[Music Playing]
Female: Everyone pretends to be somebody here. And just look at the street, how everyone dresses, how everyone walks, what they are carrying. It is very different.
Boy: Yes, look at me.
Jan: I think it is synonymous with wealth as this place where a lot of entertainment types have lived traditionally. That is not as much anymore, it is kind of aging Hollywood here.
Jan: Trader Vic’s, right here in Beverly Hills. My grandfather lived in Beverly Hills and he brought me here a few times. His name was Jim Nicholson with another fellow started American International Pictures, which was the first real non-studio production house.
That is the taste of cocktail, $10 or $11 each. Yes.
They specialize in teen exploitation movies. They were the first ones to really go after the teenage market, drive-in movies and stuff. Beach Blanket Bingo, I Was A Teenage Werewolf, Dr. Goldfoot and The Bikini machine, Roger Corman and a lot of people got to start with the arcade.
What hidden gems lurk in Beverly Hills?
This is the Cheese Store on Beverly Hill sort in the heart of Beverly Hills, California. Cheeses are livelihood here. We have close to 600 different ones.
Norbert: This is called Boscetto arotap defue. It is a combination of cow and sheep’s milk with truffles. One of the things, this is one of the oldest shops in the Beverly Hills Triangle, it is called the Golden Triangle and I think it is more community oriented than most of the new stores that have come in. We know our customers. We have known them for years and years and years. We have known their parents. We know their children.
You know-we have a dress code here.
Customer: I know-I know.
Norbert: Unfortunately, you will be over it.
Male: You are way beyond. I can see it.
Jan: This is my alma mater. I went to school here for most of my senior-year high school. I have not heard of any other school with a working oil well on the premises, but we have one.
It is like any high school. We have classes on dealing with Paparazzi. We have-you know-an equestrian center out the back. Our man help comes to school with us often, helps us out with the homework and what is on it. It is traditional upbringing. It is like any other on something.
Transcription by:
Scribe4you Transcription Services