Pink Orchard Bakery in Westwood
About a week ago, my friend Berri invited me to a get together in the East Hollywood area. It was a dinner in honor of a calligrapher from Japan named Hiromi Edo. It was a small gathering at a remodeled studio/ house near the Vista Theater. I'm fond of this neighborhood because I always think of it as the original site for the Onyx Cafe, where I used to spend my insomniac nights drinking tea and eating pecan pie. It was often filled with artists at midnight and beyond. I was an undergrad at Otis Parsons (1982-86) and this seemed to be our early morning island. Anyway, at this party, they had sandwiches from Pink Orchard in Westwood. Somaya welcomed us with open arms. She's an architect and artist and is collaborating with Hiromi on a text piece for a group exhibition in Japan. Berri met Hiromi in Japan recently when she was installing her exhibition. Somaya is Persian and Pink Orchard is a Persian Bakery. We only had the sandwiches that night but I was told th...
