"We had so much fun last Saturday night," Book Soup, West Hollywood, Calif., posted on Facebook, along with a link to a CBS2 report on Sunset Strip's first drive-in, socially distanced book event: a live reading by Peter Lunenfeld from his new book, City at the Edge of Forever: Los Angeles Reimagined. All of the author's proceeds were donated to the L.A. Regional Food Bank. The ticketed event was held in the parking lot of the iconic Tower Records, across the street from Book Soup.
Noting that the event "brought back memories of Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s," CBS2 reported that Lunenfeld "already had plans to release the book before the pandemic struck, but he was still devoted to getting his work out there, considering both safety and accessibility."
"So he came up with this idea of having a drive-in ready and enabling people to keep social distance and remain in their cars but also get to hear him through the radio," said his wife, Susan Kandel.