Guanaco

Alma used to dance with her mother outside El Guanaco, a mercado near Angelino Heights that sold rock-hard Twinkies, Colt 45s, and homemade tacos and burritos in the back.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

When the video came on, I saw El Guanaco and pointed it out to Ana.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

One sweltering Friday afternoon in April, seven mothers—the biggest gathering yet—met on the street corner outside El Guanaco with their daughters.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

One sweltering Friday afternoon in April, seven mothers—the biggest gathering yet—met on the street corner outside El Guanaco with their daughters.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

Alma used to dance with her mother outside El Guanaco, a mercado near Angelino Heights that sold rock-hard Twinkies, Colt 45s, and homemade tacos and burritos in the back.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

When the video came on, I saw El Guanaco and pointed it out to Ana.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

One sweltering Friday afternoon in April, seven mothers—the biggest gathering yet—met on the street corner outside El Guanaco with their daughters.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

She and a half dozen other girls and their mothers gathered there on the corner, spontaneously, then every Friday afternoon, when I recognized El Guanaco in Madonna's music video for "Borderline."

'The Madonnas Of Echo Park': Residents, Reinvented 2010

Alma used to dance with her mother outside El Guanaco, a mercado near Angelino Heights that sold rock-hard Twinkies, Colt 45s, and homemade tacos and burritos in the back.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

When the video came on, I saw El Guanaco and pointed it out to Ana.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010