Monday, October 09, 2006

Mae West: Ghost on Rossmore

Kevin Roderick, publisher of L.A. OBSERVED, made this (er. . .) observation:

• • Author and former Los Angeles cop Joseph Wambaugh, writing on the Los Angeles Times op-ed page, calls Rossmore Avenue his favorite L.A. street and only partly because James Ellroy lives on it.
• • "It's retro and romantic for anyone with powerful remembrances of things past," Joseph Wambaugh says. "One sees ghosts on Rossmore, Mae West for one, sashaying out of the Ravenswood to a waiting limo and two hunky escorts for a night at the Cocoanut Grove. I used to patrol that street when I was a young cop assigned to Wilshire Division. And nobody ever punched me in the mouth on Rossmore Avenue. . . ."
• • Source: "Wambaugh on today's LAPD" by editor-publisher Kevin Roderick
Publication: L.A. OBSERVED - - 9 October 2006 - - www.laobserved.com
Email Kevin Roderick: editor@laobserved.com
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• • Photo: Mae West • • 1937 • •

Mae West.

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