We hit the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood and immediately spot a billboard advertising a dot-com company. In front of the Hustler Hollywood store, there are handprints of porn stars and pornographers Seka, Ron Jeremy, Larry Flynt, Marilyn Chambers and Al Goldstein. The boulevard has morphed into a parkway with a grass median. Trees abut the sidewalk. Intersecting roads have bucolic names such as Elm, Foothill and Mountain.
Gardeners whack weeds and mow estate lawns.
George Michael is not among them. I wave and tap on the car's hood. The driver still won't look. He pulls out and I curse at him. I hope he didn't injure somebody else later.