Los Angeles is a surreal place to live. I suppose it always has been. At least since the very first movie studio was built in Hollywood on Sunset Blvd in 1911. As they say, “the rest is movie history.” Since its birth, the one thing Hollywood has always seemed to have is movie stars, celebrities, and icons. Whatever you call them, Los Angeles has got them. That’s what makes living in Los Angeles so surreal. A lot of famous folk live here. It is almost ridiculous. You can be walking your dog...

Everyone’s dream has to start somewhere. Mine began in a public bus garage in downtown Chicago that had been turned into a movie sound...

When I first moved from my family’s farm in Illinois to Los Angeles, I was definitely the epitome of a ‘Hay Seed in Hollywood’. I was...