CatalenaMara

I love LA. I mean that seriously. I love its astonishing ethnic diversity. I love the fact that four different languages are spoken at my workplace (which is a small business), and that a fifth language, Mandarin, is the primary language in the neighbhorhood in which I live. I love the fact that I can talk to so very many different people from every inhabited continent and hear all kinds of stories. It’s Persian New Year now; I learned this at work the other day, and in the LA Times today, which had a quote from the Iranian mayor of Beverly Hills. I was recently given a box of Armenian fruit-shaped candy; the candy is so astonishingly beautiful it’s a shame to actually eat them (they’re delicious).

Here’s a great article from today’s LA Times – “Knitting Stitches Together Diverse Seniors in Hollywood” by Sandy Banks.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-banks21-2009mar21,0,5550888.column

Here’s a quote: “She goes around the table, telling me everybody's name, ticking off their countries of origin -- Germany, Korea, Armenia, Italy, India, El Salvador. . . . "Where are you from, Trudy?" she asks. Sivick looks up from the purple blanket she's knitting. "I'm from Philadelphia."

Truly, something for everyone.