This is CHAPTER 2 of this handbook for people who need help adjusting the to culture shock that results from moving from Brooklyn, NY to Los Angeles. (Or, for people who can help me!) I hate to resort to driving stories, but they’re just too much out here. I figured there was going to be an issue about driving in this so-called city when an eight lane highway is not wide enough to absorb the traffic. There aren’t too many people who drive in Brooklyn. There’s really no need for it. A...

This was written in response to an e-mail I got saying, “What’s up, Hollywood Frank?” from a regular at Tavern on Dean in Prospect Height, Brooklyn on December 10th. He send that on the right day. This was my response: You know I've been to other cities and countries before. I'm aware that other cultures exist in this world. Some of them actually flourish. I came here not only armed with this information, but with a promise to myself that I would try to understand it and accept it, or at...