Ladies of the night ... man you bring out the best in me. I got the idea for this week's post—Obsolete—from comment banter here. I gotta lotta experience with prostitutes and not how you're thinking! Growing up in Hollywood there were lots of wannabe starlets that didn't make it and ended up hanging out at my 7-Eleven playing centipede and ms pac man with me. Other adventures too ... but this may not be substack fodder.
Perhaps my favorite sunset blvd prostitute story is when they'd walk my dad home from 7-Eleven and he'd talk to them about their options and then give them .50 to go buy a coffee. Oh! Remember when Hugh Grant got picked up with Divine Brown? Across the street from my house.
Rihanna *almost* could have been conceived during this trip. I could be her father, had I visited one of those "ladies of the night", and had her mother's pregnancy lasted about 11 months. So close!
I totally forgot what ALERT stood for!! 😂 I’ll have to go back through my pictures and see if I can find you in NY or DC. Thanks to my dad’s old Miranda, I was a budding photographer even back then…
People don't quite grasp just how rare photos were back then! I'm astounded we can find so many of ourselves in spite of this uphill battle against time.
Ladies of the night ... man you bring out the best in me. I got the idea for this week's post—Obsolete—from comment banter here. I gotta lotta experience with prostitutes and not how you're thinking! Growing up in Hollywood there were lots of wannabe starlets that didn't make it and ended up hanging out at my 7-Eleven playing centipede and ms pac man with me. Other adventures too ... but this may not be substack fodder.
You've got some deep memories about interesting stuff. I also have some stories that may or may not end up here, but I'm thinking probably so.
Ms Pac Man: I think I played that game more than any other for a couple years at least. It was SO good! So was Galaga, from around the same time.
Galaga high score, right here. I still got it too. Local retro arcade got one - high score. Impressed all the ladies.
Galaga was basically Space Invaders done right, wasn't it?
Perhaps my favorite sunset blvd prostitute story is when they'd walk my dad home from 7-Eleven and he'd talk to them about their options and then give them .50 to go buy a coffee. Oh! Remember when Hugh Grant got picked up with Divine Brown? Across the street from my house.
Yes! The Hugh Grant story feels so quaint now, doesn't it? That kind of ruined his career, or at least derailed it for a few years. Good on your dad!
"You can stand under my Umbalella!" - Rihanna. It all makes sense now.
Rihanna *almost* could have been conceived during this trip. I could be her father, had I visited one of those "ladies of the night", and had her mother's pregnancy lasted about 11 months. So close!
The plot thickens!
I totally forgot what ALERT stood for!! 😂 I’ll have to go back through my pictures and see if I can find you in NY or DC. Thanks to my dad’s old Miranda, I was a budding photographer even back then…
People don't quite grasp just how rare photos were back then! I'm astounded we can find so many of ourselves in spite of this uphill battle against time.