What L.A. Looks Like.

From Sex, Life, & Hannah::Volume 2, Spring Season (CHAPTER 14: FRIENDS…WITH BENEFITS)

My e-mail dings and there’s a message from Phillip Ferrari saying he would like to discuss a few things with me.

I walk into Phillip Ferrari’s temporary office. For casual Friday, he’s wearing a black polo shirt with cream-colored pants, and his hair is neatly slicked back. He points to a chair facing his desk, and I sit down.

He starts asking me what I know about downtown L.A.; what type of people live here, where they eat, where they shop, where they work. Then he stands up and gazes out the window.

“I want to design a living space that someone like you would live in.” He turns back to face me again and tells me he needs someone to immerse him in this city, show him where the hype generation hangs out, what the culture of L.A. looks like. “I want us to be friends.”

I agree, because I don’t think it’s possible to disagree with Phillip Ferrari.

When our discussion concludes and I’ve agreed to another friendship with another man I am not interested in being friends with, I thank Phillip Ferrari for his time, stand up, and turn around to walk out.

“Hannah,” he says.

I turn back.

“Office hours are eight to five, Monday to Friday.”

To Be Continued…

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Sex, Life, & Hannah::Volume 2, Spring Season by Dorota Skrzypek.
Copyright 2009 by Dorota Skrzypek.
ISBN 0-9768869-0-7
All Rights Reserved.

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