BODY WATCH : WHAT’S THE DEAL? : No Need to Go It Alone When You Go for a Walk

If you enjoy company when you take walks, these escorts may suit your mood and pace:

* Portable radio-cassette player with headset, about $100.

* Pup rescued from the Animal Care and Control Center, Los Angeles. Adoption, neutering/spaying, license, collar and leash, $71.68.

* Paperback book, such as “The Big Sleep,” $9--but watch out for traffic.

* Invisible friend. If yours is like Jimmy Stewart’s pookah pal Harvey, it may cost you a martini, $2.75 at Colombo’s, Eagle Rock.

* Whistling “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” free.