The Idiot kicked into high gear and checked out Los Angeles on foot in an attempt to keep pace with the city’s constantly changing appearance.
Here are some of the tamer things he saw during a walk on the urban side in chic Beverly Hills, around wild West Hollywood (where he lived from 2004-2009 while writing The Tinseltown SpyWitness column for the Los Angeles Daily News), along sexy Sunset Boulevard to glitzy Hollywood Highland, and into the evolving Highland Park hood near Occidental College.

Leaving Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills after lunch at Villa Blanca.

Strolling on Paseo Figueroa in Highland Park past a renovated bowling alley that opened in the 1920s.

Passing by PUMP in West Hollywood.

Sauntering by YOGA in Highland Park.

Catching a KEEP WALKING star on Sunset Boulevard.

Catching stars shooting a movie on York Avenue in Highland Park.

Catching The Apprentice star on the Hollywood Rock of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.

Going from touristic Hollywood Highland to calm Honeywood in Highland Park.

Checking out a police horse’s white stockings on Sunset Boulevard.

Checking out human socks and feet near Highland Park.

Running into a thin family on Sunset Boulevard.

Getting bilingual birthday cakes in Highland Park.

Listening to birthday music in Highland Park.