A witty, stylish, and affectionate reflection on the great California metropolis on the eve of its 200th anniversary, by the Los Angeles Times columnist and pundit

Jack Smith's L.A.

History

Smith, Jack Clifford

Americas

McGraw=Hill

Spend All Your Kisses, Mr. Smith

Middle-age sneaks up on Mr. Smith, but he survives despite his son's wedding in Paris, his inability to understand his new relatives, and his grudging acknowledgment of his mortality

Biographies & Memoirs

Middle-age sneaks up on Mr. Smith, but he survives despite his son's wedding in Paris, his inability to understand his new relatives, and his grudging acknowledgment of his mortality

"A charming account of the building of a dream house in Baja California. Mr. Gomez, on whom all depends, is a delightful character-creation." --Clifton Fadiman 
Their house took form, first in their imaginations, then on paper. Little things went wrong along the way.... The building site had a way of moving slightly each time they visited it, and by the time the foundation was laid, it had moved to the middle of the road. Gomez got around that by simply moving the road. 
Fortunately, Gomez was always on hand to provide the solution, and the dream house was finally built. In the process, the Smiths came to accept Mr. Gomez's philosophy that all practical problems can be solved with a little time -- and a little tequila. 
Jack Smith is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times.

God and Mr. Gomez

Leaders & Notable People

Franklin Watts

When Jack and Denny Smith decided to build a vacation dream house in Baja, California, they had no idea they were entering a phase of their lives "that would capture the fancy of readers throughout the United States." Through a series of strange and whimsical adventures, they would find that building a house takes God and Mr. Gomez. As their house took form first in their imaginations and then on paper, little things went wrong along the way. The building site had a way of moving slightly each time they visited it, and by the time the foundation was laid, it had moved to the middle of the road. Gomez got around that by simply moving the road. Fortunately, Gomez was always on hand to provide the solution, with the philosophy that all practical problems can be solved--with a little time and a little tequila.

God And Mr. Gomez: Library Edition

Blackstone Pub

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Reader`s Digest Press

Review\nGod & Mr. Gomez follows the hilarious (and often hazardous encounters between Mr. and Mrs. Smith and the eccentric, mysterious Mr. Gomez, as the Smith's build their escape-from-the-city house down in Baja California, Mexico. The variety of adventures conjured by Mr. Gomez, who may or may not own the land, keeps the Smith family on a wild ride throughout the construction and on-going "completion" of the project. The epilogue is derived from columns written by Smith in subsequent years, and chronicles the marriages, births and deaths in the Gomez and Smith families, as their lives have become intertwined and connected through love and respect. God & Mr. Gomez is a rollicking good read for anyone who has ever been (or contemplates being) engaged in the building of their very own "dream house". -- Midwest Book Review

God and Mr. Gomez: Building a Dream House in Baja

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Sunbelt Pubns

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Jack Smith's L.A.

Spend All Your Kisses, Mr. Smith

Spend All Your Kisses, Mr. Smith

God and Mr. Gomez

God And Mr. Gomez: Library Edition

God and Mr. Gomez

God and Mr. Gomez: Building a Dream House in Baja