Atomic Cafe mural, in Little Tokyo



I asked my friend Michael Noble, and he was kind enough to send this picture of a commemorative mural at the ground level of the newly opened Little Tokyo MetroLA subway station. It’s celebrating the Atomic Cafe, after-hours hangout of song and story. The top two-thirds is based on a photo I made in 1988. If it looks familiar, that’s because I’ve previously posted the original. The mural is big — compare to the elevator doors for scale.

I am humbled and excited to join the landscape of Los Angeles this way.

Paella in Edison

This is Knut Christiansen. He owns Paellaworks, who provided the fine paella at Slough Food.

Black and white over the slough, from our picnic table. The slough is tidal, and this was clearly high tide.

Edison’s most famous son. The mural is based on a photo of Edward R. Murrow when he played basketball for the local high school.

Tweets, a local cafe. A fine place for breakfast.