Stars in the Lobby: My Hollywood Years

This rewrite of Kindle book "Stars in the Lobby" includes new stories and never before published photographs. This is a story of a young woman at the forefront of the "single mom generation", set against the backdrop of seventies' Hollywood. She mingles with the stars whilst working full time, and navigates successfully the treacherous sexual permissive drug culture in L.A.; dates comedian Garry Shandling, gets invited to dinner by Leonard Cohen and has a short affair with a young...
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This rewrite of Kindle book "Stars in the Lobby" includes new stories and never before published photographs. This is a story of a young woman at the forefront of the "single mom generation", set against the backdrop of seventies' Hollywood. She mingles with the stars whilst working full time, and navigates successfully the treacherous sexual permissive drug culture in L.A.; dates comedian Garry Shandling, gets invited to dinner by Leonard Cohen and has a short affair with a young Richard Gere. She finds work at two famous Hollywood hotels, The Ambassador Hotel (where Bobby Kennedy died) and Chateau Marmont Hotel (where John Belushi died) and daily interacts with movie stars, famous artists and rock stars. The book has anecdotes and stories about the luminaries of the day like Marlon Brando, artist David Hockney, Lynne Redgrave, Graham Nash, Joni Mitchell, folk singer Donovan, writer Anais Nin, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Donald Sutherland, Diane Keaton, the early days' crew from Saturday Night Live and the Monty Python gang; legendary Gram Parsons, The Rolling Stones and so many many more. The backdrop is Sunset Strip in West Hollywood and Beverly Hills, the great clubs and luxury restaurants under the perpetually sunny skies of Southern California. A true story straight from the young woman who was there, with her son, during the days when the legendary music makers in Laurel Canyon would sometimes take up residency at The Chateau Marmont Hotel. Through it all, her long-distance relationship with New York based guitarist Sal Maida seems to be one of the few constants in her life.