. . . "a great recap of last week's LA Conservancy Annual Meeting with Julius Shulman. (thanks Jess). the highlight of the meeting? certainly not ben stiller's limp defense of the book he co-edited, Looking at Los Angeles. rather, it was shulman's lambast:Mr. Shulman prefaced his answer by saying, Democracy is a precious thing... and the crowd, eager for nuggets of wisdom from this legend, sort of ease" .