My Dog Introduced Me To Kato Kaelin

I've never been more starstruck.

Photo by Andres Mora on Unsplash

The podcast is off this week, but here’s a fun essay as my gift to paying subscribers. Thank you, as always, for your support, and have a wonderful holiday.

A couple of weeks ago I was in Hollywood with my dog Hugo, where he’d had an appointment at a special veterinary clinic. (His health is fine, though if you want to hear about my tortured relationship with animal medicine, listen to this.) Before getting in the car to go home, I walked him around the neighborhood for a few blocks, past some hulking new condo buildings and dingy commercial buildings repurposed into photo and video production studios. When I rounded a corner, I saw a man with blonde hair and stylish eyeglasses standing on the sidewalk holding an iPad.

“Excuse me,” he said. “Would you mind if I took a short video of your dog?”