A personal episode as Waldie is one of the biggest influences on L.A. in a Minute, I sit down with D.J. Waldie - the preeminent author of Los Angeles, who finds the "poetry and meaning in the confines of regular life in Los Angeles. A native & resident of Lakewood (the most impactful neighborhood in the world) since 1946, Waldie's unique perspective and acute insights inspired Joan Didion to describe him as infinitely moving and absolutely original. Waldie is the author of the powerful and seminal work, Holy Land, and continuing with California Romantica (w/ Diane Keaton), Becoming Los Angeles, and the his newly released Elements of Los Angeles.