THE REAL ESTATE DIRECTORY CALIFORNIA DIARIES

Day trip idea: If they’re available, purchase the pata de mula, or Baja California blood clams. Served having a smoky morita chili sauce, they’re a difficult to find delicacy not often seen on L.A. menus.Indeed, the No. 19 pastrami sandwich is remarkable, but this long-standing deli’s pure pastrami on home-baked rye is simplicity at its best.