Beverly Hills

January 30th

Over breakfast, my roommates convince me to join them on a walking tour of Beverly Hills.
Adam, born and raised in Hollywood, is our guide on what he calls the $7 poor-man's tour. With his wild curly hair, near-translucent complexion and (redundancy alert) ill-fitting polyester pants, he looks as though he's been awake for 36 hours, drinking and smoking the whole time. He heckles people in their cars as they drive by, bargains with the gardeners to let us onto different property.
I take pictures of the people in my group taking pictures of celebrities' front gates.

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Signs all over:
Elect Barry Brucker, City Councillor.

Talk about a name for politics. I'd vote for him.