Ethnic Neighborhoods, Los Angeles

Favorite thing: One can explore latino (particularly Mexican) culture about everywhere in Los Angeles. Yet, going from downtown L.A. on Pico Ave is an especially interesting way to discover Latino life and culture.

Fondest memory: I love to capture murals like this one (along Pico). I happen to be on the bus when I snapped this one. The smeared look of this pic from the bus window adds an interesting effect of the image. It is that of an angel. The mural reads, " We are each of us angels with one wing. We can only fly embracing each other." There are so many murals, small and big, to count throughout the city.

Favorite thing: As an instrument for diffusing social - not political - liberality to the nation, Los Angeles
has as credentials its "Holliwood morals"
its "beach barbarians" and other outdoor -
-leisure enthusiasts, its legacy of in-migrants
and transients, and its big - city offerings of
anonymity and the support of
fellow-followers.