Archive
for February, 2016
In Prison, Sharing Ramen Can Be More Powerful Than Gang Affiliation
Feb 23 2016
Gustavo “Goose” Alvarez was trapped. The door between him and a mob of fellow inmates, many wielding makeshift weapons, could give way at any moment, and his main source of protection was a T-shirt he’d wrapped around his neck in case someone made a move for his jugular. Some of his dorm mates were praying for their lives….
Read the rest of my piece “In Prison, Sharing Ramen Can Be More Powerful Than Gang Affiliation” on Vice Munchies.
The Rise of the Latino Coffeehouse
Feb 23 2016Photograph by Raul Romero
When Ulysses Romero opened his first Tierra Mía Coffee in 2008, Los Angeles was on the verge of a specialty coffee boom. Chicago’s Intelligentsia had just moved in the year before, sparking a surge in third-wave coffeehouses. Romero, a business school graduate with an entrepreneurial spirit, noticed an unfilled niche in the market and sensed an opportunity….
Read the rest of my article “Bringing It All Back Home: The Rise of the Latino Coffeehouse in L.A. at The Guardian.
