Dec 02 2007
This is the one with the eighth thing I’ll miss in So. Cal.
In the coming days I’m going to post, in no particular order, things that I will miss when I leave Southern California.
My apartment is in the heart of what is known as Little Saigon;this area has the highest density of Vietnamese people outside of Vietnam.
I often joke about how I live between Pho 54 and Pho 55 (a lot of Vietnamese noodle shop owners do not name their restaurants they simply number their franchise). I also joke about the names of some of my neighbors…one neighbor’s last name is “Ng” which I thought was an element.
Living in a place where you are surrounded by a culture other than your own is enlightening, entertaining, interesting, strange, and kinda cool to tell others. I think that I will miss being known as the “white guy” in the apartment complex, or knowing that some good vegetarian Vietnamese food is just a small walk away.
Pizza and beer at NiMarcos in Flagstaff.
