Dino Pilgrammage----To Live and Die In LA

We finally tracked down Dino's three stars on Hollywood Blvd. Did that tonight a few hours ago. Mixed and mingled with the locals. Found some very good pizza in a trash can as well as a little left-over chinese. Now that we are Tap City we better get used to the idea!

Dean Martin's walk of fame stars for television and motion pictures are on the north side of Hollywood going east from Cherokee. The star commemorating his recording career is on the west side of Vine a block south of Hollywood Blvd, just down the street from the famous Capitol Records building. There was also a delightful portrait of Dean on a roll-down gate on Hollywood Blvd. There are dozens of such portraits on both sides of Hollywood Blvd. Quite charming. And by the way, I found Hollywood Blvd. clean and civilized--more so than even the Mile High City's Sixteenth Street Mall, which is a disgrace.

We also ate at Hamburger Hamlet on Sunset on Friday night. Was that one or two nights ago. It's all becoming a fog. Dino was a regular there on Sunday nights for many years. I was sat at the table they said Dino sat at. Who knows, really, but it was quite an emotional experience.

The only thing really left is to find Dino's footprints at Grauman's. Maybe we'll do that tomorrow--later today. Then, what to do? We took the boat ride to Catalina a few days ago. One could just slip off and be lost at sea. Don't chat with the boat crew about such ideas--they put you a suicide watch. I still have a little money left--a few thousand. And another couple thou from the credit cards on Monday. Hard to see coming back. To live and die in LA......