Spring 95
When I first moved to LA from Phoenix I stayed at a friend's place in the Hollywood Hills. It was a house that many adult film companies used to film (both straight & gay) porn. This is where I fell in LOVE with the porn industry. I met so many unique and fun people while staying there, I never wanted to leave. Chi Chi La Rue was up there a lot filming for Catalina. The newest rising star (and Catalina exclusive) was Steve Rambo. His boyfriend worked for the photographer who owned the house, so they were up there all the time...which made me VERY happy ;-)
After a few weeks of fun at Harold's house, I decided to move in with a couple of friends of mine who were also in the porn industry...hot newbie - Gianfranco (aka: Johnny Diamond), and porn superstar -superhung BJ Slater. We found a two br apt in the heart of West Hollywood and our neighbors were Zach Spears (and his bf) in the apt above us and Devon Foster (and his bf) a few doors down. It was a fun time. After a month or so we had an "altercation" with BJ Slater and Gianfranco & I became sole roommies...until Johnny Rey moved in a few months later (which I'll cover in subsequent blogs).
Being new to the porn scene, we worked a lot. One of the big projects we were involved in that year was a two week shoot in Palm Springs where Chi Chi shot a total of three movies for Catalina. We stayed at CCBC and I was in two of the movies..."Hot Springs Orgy" and "Gianfranco's Guest Services." I had a lot of fun on that shoot (and a lot of sex!) It was more like a vacation than a working trip. One of the other models & I ended up getting salmonella food poisoning from one of the restaurants we ate at and wound up in the hospital a few days after returning to LA, but that didn't distract from the great memories I had of the shoot. 