Patti Pietschmann is the author of ACCESS Los Angeles, a bestselling travel guide that escorts readers through the area's diverse neighborhoods, which among other duties, requires her to sample restaurants from Bel-Air to Orange County and beyond. Patti's pieces have been published in hundreds of newspapers and magazines throughout the world. The former Teen Editor of Newsday in New York, Patti was also a co-west coast editor of Departures Magazine, and a frequent contributor to such diverse media as Los Angeles Magazine, LA Times, Miami Herald, St. Petersburg Times, Virtuoso's Voyage, Luxurydomain.com, cruisecritic.com, Priority Magazine, dozens of in-flight magazines, and others. She is also author of 8 blogs, including www.pattisprattles.wordpress.com. She can be reached at ppietschma@aol.com.