They called a Pillow Fight...

...and those that came were rousted. In the case of this fellow who showed up displaying a little bit of spirit wearing PJs, he was promptly cuffed and arrested. I hope the LAPD didn't waste my tax payer dollars to actually run the guy in and book him for trespassing.

This is a great example as to why nothing ever really happens in public spontaneously in Los Angeles - except for riots and earthquakes - because for the most part, public places are on privately owned corporate land which is administered without a sense of humour. The terrible band cranking out cover tunes about twenty five yards from where the pillow fight would have taken place was more of a nuisance than a spectacle of pillow fighters could have been.

However the Grove got the word, they took it pretty seriously, treating the potential "threat" as they might a terrorist attack on their Sunday money earning potential. I counted at least three LAPD uniformed officers, several of the white shirt Grove security (with forest ranger hats), two goofy looking dudes that seemed to have walked off the adjacent CBS lot having finished shooting some cop show... They were bald, goateed with dark suits and sunglasses... As if that weren't sufficient, there were some gray shirted fellows from the Farmers Market security, a couple of "undercover" Grove security guys in shorts and T-shirts... and some sort of official Grove executive type that had a name tag on. Anyone showing up would not have known to take the back way to the Abercrombie & Fitch clock tower so they would have to run the gauntlet from the west end of the Grove or come out of the parking structure.

I spotted a few people that looked like they were there for the event. A few with pillows in shopping bags made it to the spot only t be immediately rousted, but not cuffed like Mr. PJs. One genius actually walked up to a security guard and asked what the deal was with the pillow fight and that he was there to cover it for a blog... Way to go, stealthblogger...

Everything seemed to wind down in about half an hour and I assume that most people called their compatriots and spread the word of impending doom for anyone showing up with a pillow... Another typical Los Angeles style fizzle.