Why I stair walk

Charles Fleming, the author of the book Secret Stairs, has started a mini revolution in Los Angeles. People who have read his remarkable collection of guided walks have fallen in love with the numerous and sometimes quite enchanting public staircases all over our surprisingly hilly metropolis.

I used to go on walks all over the city with a friend. When she had a baby and moved away, and then I had a baby, I thought perhaps my days of exploring the city on foot were behind me. How wrong I was....