The Idiot wasn’t in Los Angeles for a week just to walk on beaches and hike up hills. He also dropped into Hollywood for meetings on two film/TV projects and diligently captured cultural and social innovations and nuances wherever he went.
Here’s are some L.A. sights that amused the author of The Idiot and the Odyssey trilogy of travel narratives recounting his 20-year walk around the Mediterranean Sea.
Yes, the dog on this paddle board in Marina del Rey is wearing a life preserver.
Yes, there is a day care center for L.A. husbands in El Segundo.
Yes, The Idiot snuck onto the campus at Occidental College in Eagle Rock and audited some outdoor classes.
Yes, The Idiot regularly bought a $1.29 crispy cinnamon pastry at Super A Foods in Highland Park while on his daily seven-mile morning urban meander.
Yes, The Idiot plans to adopt the umbrella method of shading plants employed on a hillside in Highland Park.
Yes, this is how The Idiot dressed for a business lunch at a home office in Encino.
Yes, The Idiot was pleasantly surprised to find these wide steps heading up a hillside in Eagle Rock.
No, The Idiot was not being paid to promote “Top Gun: Maverick” being released next year.
Yes, the colorful sign at the top of a hill reads “NAMASTE – No Cell Phone Use Please.”
No, The Idiot didn’t buy any vinyl in West Hollywood.
Yes, The Idiot was enthralled by this Strelitzia crane flower (aka bird of paradise) flourishing on a Highland Park sidewalk.
Yes, The Idiot shopped again at the amazon store in Glendale.
Yes, The Idiot patiently waited for the temperature to rise in the Health Mate Civilized Sauna on the deck of his Airbnb in Eagle Rock.
Yes, The Idiot was greeted with smoke from a new wildfire when he returned to Redding, CA, from smokeless L.A. on September 23.
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