A woman with long blonde hair wearing a beige and black striped dress with puffed sleeves, sitting on a pink upholstered chair in front of a white bookshelf with various books, framed photos, and decorative objects. Behind her, on top of the bookshelf, there is a black swan sculpture and a green leafy plant in a wooden pot.

Kate de Los Santos is a Los Angeles-based writer, historic preservationist drop-out, and Old Hollywood armchair historian obsessed with the idea of Hollywood… as both an idea and a real place.

Her lens on Hollywood blends humor, rigor, and reverence for the city’s messy contradictions. Her favorite food is late night steak frites at Tower Bar and her favorite drink is a dirty martini on a weekday afternoon at Musso & Frank’s.

You can reach her via Email.