As a native Angeleno returning to your hometown, what are some of your favorite haunts?
Los Angeles has changed a lot since I last lived here. Having grown up in Windsor Square, the neighborhood just east of my high school, it’s no surprise that Larchmont Village always brings back fond memories. My friends and I used to walk home after school and stop at Penguins frozen yogurt for milkshakes. When the Coffee Bean opened we switched to Iced Blendeds (then called “Larchmont Specials” – and in existence before Starbucks developed the Frappuccino). The old Farmers Market on Third and Fairfax near the Grove is another favorite haunt. When my grandfather came to town he loved taking us out for breakfast at Dupar’s. When I was in first grade, my class took a field trip to sing at a nearby home for the aged and afterwards we got to go to the Farmers Market for pizza and ice cream. What’s fun about returning to favorite spots is that it prompts me to tell Mo and Zeke stories about my childhood. It gives them a peak into who I was as a kid.
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