Walking In L.A. Part One

The other day, I walked from the nearest Starbucks on Sunset and Alvarado, through the Echo Park hills towards my house. After a while I passed a couple of teenage gang-ish type guys who said ‘Hi’ to me and I said ‘Hi’ back. They saw me holding my latte and asked me sweetly and in exclamation, 'Have you really just walked all the way here from Starbucks?!!!' - It was seven blocks away.”