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BOMBS OVER ECHO PARK

07.10

There are lots of places to see fireworks in Los Angeles on 4th of July. You could cruise over to Santa Monica, but you’ll have to take out a second mortgage to pay for parking. You could make the trek up to Dodgers Stadium, but you’ll have to sit through the mind numbing tedium of a baseball game. You could even do down to Culver City High School, but what are you, six?  

The only real way of seeing fireworks is by having them shot all around you and sometimes at you by random strangers. That’s why the only place to be on the Fourth of July is Echo Park. 

Walking through Echo Park on the night of the fourth is like walking through downtown Beirut circa 1983. The air is thick with smoke and the smell of gunpowder. The constants sound of rat-tat-tat is punctuated by random booms, which can be so loud they set off car alarms. A few years ago, a palm tree in the middle of the island somehow caught fire (it turned out that one of my friends was to blame). 

 

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