Back home in Los Angeles with @dante.vincent and loving our life here already. We live within walking distance of the Yamashiro Night Market which takes place every Thursday during summer at the top of one of the city’s many hills. Drawing a truly diverse crowd, it is spread out around the grounds of a mansion built by the Bernheimer brothers from 1911 to 1914, to house their collection of priceless Asian treasures. Hundreds of craftsmen were brought from overseas to replicate a palace located in the Yamashiro province near Kyoto, Japan and the word translates to ‘Mountain Palace.’ Surrounding the mansion, now operating as a restaurant/bar/events venue is the Night Market; which has live music, food trucks (shout out to @urbanpiela which was our fav), stalls and vendors selling vintage clothes, handmade jewelry, vegan and organic groceries. I could see our apartment building from this little “guerilla garden” made by a man named Phillip which is just off to the side of all the stalls. ...