marshall-
oh yeah for sure, they have the money and go all out to be super authentic. they are soo rad in that way.

p-3000-
yes the house scene is huge out there. almost every hot spot i was pointed out to was a house joint.

el random hero-
gracias, you mos def have to make it out there. you’d go crazy! i could not go anywhere without my camera so many moments to capture. I also took photos with my holga, which i haven’t developed yet.

la kid-
i didn’t say mexican-american because that’s not what i meant, either way i felt it would be a huge generalization. You are correct latinos come in all shades and latinos in los angeles are not all mexican so you can never assume, right?

and on the brazilian tip, i was introduced to my relative’s group of friends that are half japanese and brazilian where only one in the crew knew conversational english. knowing that brazil has the largest population of japanese outside of japan i was still more fascinated by the large number of brazilians i saw in japan.

aaaalso, carne asada is not a crime…even on pita bread. salva las trocas!

All the way up in San Fernando too. (Then again, next-door Pacoima has an old Japanese community. They even have a community center there: http://www.sfvjacc.net/ )

But that place isn’t the only Japanese restaurant in a Mexican-American community. There’s Otomisan, the last one in Boyle Heights. Follow this link to a great review: http://www.yelp.com/biz/otomisan-restaurant-los-angeles

I like you stories and pictures, but I take exception with you saying people look Latino. I am Latino and I have blond hair and blue eyes. If you mean Mexican-American then say so. Most Latin-Americans have no idea what a taco looks or taste like.

There is a community of ethic Japanese from Peru and Brazil in Japan. They do the work the native Japanese do not want to do. Did you happen to run into any of them?

Later,Me