Spending most of our time in Southern California, we can’t help but take the most pessimistic outlook possible toward the future of one of all of our favorite pasttimes – sightings. But just when we’re ready to give up – the beautiful weather (OK, it’s always nice here, but it does get nicer once we hit April and May) brings out some signs that we shouldn’t give up all hope just yet.
We were walking through one of the most exclusive areas of the city this week, and in just ten minutes, we saw five beautiful young smoking women either sitting at an outdoor cafe or strolling and window-shopping. No, there were no eye-popping smoking performances, and all three of the brands we could distinguish were Marlboro Lights – but nonetheless, seeing a pretty, well-dressed young smoker an average of every two minutes was enough to cure our California smoking blues, at least for a little while

Well, the big excitement this week here in San Diego was the “surprise, sneak” show that Britney Spears did at the House of Blues, trying to allegedly resurrect her career.
The people who went mostly left disappointed, because she only sang – or rather, lip-synched – for 20 minutes before being rushed off the stage and onto a tour bus.
But the big disappointment was that she was kept so much under wraps during her time in San Diego, that there were no candid photos or video taken anywhere (at least, none that have surfaced so far) – so we have no idea whether her rehab, supposed change of lifestyle and attempt to restart her career – have meant an end to her heavy smoking habit.
That’s the real disappointment in this story – but at least we have the tabloids to look forward to; we’re sure they’ll let us know as soon as they do.