As a kid visiting L.A. (age 8), I remember taking one of those bus tours to see the stars' homes. Highlights included the home formerly owned by Lucille Ball. (Yeah, it didn't take much to get people excited back then). These days, tourists are flocking to L.A. to catch a glimpse of their fave reality star.
And sometimes catching a glimpse isn't enough. They're coming to experience the lifestyle -- and perhaps befriend their favorite TV personalities. The L.A. Times features one such "The Hills" fan:
In the weeks leading up to her spring break earlier this year, Rachel Haas, then a high school senior, wasn't concerned with trying on new bikinis or misting herself with a spray tan. Instead, she was obsessively watching MTV's reality show " The Hills" and making a long list of every restaurant and nightclub that appeared on-screen that she wanted to visit on her trip to Los Angeles.
Her ideal itinerary began with her and her friends venturing down the Sunset Strip to eat burgers at Ketchup, where they figured they had a shot of catching the cameras from "The Hills." On the weekend, they'd hit Les Deux, Hollywood's über-trendy club, with its Euro-themed wallpaper and bottle service.
"My perception of L.A. was that it was a place that felt completely unreal, like a movie set. I had the highest expectations for it -- I thought I'd literally be running into famous people everywhere," said Haas, now an 18-year-old freshman at Washington University in St. Louis.
No happy ending here: Haas didn't get to meet L.C. afterall.
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