Pretty lucky to live close enough to drive there. This year I decided to save up and take my daughters to the garment district for School clothes. The deals there are phenomenal !!! The culture is wild as well. I would love to go there just to people watch and eat bacon wrapped hot dogs. One corner is a beautiful ritzy hotel while 2 blocks away a man sleeps in a cardboard box. It is abundance at it's finest. Whether its in business, clothes, jewels, flowers, food, or the low end version with homelessness, drugs, alcohol, & hunger. One could really learn enough life lessons to last a lifetime if they spent a weekend in it, OR they could just be super shallow turn their cheek to it all and go shopping (like we did woot - woot! )Truth is, it really opens your eyes to the amount of people in America that need help. More than that, the missions and organizations that need the help as they are the ones truly doing the most ! Its obvious that many are drug users or alcohol abusers, others have serious mental health issues, and surprisingly there are many with children. Just by chance the latest episode of the Kardashians was the father, Bruce, taking his girls to the part of town where we went shopping to one of the missions for volunteering. Sad that they have lived in Cali their whole lives and looked like they had never been down there!
Crazy because I LOVE the culture of downtown but maybe thats because I am not from there nor am I living in a mansion able to shop in Malibu... My daughter Kysa was very sad and wanted to give all our money to the homeless, very sweet I might add she is definetly the humanitarian where my other daughter Lexi was only concerned about getting to the Jewelry, ALL THE JEWELRY !! It is amazing the things you can find in the Alleys. The clothes, food, toys, people- It can seem scary at first but luckily I had my seasoned BFF to show us the ropes and her Spanish speaking is an added bonus. But even if you speak no spanish, if you get to L.A. you should check it out and dont forget your bacon wrapped DELISHISSS hotdog! As well as Hollywood & Venice Beach !! Some very fun people watching to be done :-)
This guy for example: He is making out - all tax free money.. He is like the CEO of Ass Kickin . Think about it $1 for the kick, $1 for a picture. He probably gets 15 kicks an hour and mostly from tourist and their kids so with a picture each that is at least $30 an hour tax free! This guy is genius, but I'd hate to see his Ass at the end of the day...
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