Prince, Hollywood and the walk of fame

pspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"In April I came into a little money so I decided I would treat myself to a much needed vacation./span/p pspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"I booked a flight for the 19th to LA thinking I would try my hand at street performance and it just happened to be the day before the big marijuana celebration of 4/20./span/p pspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"I booked a hotel for the first night in Inglewood, planning on going to stay in Hollywood after getting a good night#39;s rest. Suddenly the focus of my trip changed because I, like so many others, got the news that Prince, one of the greatest entertainers in history, had passed./span/p pspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"At first I thought it was a cruel joke but confirmed it after checking several news sources./span/p pspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"I also found out that he didn#39;t have a star on the walk of fame so I decided to investigate further and and see if there was anyway of getting him one./span/p pspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"I contacted Ana Martinez of the Hollywood chamber of commerce, the person who oversees the ceremonies of placing stars on the walk of fame, to see what could be done./span/p pspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"She told me there were many petitions that had been gathered but unfortunately they would not help because one person is nominated a year posthumously and it still takes 5 years for the star to be placed, and it was up to the family to nominate him./span/p pspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"Prince was special because he donated millions of dollars to causes and people less fortunate than him./span/p pspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"That interview was recorded and will be featured in a live radio broadcast sometime in the near future./span/p pspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"I continued my visit innbsp; in Hollywoodnbsp; with a heavier heart than I had when I started./span/p pspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"I was able to stay a lot cheaper by going to a thrift store, purchasing a crocpot/spanbr style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /br / span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"And cooking omelets by mixing eggs in a plastic bag with cheese and vegetables/spanbr style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /br / span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"And cooking them in a microwave for 3 minutes.nbsp;/span/p pspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"I also ate salads that I put together. Most of my cooking utensils I got from dollar stores, as well as seasonings and other ingredients./span/p pspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"If I had dined in restaurants every day I would have been broke in less than a week. I was able to stay 2 weeks and still had a few bucks when I got back home./span/p