Forget LA’s sandy shores for the day and head Downtown. That may not be on every visitor’s agenda, but for Baywatch idol and German icon, David Hasselhoff, Hill Street in Downtown LA offered the ideal setting for an afternoon stroll.

Just as any “cool” Angeleno would do, I passed by Lt. Mitch Buchannon and gave him the nod - as though I knew him from my previous life of rescuing people surrounded by beautiful coworkers. When I got back to the office, after lunch at Grand Central Market (where the tamale got the attention and the actor went unnoticed), I couldn’t keep my mouth closed. It’s not like I saw him in Beverly Hills or on Melrose, I saw him in Downtown.

As a city that is in the midst of developing its once lackluster hub, celebrity-sightings are becoming more and more regular - even when they’re not filming.