Hermosa
I went to see Dirty Pretty Things with Gary and a Berkeley friend of his (Jenny). The reviews, while positive, don’t do it justice. The summaries online all seem rather misleading, but all the same it was a very good movie. After the movie we had dinner at Chandni (which still has the best iced tea I’ve ever had) and then split up as they went to Sunset to meet friends and I headed home.
Matt messaged me when I got home asking if I was planning on going to the bar hop with some old Cnation people, Al Lopez and gang down in Hermosa Beach. I thought it over and an hour or two later I met Matt at his place in the Marina. We tried unsuccessfully (for the better part of an hour) to get Rich to come out with us but in the end we drove down by ourselves and met up with Al Lopez, Alfonse, Kat, Hilmo, and some of their friends at Shark’s Cove. We all had a good time, and Matt and I ended the night at a mexican place on Washington Blvd. scarfing down some food before calling the night over. We talked about the Cnation days and I learned some interesting things about those days that I hadn’t known back then. Every time I talk with Matt (or Adam or David) about those days, I come away more impressed with what we were doing and with more sadness for how it all turned out.