Supervixen's Dymaxion Lounge

This is part of the opening salvo of quasi-hip publications from Buzz Books that extol the vices and virtues of life in Los Angeles. Johnson (Physical Culture) is the tall, blonde young journalist who details her 1990s L.A. lifestyle. She's poolside as Esther Williams entertains. She's the unmarried third of a frisky sexual threesome. She's able to dial herself a rent boy named Leon when her regular boyfriend dumps her, but unlike many of her pals, she draws a firm line at seducing the pizza delivery boy. In the gonzo journalism tradition, Johnson's main topic is herself. She's often very funny, much more decent than she'd like us to believe, and she writes well. Perhaps she is a little in love with herself (she does refer to herself as ""beautiful"" on one occasion), but she also saves a big piece of her heart for her City of Angels, the odd architecture, the dingbat folks and all. (June)