This is this city!

Los Angeles is a sprawling megalopolis of cement and palm trees that houses any thing one might imagine, even serenity. Though, it is rare.

Generally, L.A. is a bustling furnace of a city whose crosswalks are crowded with people of questionable nationality, religion, sexual orientation, sincerity and occupation, and ‘they’ have the Right of Way!

Pedestrians of our city are thoughtless, self serving, unthinking, uncaring, abusers of our laws. And the whole world knows it!

The world knows that in Las Angeles, California pedestrians have the Right of Way.

People fly in from all over the world to experience the feeling of power and exhilaration of stepping out into the path of my vehicle. Traveling groups of people from foreign countries take pictures of each other stepping out into the path of my car. Because, no matter what the circumstances are, I must stop and let them pass and they know it. Pedestrians stop traffic, in L.A., as a sport.

I live in Hollywood, California only a few blocks from city center. I would like to tell you that Hollywood is nothing like they show on TV, but, I cannot. Hollywood is everything you’ve heard it is and more. You see, Hollywood is a city of transients. Every day thousands of young people arrive, rent an apartment, take a stab or maybe even a run at showbiz, fail to make a mark, then, get back in a car and drive back to Kansas.

It is these plods I will speak of! The people of Hollywood proper cannot be generalized. Everywhere one looks one sees yet another example of behavior and peoples the likes of which one could not have imagined a moment before. I live in a grand carnival! I live in Hollywood, California. The place that everyone wants to see or be seen in.

My town gets closed down regularly to accommodate some parade or demonstration. The Chinese New Year parade takes place, not in China Town but, Hollywood! The streets of my city are blocked, for one cause or another, most every day.

But, if you like action, Hollywood is the place. The possibilities are endless. Think deep into your psyche and of the most private lust you hide and, in Hollywood there are support groups for just that sort of behavior. There are bars where people with your particular weirdness congregate. If, for instance, you like to wear carrots in your butt you would find people of like mind at a place called The Carrot Club on Wilcox. If your thing is dancing in worm oatmeal you would feel at home at La Poubell on Franklin Ave.

So needless to say driving in L.A. is challenging. I have no need of video gaming! I drive in Hollywood! The Big Game is where your own physical being is at stake. There are no rules that are followed. For instance, U turns are more than common because this dink is new to the city and is lost. Left turns are everywhere! It is kayos. Stay home.

The benefit of living in a city is that services are close at hand. My dry cleaner is a half a block from my home. The same for my mechanic and it is wonderful to be able to whip the convertible in there for little adjustments and servicing. They all know my name. I have a shoe repair close by and several restaurants, my tailor is within walking distance.

But for the most part I ride my motorcycle. It makes sense in the city and I enjoy cruising! And today I have business at the beach.

And I am

Kip Addotta

Mre at http://www.kipaddotta.com

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