In most areas, there is a post office designated for passport services. You can click here to get all the information you need, and to get printable passport applications online. I was amazed by the efficiency of service when I got my passport.

In the 1970's, I worked in the Federal Building that had the only passport office in Los Angeles County. You couldn't get a passport at a post office in those days, so everybody had to go to our building. Our secretary used to keep a log of all the celebrities she'd meet in the elevator. I used the stairs, and didn't see many celebrities myself. It was a futuristic building that looked kind of like a streamline-style toaster with rounded corners. It was used as Police Headquarters in a short-lived TV series called Future Cop. Ernest Borgnine was the star, and I used to see him there quite often.

Oh, and we had a CIA office next door to us. All I know about them was that they had a gorgeous secretary. Never saw any agents.

-Joe Offer-