Membo

I rented an apartment around the corner from Membo’s, where I shared chaste cups of espresso with Juan.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

Membo’s became a new routine of sorts, to get me out of the house.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

Membo’s became a new routine of sorts, to get me out of the house.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

Somewhere I thought I smelled, wafting into Membo’s Coffee Shop on Sunset Boulevard, an outdoor hibachi cooking thick steaks and ribs slathered with honeysweet barbecue sauce.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

That’s where I was, at Membo’s, when the hospital called on the cell phone Ofelia gave me “for emergencies” and told me Ofelia had collapsed in a flower store picking up a bouquet of yellow roses for a baby shower.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

I rented an apartment around the corner from Membo’s, where I shared chaste cups of espresso with Juan.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

Phoc sold his restaurant to a gay white man named Brad, who turned it into Membo’s Coffee Shop.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

That’s where I was, at Membo’s, when the hospital called on the cell phone Ofelia gave me “for emergencies” and told me Ofelia had collapsed in a flower store picking up a bouquet of yellow roses for a baby shower.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

Somewhere I thought I smelled, wafting into Membo’s Coffee Shop on Sunset Boulevard, an outdoor hibachi cooking thick steaks and ribs slathered with honeysweet barbecue sauce.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

Phoc sold his restaurant to a gay white man named Brad, who turned it into Membo’s Coffee Shop.

The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010