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