Gathering Speed

Psychotic.

Can anyone else think of a better term to describe the Hollywood Santa Parade? Let’s take a look at this perfect storm.

November 25^th is the 2^nd busiest travel day of the year in America. We know this because every local news outlet is sending their best, brightest, and most sleep deprived to every airport to cover the carnage. When I left BWI to return to Los Angeles this morning, news crews had gathered, ready to watch with a distant journalist’s eye.

At the same time, on the left coast, the government of Los Angeles has decided to shut down Hollywood. The whole city. You can’t enter or exit a gigantic gulag of streets from Sunset to Hollywood and between Argyle and La Brea. No one gets in, no one gets out. It is Soviet Russia.

I can understand having a parade…on any other day of the year.

Anyone got a better word for this?