Movie Star Maps

Take a drive along Sunset Blvd in Hombly Hills and you will see the signs; movie star maps for sale. For a mere five or six bucks you too can buy a map that will show you where all the stars live. How exciting. You can drive up and see their homes in person. Well maybe you can and maybe you can't.
Tour buses from Hollywood Blvd will take you around and the driver will point out the sights of Hollywood and Beverly Hills and if you are lucky you too can see a real live star. This is big business but truth be told it is a sham. The maps for sale are generally inaccurate and the tour guides are often wrong.
A woman I met recently at a party told me of car loads of people coming to her home and gawking trying to see in and sometimes trying to get in as they had a map saying Brad Pitt lived there. This lady who will remained un-named told me she and her husband built their house. They had lived there since the 70's and Brad Pitt had never resided there and in fact had never to her knowledge ever lived in her neighborhood. She told me she sometimes would be annoyed by the star gazers but often felt bad for them having been duped.
While heading to an address in Bel Air one day I was passed by a tour bus pointing out the homes of celebrities. Well the driver was actually pointing out the hedges of celebrities. "Look look! It's Lee Major's maid!"
In this time of stalkers and psychos homes have become fortresses. The days of knocking on George Burns' door and being invited in for a lemonade are over.