On June 26, 2010 we attended Mers One’s solo show in the heart of Los Angeles at the Solid Gallery One tattoo studio and art gallery. The show was a great success. Great turnout, great vibes and most of all great art.
The tortillas were hot and well oiled, the salsa was spicy and the meats were greasy with flavor. The al pastor was bordering on being too crisp, the strips of achiote coated pork had a pork skin like texture to them and the asada sans a few stray bits of fat went well with the peppery salsa roja. The roja had a decent sting to it which had me puckering at my bottle of coke more frequently than usual. The meats didn’t seem to be of the highest quality but the taquero got the best out of them…
Amidst all the politics surrounding dispensaries and legality in the city; violence at two shops yesterday left two employees dead and one critically injured.
The Higher Path Holistic Care Collective on Sunset Boulevard and Hollywood Holistic in Hollywood were both hit by armed gunmen just hours apart. Of course, there’s no video surveillance, no witnesses, and it doesn’t look like it’s known whether or not anything was stolen.
This hits closer to home for myself since I’ve been to The Higher Path and the one critically injured was the security guard at the store. I still find it hard to believe there would be no surveillance inside and/or around the store. I drove by to take some pictures but didn’t want to get caught up in the LAPD stakeout… black and whites clear as day sitting on the street watching the store.
Who knows if new details will emerge, but one thing is clear; this bolster’s the city council’s stance on limiting dispensaries because of crime even though these two shops were established years ago and considered legal.