Past the windmills, cows, and grapevine is a valley blessed with year-round sunshine yet cursed with traffic and pollution. And the stereotypes are true—everyone does work in media and entertainment. Host #1, Jon, works for Formosa Films while host #2, Christina, manages people like Jaeson Ma and Vanness Wu with Plan C Agency (FarEast Movement, Jin the MC…). There was Adam Wang on my left during brunch at House of Pies on Sunday and Will Tiao on my right at Starbucks afterwards. And of course, how can a trip down to LA be complete without grabbing breakfast with Phil and Ted in Alhambra, “The most Asian-concentrated city in America?”
As expected, I was too awkward to sustain any real conversations with anyone other than Joz and Kevin, two 8Asians bloggers—people I finally have something in common with! (Slightly kidding…only slightly.) But I had fun anyway watching the sunset from a hill, eating at a dinosaur themed restaurant, wandering around indie bookstores and vintage shops in Los Feliz Village.
Last comment: 16 oz. beers + avocado fries at Dillon’s Irish Pub (on Hollywood Blvd.) = cardiac arrest, immediate death, and a taste of heaven. I died in good company.
The following blog post was posted in New York…I am no longer in sunny LA but freezing NYC instead. The people here are equally well dressed…in winter wear. I was just in a T-shirt a few days ago.
