california dreamin'

I stood on Sunset boulevard in a short pastel dress holding my movie prop – a pack of cigarettes in a genuine 1960s package. My hair and make up was done like a starlet. I could sense the celluloid promise in the soft spring breeze, it felt warm and perfect, as if a spotlight was following me around. Los Angeles was all mine. The director had hand-picked me to be in a small scene with the lead actors. It was all becoming real in front of the Whisky a Go Go. The hard sidewalk felt like marshmallow as I stepped inside the California dream. They can make you into who you wish you were.