Overheard—November 2009

“Don't bring God into your apartment problems. He has bigger things to worry about.”

—A barfly at Del’s Saloon in West L.A.

“More like a marijuanologist.”

—Reply to “I hear you’re a botanist”

“I need Cher to come over, slap me across the face and say, ‘Snap out of it.’”

—Woman smoking a cigarette while on cell phone outside LACMA

“Don’t get the tinted lenses. You’ll look like Father Guido Sarducci.”

—Wife to husband at Oliver Peoples in Malibu

“Are those cigarettes organic?”

—Hipster to Pakistani clerk in Koreatown

“Give me one good reason why I’m not entitled to lose my shit.”

—Teenager to her parents at Houston’s in Pasadena

“I love you. You’re amazing. I’m thinking of being you for Halloween.”

—College student at Starbucks in Westwood

“I didn't know we were supposed to get excited about conductors.”

-Woman at Hollywood Bowl for Dudamel’s opening night