The difference is that there is almost nowhere that you won’t see a palm tree, including right out my back door. Don’t blame ...

Put a palm tree on it; it must be L.A. L.A.’s higgledy ... surely grows best throughout the Beverly Hills Hotel, where its stylized Deco looks have been the hotel’s signature motif since ...