I've now been in Los Angeles almost a week.
I know San Francisco pretty well, but Los Angeles
scarcely at all.
This place has got about as much to do
with San Francisco as Rio de Janeiro does.
My primary cultural discovery to date: the
legendary LA LUZ DE JESUS gallery. Yeah,
I've always known "la Luz" was in Los Angeles,
but now that I've Seen the Luz on the
Road to Damascus, I really grok it
about the, like, sensibilite'.
http://www.laluzdejesus.com/
Small Gallery, Giant Insane Gift Store from Valhalla
I was minding my own business over
the tiki heads, hot-rod art and true-crime books
when some Angeleno earnestly asked me
if I worked there. I just debarked from the turnip truck,
and this guy thinks that I'm a STAFFER at
Luz de Jesus?! What a compliment!
"WORK here?!" I expostulated. "I want
to LIVE here!"
