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Last week I had the interesting experience of attending two red carpet events in Los Angeles. I was at the first event as a guest and the second as one of the hosts. The experience gave me a lot of insight into the workings of Hollywood. First of all, let me make it clear that I am a Hollywood “nobody”. I am on the fringe of the fringes of the entertainment industry, making me a clear and unbiased observer.

My first party was a DVD release party, and I am pretty sure that the person who invited me did so accidentally. I was excited to attend the red carpet event, especially since it was at one of my favorite bars in the world. The bar is in West Hollywood and is called Here. I mention this because I think it might be the greatest name ever for a bar. The initial time I went I had a real Abbot and Costello “Who’s on First” style drunken conversation with my cousin.

It went something like this:

“Hey, this place is great. What’s the name of it?”

“Here.”

“Yeah, here. This place is awesome. What’s it called?”

“Here.”

“Yes, here.”

“Here.”

“YES, here. What’s the name of it?”

“Here. It’s called Here.”

“It’s called what?”

“Not What, Here.”

“For Christ’s sake, what’s the name of this place?!”

And so on and so on and so on. I love the name of that bar!

I invited my friend Jason to come with me because he’s also an aficionado of Here. Shortly after we arrived, we said hello to the person who had invited me. He gave me the look of no recognition which confirmed my feeling that he didn’t really mean to invite me. Jason and I had a great time hanging out, but we did not really mingle with the other guests. I already mentioned that I’m nobody in the Hollywood community, right? The few people who did take the time to speak to me asked who I was. In my own imagination, I looked tall and fabulous and like I could be important. Once they figured out that I wasn’t, they constantly scanned the room to see if there was anyone important there.

Disappointed, they quickly moved on. I noticed later that the famous people were being given special gift bags, which I was not. The Hollywood hierarchy deemed who was given free stuff. I enjoyed talking with my friend Jason about life, love, and happiness. It was a better gift than anything in a gift bag.