Subject: Bit of a drive to the school
Content: “Nice neighborhood,” he said. “Bit of a drive to the school. Hollywood’sjust across Melrose from HancockPark, you’d think a Hollywoodaddress would attract screen-hopefuls.” “Maybe Dowd got a break on the rent. Or she owns the place. McCadden and herwheels says she’s got marlboro gold cigarettes bucks.” “A wealthy dilettante who does it for fun,” I said. “Hardly a rare bird,” he said. “Let’s see if this one uggs classic sings.” Wilshire Boulevardnear Museum Mile was disrupted by filming and we sat with the engine idling, anaudience for nothing. Half a dozen triple-sized trailers filled an entireblock. A fleet of carelessly parked smaller vehicles choked an eastbound lane.A squadron of cameramen, sound techs, gaffers, gofers, retired cops, andunionized hangers-on laughed and loafed and stalked the catered buffet. Twolarge men walked past, each carrying a lightweight, folding director’s chair.Stenciled names on the canvas backs that I didn’t recognize. Public space commandeered with the usual insouciance. The motoring public onWilshire wasn’t happy and tempers flared in the single open lane. I managed toescape onto Detroit Street,hooked a right on Sixth Street,cruised across La Brea. A few blocks later: Highland,the western border of ghd on sale onlin Hancock Park. The next block was McCadden, wide and peaceful and sunny. A vintage Mercedesrolled out of a driveway. A nanny walked a baby in a navy blue, chrome-platedstroller. Birds swooped and settled and chirped gratitude. Cold winds had beenwhipping the city for a couple of days but the sun had broken through. Nora Dowd’s address put her half a block south of Beverly. Most of the neighboring residenceswere beautifully maintained Tudors and Spanish revivals set behind brilliantemerald lawns. Dowd’s was a two-story Craftsman, cream with dark green trim. Inverse color scheme of her acting school and, like the PlayHouse, girded bya covered porch and shadowed by generous eaves. A low rock wall at the curb wascentered by an open gate of weathered iron grillwork. Splitting quickbooks 2011 the lawn was awide flagstone walkway. Similar old-school landscaping: birds of paradise,camellias, azaleas, fifteen-foot eugenia hedges on both sides of the property,a monumental deodor cedar fringing the double garage.
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