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I work doing yards. I haven't stopped working.
Growing up my mother was very poor, but every night we had at least 12 to 15 people around the dinner table.
Just by walking around you can discover a new part of the street or a back road that you've never been to before.
The L.A. River serves as a public space in many parts of Northeast L.A., but does it create a sense of community?
Atwater Village is amazing because it's blossoming with cool little shops and coffee places and there's parking.
When I was looking for a location my family was the first to say "but why would you start a shop there? That area is very dangerous."
The picture framing business has always drawn me to it because I can be immersed in art pretty much all day and then it doesn't drain me so I can do art when I get home.
My business is called 'Cardon's Antique Ironworks' and it's about making antique old school ironwork.
As a business owner, a tire man, after 40 years I've gotten to know a lot of people. Everyone knows us around here by "Mirandas."
We call Elysian Valley 'The Peanut' like I was telling you because on the map it seems like it's a little peanut between the freeway and the river.
When it snows my friend's dad used to go up in the mountains and bring snow back down in his El Camino and we would all have snowball fights in the middle of the parking lot here at the park.
We have the stage and serve the community because we keep up the arts of the Lorca, Lope de Vega, and the golden age of Spain. We also try to do plays from South America and Mexico.