“A Lingering Scent-sa-tion”Frank opened the wrought iron gate in front of a 1940s stucco home on Highland Avenue in Hollywood. Turns out he was house sitting for a friend. The 1955 silver Porsche Spyder 550 he was driving also belonged to a friend, or so he said. He turned off the engine and just sat there in silence without attempting to open the car door. When he turned up the volume on the radio it was playing a standard by Gloria Estefan.
“Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you,” she sang.
I wanted to burst out laughing. Again I felt like I was in a reality show or a scene from a romantic comedy.
“Who used to live here?” I asked. “It looks like something out of one of those old black- and-white movies starring Clark Gable or Jimmy Stewart.”
“Those are two of my all-time favorite acto
