I called a locksmith
Under the circumstances, I had no choice but to call a locksmith Long Beach being an inhospitable place to lose your keys. I was not about to wander around like a homeless vagabound, especially in evening wear. Evening wear! Impractical, and not in the least amenable to walking about in the bushes or trying to crawl in through a window. Long Beach neighbors might, indeed, call 911, and then where would I have been? Embarrassed, arrested, and still in evening wear!
It all worked out just fine, though. I had my cell phone, even though I didn't have my keys or any way of getting them. I had ID, so as to be able to prove that this was, indeed, my home. I was able to get into the house in relatively short order, embarrassed, exhausted, and a few dollars lighter than I might have hoped when I left the house that evening. Nonetheless, there are worse things that have happened to me, and a tire change in that outfit would sure have been one of them.