A gallery of Black business people, artists, hangers-on and street hustlers struggle with life, love, their personal hang-ups and the consequences of their decisions, while trying to survive in a run-down hotel in Los Angeles. You will meet people of high human esteem and some you will consider of low character. As far as life in this little corner of the world, you may see a person you could admire or respect. You may see someone that you easily despise. The point is, there is a lot going on in your city that you will not see at school or on the TV news. People who read, may develop an insight from "The Gallery" of people within these pages that would be otherwise, inaccessible to them. The world is in swift transition, however, these days, either one of us could meet one of those herein on the way up or on the way down, or they may be the neighbor next door, if indeed we have a neighbor or, tomorrow, a door. Whatever...Have a nice day... It's all good! A rambling writer. Time's up.