Two weeks ago...

On the way to the Pantages via the red line to see RENT:

Magu's Aesthetics Under Hollywood and Vine

Here are pictures of some of my favorite tiles that Magu (an original member of Los Four), painted for the
Hollywood and Vine redline station. There are several dozen tiles there, and they are worth checking out.

This guy kind of looks like my dad. But I doubt he is.




Truck Night at the Taco Stand




Star Vato

Fame is a Basic Human Right

Looks like Banksy is in town.

[UPDATE: New ones.]

What I've Been Eating Recently X

My favorite place to eat Ethiopian food is at Rosalind's on Fairfax Ave in Little Ethiopia(actually, its tied with Industry and Jazz in Culver City). This is their vegetarian platter:



They have the best collard greens I have ever had. If you decide to go and have never eaten Ethiopian food, be careful about eating their tasty bread called injera; it is spongy and will unexpectedly expand in your stomach after a short while (it sounds worse than it is, don't let my warning discourage you, its nothing like that stomach explosion scene from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.)

Which grocery stores in LA carry collard greens? I haven't been able to find one.

What I've Been Eating Recently VIII

Whenever I go to the Farmer's Market on Fairfax and 3rd, I almost eat at The Banana Leaf, a restaurant there that sells Singapore food. One of my favorite things to eat there is their rojak salad. It has cucumber, some leafy greens I can't identify, peanut butter, tamarind, vinegar, tofu and bean sprouts. This is one of my favorite salads I have ever eaten.

Schmaps

A photo of mine was included in the 3rd edition of Schmaps Los Angeles:

Its a photo I took in Whitley Heights. That painting on the bottom left is a portrait of myself as a lego. There was an empty sign holder and I decided to put this painting up for the shits'n giggles. I think it was taken down a few days later. Here is a link to the Schmaps page where my photo is at.

Also, here is an interactive map of Hollywood: